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From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Win2k has GPEDIT.MSC in it, and you can add the WAU policy template.

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Glenn M.
"Geo."  wrote in message
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> Nice, I'm going to have to examine that reg file and what it sets a little
> closer maybe I can neuter W2K.
>
> Geo.
>
> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> news:45869092$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> At least with the GPEDIT, or on XPHome with the reg file I uploaded, it
>> only checks with a non-existant server on your local network (or wherever
>> you point it), and the Update service is still running when you want to
>> go to WindowsUpdate.  You can also set what time of day you want it to
>> chedk (like 3AM or such.)
>>
>> --
>>
>> Glenn M.
>> "Geo"  wrote in message
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>>>  wrote in message
>>> news:109bd8.90b040{at}FidoNet.no-ip.info...
>>>
>>>> So how did Microsoft reboot the machine without user
intervention? If
>>>> you
>>>> have 'protect my pc' enabled, it will download and install
the patches,
>>> you
>>>> have to agree/choose to reboot the system after the patches are
>>>> installed.
>>>
>>> Lets say you don't want auto updates, you just want to go to windows
>>> update
>>> when you feel like it and select what updates you want to apply. Pretty
>>> simple idea.
>>>
>>> So one of the things you don't need is the autoupdate service running
>>> constantly sucking up system resources, checking with microsoft for new
>>> drm
>>> and loading it behind your back, causing other things to swap out of
>>> memory,
>>> providing more running code for hackers to exploit, etc. so you set the
>>> service to disabled and reboot the system.
>>>
>>> Now if you go to windows update it tells you it won't let you patch
>>> unless
>>> you set the service to automatic startup. Doesn't need to be started,
>>> just
>>> needs to be set to automatic startup.
>>>
>>> So if you do that then update now you have to remember to disable the
>>> damn
>>> thing again. And with the amount of time it takes to do the updates,
>>> it's
>>> really easy to forget. Which I suppose is pretty much the point in
>>> making
>>> you set it to automatic instead of manual and started..
>>>
>>> Geo.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

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