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Note that you will need [http://unattended.sf.net Unattended] on your server, and Perl on your workstations (it comes by default if you deploy Windows with Unattended).
 
Note that you will need [http://unattended.sf.net Unattended] on your server, and Perl on your workstations (it comes by default if you deploy Windows with Unattended).
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= Automatic updates with vbs =
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put this in disableupdate.vbs:
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<source lang="vb"> Const AU_DISABLED = 1
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Set objAutoUpdate = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.AutoUpdate")
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Set objSettings = objAutoUpdate.Settings
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objSettings.NotificationLevel = AU_DISABLED
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objSettings.Save
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</source>
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<source lang="xml">
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<packages>
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  <package
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    id="windowsupdates"
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    name="Windows Updates"
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    revision="1"
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    reboot="false"
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    priority="10"
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    execute="once">
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    <install cmd='C:\Perl\bin\perl %SERVER%\unattended\bin\auconfig.pl 3' />
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    <upgrade cmd='C:\Perl\bin\perl %SERVER%\unattended\bin\auconfig.pl 3' />
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  </package>
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</packages>
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</source>
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Note that you will need [http://unattended.sf.net Unattended] on your server, and Perl on your workstations (it comes by default if you deploy Windows with Unattended).
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[[Category: Changing Windows settings]]
 
[[Category: Changing Windows settings]]

Revision as of 14:20, 11 March 2010

Automatic updates using registry

Read this before you apply these settings: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328010. It's necessary to copy program "reg.exe" from XP machine to "C:\WINNT\System32\" directory on Windows 2000 machine or install Windows 2000 support tools. 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<packages>
 <package
  id="winupdates"
  name="Automatic updates"
  revision="8"
  reboot="false"
  notify="false"
  priority="100">
 
  <!-- 		http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328010	 -->
   
  <check type="logical" condition="or">
    <check type="logical" condition="and">
      <check type="registry" condition="equals" path="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProductName" value="Microsoft Windows 2000" />
      <check type="registry" condition="equals" path="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU\AUOptions" value="4" />
      <check type="registry" condition="equals" path="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU\ScheduledInstallDay" value="0" />
      <check type="registry" condition="equals" path="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU\ScheduledInstallTime" value="8" />
    </check>
    <check type="logical" condition="and">
      <check type="registry" condition="equals" path="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProductName" value="Microsoft Windows XP" />
      <check type="registry" condition="equals" path="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU\AUOptions" value="4" />
      <check type="registry" condition="equals" path="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU\ScheduledInstallDay" value="0" />
      <check type="registry" condition="equals" path="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU\ScheduledInstallTime" value="8" />
    </check>
  </check>
 	
  <install cmd='reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" /f' />
  <install cmd='reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" /v AUOptions /t REG_DWORD /d 4 /f' />
  <install cmd='reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" /v ScheduledInstallDay /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f' />
  <install cmd='reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" /v ScheduledInstallTime /t REG_DWORD /d 8 /f' />
 
  <upgrade cmd='reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" /f' />
  <upgrade cmd='reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" /v AUOptions /t REG_DWORD /d 4 /f' />
  <upgrade cmd='reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" /v ScheduledInstallDay /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f' />
  <upgrade cmd='reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" /v ScheduledInstallTime /t REG_DWORD /d 8 /f' />
 	
  <remove cmd='reg delete "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" /f' />
  
 </package>
</packages>

Automatic updates with Unattended

If you deployed Windows workstations using Unattended, you had the opportunity to configure Automatic Updates.

If you didn't do it, or want to change it for some reason (i.e., Microsoft introduced a "patchday", and it makes too great impact on your network and/or workstations), you can use WPKG.

The below setting (auconfig.pl 3) will download updates automatically and notify the user before install. Other choices are possible: 

1 | off         Disable automatic updates
2 | notify      Notify user before download
3 | download    Download automatically; notify user before install
4 | install     Download and install automatically

For more options, see auconfig.pl help. 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<packages>
  <package
    id="windowsupdates"
    name="Windows Updates"
    revision="1"
    reboot="false"
    priority="10"
    execute="once">
 
    <install cmd='C:\Perl\bin\perl %SERVER%\unattended\bin\auconfig.pl 3' />
  
    <upgrade cmd='C:\Perl\bin\perl %SERVER%\unattended\bin\auconfig.pl 3' />
 
  </package>
</packages>

Note that you will need Unattended on your server, and Perl on your workstations (it comes by default if you deploy Windows with Unattended).

Automatic updates with vbs

put this in disableupdate.vbs: 

 Const AU_DISABLED = 1

Set objAutoUpdate = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.AutoUpdate")
Set objSettings = objAutoUpdate.Settings

objSettings.NotificationLevel = AU_DISABLED
objSettings.Save



<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<packages>
  <package
    id="windowsupdates"
    name="Windows Updates"
    revision="1"
    reboot="false"
    priority="10"
    execute="once">
 
    <install cmd='C:\Perl\bin\perl %SERVER%\unattended\bin\auconfig.pl 3' />
  
    <upgrade cmd='C:\Perl\bin\perl %SERVER%\unattended\bin\auconfig.pl 3' />
 
  </package>
</packages>

Note that you will need Unattended on your server, and Perl on your workstations (it comes by default if you deploy Windows with Unattended).

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