Home Edition and WSUS

Someone purchased a machine with Windows XP Home Edition for use here
at work. They did this to meet very specific hardware requirements and
to meet a deadline; I understand why this machine was necessary.

Unfortunately there is no Group Policy Editor in Home Edition. How do
I direct this client machine to my WSUS without a group policy editor?

Note to Microsoft: It should be incredibly easy to connect ALL of your
products to patch management software. In my opinion this compromise
in Home Edition is counterproductive to your patch management goals. I
just don't get it, and I'm not looking forward to tracking down this
client every patch Tuesday.

Why Windows XP Professional is Best for Domain-Based Networks
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...indommore.mspx

How to connect to network resources in Windows XP without mapping a drive or a port
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=311079

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Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
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"Tom Penharston" wrote:

| Someone purchased a machine with Windows XP Home Edition for use here
| at work. They did this to meet very specific hardware requirements and
| to meet a deadline; I understand why this machine was necessary.
|
| Unfortunately there is no Group Policy Editor in Home Edition. How do
| I direct this client machine to my WSUS without a group policy editor?
|
| Note to Microsoft: It should be incredibly easy to connect ALL of your
| products to patch management software. In my opinion this compromise
| in Home Edition is counterproductive to your patch management goals. I
| just don't get it, and I'm not looking forward to tracking down this
| client every patch Tuesday.

Tom Penharston wrote:

> Someone purchased a machine with Windows XP Home Edition for use here
> at work. They did this to meet very specific hardware requirements and
> to meet a deadline; I understand why this machine was necessary.
>
> Unfortunately there is no Group Policy Editor in Home Edition. How do
> I direct this client machine to my WSUS without a group policy editor?
>
> Note to Microsoft: It should be incredibly easy to connect ALL of your
> products to patch management software. In my opinion this compromise
> in Home Edition is counterproductive to your patch management goals. I
> just don't get it, and I'm not looking forward to tracking down this
> client every patch Tuesday.
>
Hi,

To obtain the correct registry values to deploy:

I suggest you use gpedit.msc on a WinXP Pro SP2 computer to configure
the Automatic Updates settings policy, and after having done that, you
can export the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win dows\WindowsUpdate
(including the sub-key named AU) to a registry file.

Then import the registry file on the WinXP Home computer.

Those registry values are also documented in the WSUS deployment
guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...fdb68ceb3.mspx


And a fyi:

Please post WSUS related issues to the newsgroup dedicated to WSUS:
microsoft.public.windows.server.update_services

WebNews link to the WSUS newsgroup:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...pdate_services



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