Re: Windows Automatic Updates not auto updating

[Chris Harrington <charrington () NITROSECURITY COM>]

Kevin,

You can set this in Group Policy. When you set it there is an option to
tell the client not to reboot when finished applying the updates. If you
don't set this anyone with unsaved work will come in to find their
computer at a login prompt...an no saved work.

This article covers the GPO settings.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;327850

--Chris 



Christopher Harrington
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Shalla [mailto:kshalla () UIC EDU] 
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 12:58 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Windows Automatic Updates not auto updating

We've set up Windows Automatic Update to automatically download and
install updates every day, and have found that some updates still won't
go without manual intervention.  In particular, we've found that some
were still waiting for XP service pack 2!  In the lower right-hand
corner there is an icon that says (if you mouse over) that updates are
ready to be installed, but our users don't look at that, so they don't
get installed.  Is there a way to set up Windows Automatic Update to
install updates without any input required?