Is it possible to modify the "retry" value for WU in XP SP2

Hi all,


So, as an experiment, I left 8 computers (relatively identical) running
WinXP SP2 set for AutoMatic Updates at 3:00 a.m. on Monday morning to
see what would happen to them when Tuesday's automatic updates were
released. Machines only have one account on them (has admin privs)


On Wednesday morning -- 3 of the 8 machines were prompting with the
gold-shield to install downloaded updates.


On Thursday morning -- none of the remaining 5 prompted/updated
automatically.


Today (Friday morning) -- 4 of the 5 either automatically updated
(rebooted themselves if they were left at the login prompt) or had the
gold-shield prompt for those that were left logged in.


Still leaves one of the eight machines with no auto-update/prompt to
install.


If you look at the WindowsUpdate log file, it seems to imply that it
will retry things 4 hours later (sometimes -- sometimes it says it will
seem to try 24 hours later.)




I'm highly disappointed with SP2's AutoMatic Update behavior if it lets
computers go so long without automatically updating/prompting...

So, my question: anybody know if there's a way to modify the WU retry
setting so that if it fails to update (or at least *download* the
updates) at the scheduled time, that it will retry sooner?


- Steve