install windows updates in vista without admin rights

I am in a desktop support role for a small company that currently has roughly
20 computers with most of the machines being Windows Vista. This company is
expected to grow to 60 - 80 computers by the end of the year. Currently the
Vista machines do not receive automatic updates because admin access is
required to install them. I do not have time to manually update each machine.
Any thoughts on the best solution? We need to keep the users locked down or
they will cause issues. Also, we are using active directory on Windows Server
2003. Can auto updates be specified through domain policy? Can updates pushed
through WSUS be installed without admin rights?
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Thanks,
Tim

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> I am in a desktop support role for a small company that currently has roughly
> 20 computers with most of the machines being Windows Vista. This company is
> expected to grow to 60 - 80 computers by the end of the year. Currently the
> Vista machines do not receive automatic updates because admin access is
> required to install them. I do not have time to manually update each machine.
> Any thoughts on the best solution? We need to keep the users locked down or
> they will cause issues. Also, we are using active directory on Windows Server
> 2003. Can auto updates be specified through domain policy? Can updates pushed
> through WSUS be installed without admin rights?

Group Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates ->
Windows Components -> Windows Update

Bernd

Are you talking about the local policy of every machine or the domain policy?
I am assuming domain policy. If I make this change will the end user
computers update without admin rights?
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Tim


"Bernd" wrote:

>
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>
> > I am in a desktop support role for a small company that currently has roughly
> > 20 computers with most of the machines being Windows Vista. This company is
> > expected to grow to 60 - 80 computers by the end of the year. Currently the
> > Vista machines do not receive automatic updates because admin access is
> > required to install them. I do not have time to manually update each machine.
> > Any thoughts on the best solution? We need to keep the users locked down or
> > they will cause issues. Also, we are using active directory on Windows Server
> > 2003. Can auto updates be specified through domain policy? Can updates pushed
> > through WSUS be installed without admin rights?
>
> Group Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates ->
> Windows Components -> Windows Update
>
> Bernd
>

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> Are you talking about the local policy of every machine or the domain policy?
> I am assuming domain policy. If I make this change will the end user
> computers update without admin rights?

I'm talking about gpedit on my xp pro workgroup computer. I have no
experience with domain policy.
To your second question:
Under the branch Windows Update you will find a corresponding option.
It's the 4th from below (I'm not sure about the english translation, my
Windows speaks German): "Allow non-administrators to receive update ...."

Bernd

TiminDE wrote:

> I am in a desktop support role for a small company that currently has roughly
> 20 computers with most of the machines being Windows Vista. This company is
> expected to grow to 60 - 80 computers by the end of the year. Currently the
> Vista machines do not receive automatic updates because admin access is
> required to install them. I do not have time to manually update each machine.
> Any thoughts on the best solution? We need to keep the users locked down or
> they will cause issues. Also, we are using active directory on Windows Server
> 2003. Can auto updates be specified through domain policy? Can updates pushed
> through WSUS be installed without admin rights?


Tim,

IF the company does grow to the size you stated then it may be more
efficient to employ WSUS. However, the next release of the Windows
Update Agent is supposed to allow non-admin Users to install updates in
Vista.

http://blogs.technet.com/mu/archive/...ws-update.aspx

Don't recall if this also applies to XP.


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i have domain envermoent and have small network and have some window vista in my network and i have WSUS server for automatic update but in windows vista when we want to install the update it requerd admin right if any one know this please support me
thanks in advance