"Niteowl" wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am running XP Pro SP2, updates are set to download but let me decide when
> to install, I have recently watched the progress of the download but when it
> completed the yellow shield disappeared from the system tray. This
> happened for the last 3 days. (This is one of about 100 computers I'm
> updating for our school)
>
> I let this computer just sit idle and after a few hours the shield finally
> reappeared, I accessed it, went to custom and chose the ones I wanted to
> install, told it not to offer me the ones I had unchecked again, and
> installed the updates.
>
> I thought all was finally well and up to date, but when I went to shut down,
> on the option to Close was the icon telling me updates were waiting and the
> offer to install and then shut down.
> I chose not to and just clicked on the link below to just shut down without
> installing any updates.
>
> Is there a way to access those downloaded files to see what it is still
> trying to install?
>
> thanks,
> niteowl
>
>
Hi,
just perform this task your problem get resolved.
To use Registry Editor, follow these steps:
Click Start, click Run, and then type regedit in the Open box.
Locate and then click the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win dows\WindowsUpdate\AU
Add any one of the following settings:
Value name: NoAutoUpdate
Value data: 0 or 1
0: Automatic Updates is enabled (default).
1: Automatic Updates is disabled.
Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
Value name: AUOptions
Value data: 1 to 4
1: Keep my computer up to date has been disabled in Automatic Updates.
2: Notify of download and installation.
3: Automatically download and notify of installation.
4: Automatically download and scheduled installation.
Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
Value name: ScheduledInstallDay
Value data: 0 to 7
0: Every day.
1 through 7: The days of the week from Sunday (1) to Saturday (7).
Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
Value name: ScheduledInstallTime
Value data: n, where n equals the time of day in a 24-hour format (0-23).
Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
Value name: UseWUServer
Value data: Set this value to 1 to configure Automatic Updates to use a
server that is running Software Update Services instead of Windows Update.
Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
Value name: RescheduleWaitTime
Value data: m, where m equals the time to wait between the time Automatic
Updates starts and the time it begins installations where the scheduled times
have passed. The time is set in minutes from 1 to 60, representing 1 minute
to 60 minutes)
Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
Note This setting only affects client behavior after the clients have
updated to the SUS SP1 client version or later.
Value name: NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers
Value data: Reg_DWORD: 0 (false) or 1 (true). If set to 1, Automatic Updates
does not automatically restart a computer while users are logged on.
Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
Friend,
SALIM
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