Enable Microsoft Update by Group Policy: Possible?

Is it possible to Enable Microsoft Update rather than standard Windows Update
through a group policy on an active-directory domain. If so, how?

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I have been able to find a clear
answer.

Regards

James Hardy

The WU NG deals with client updating issues. Forwarded to the Group
Policy newsgroup for your convenience, James.

Opens with OE -
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...s.group_policy


MowGreen [MVP 2003-2009
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James Hardy wrote:

> Is it possible to Enable Microsoft Update rather than standard Windows Update
> through a group policy on an active-directory domain. If so, how?
>
> Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I have been able to find a clear
> answer.
>
> Regards
>
> James Hardy

"MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:

> The WU NG deals with client updating issues. Forwarded to the Group
> Policy newsgroup for your convenience, James.
>
> Opens with OE -
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...s.group_policy
>
>
> MowGreen [MVP 2003-2009
> ===============
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ===============
>
>
> James Hardy wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to Enable Microsoft Update rather than standard Windows Update
> > through a group policy on an active-directory domain. If so, how?
> >
> > Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I have been able to find a clear
> > answer.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > James Hardy
>

Hi, can anyone answer this. Or if there is no group policy is there a simple
registry change or something that can do this?

James Hardy wrote:

>>> Is it possible to Enable Microsoft Update rather than standard Windows Update
>>> through a group policy on an active-directory domain. If so, how?

> Hi, can anyone answer this. Or if there is no group policy is there a simple
> registry change or something that can do this?

I very much doubt it.

However, WSUS allows you to install most of the same updates as Microsoft Update
without having to install MU on your client systems, so you might want to look
into it. Start here:

<http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/default.aspx>

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/default.aspx

Harry.