From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Reply elsewhere, the registry entries do work on XPHome machines.

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Glenn M.
"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
news:a26v01piincmeho16i9qevaq1a0i0s0b2h{at}4ax.com...
> On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 09:09:01 -0500, "Frank Haber"
>  wrote:
>
>>Gimme a break.  Manage a domain just to run SUS, which is probably also
>>dumbed
>>down and lacking control?  (Actually, gotta look at that beast.  Healthy
>>pessimism is one thing, ignorance is another.)
>
> OK, I've been doing a little digging, and AD domain is not a
> requirement (see the excerpt from
> http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/f/7/bf73ffa1-39ed-4cc1-b9eb-4c99154b
31b4/SUSOverview.doc
> listed below.   I haven't been able to determine yet whether a
> sneaker-net can be used to synchronize SUS servers if they are
> physically disconnected, as in Tony's scenario.
>
> The regedits below may work on XP Home machines, but I don't have one
> handy (thank goodness!) so can't say.
>
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> In a non-Active Directory environment, an administrator can set
> registry settings to configure Automatic Updates. The following
> settings are added to the registry of each Windows client at this
> location:
>    HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
> " NoAutoUpdate
> Range = 0|1. 0 = Automatic Updates is enabled (default), 1 = Automatic
> Updates is disabled.
> " AUOptions
> Range = 2|3|4. 2 = notify of download and installation, 3 = auto
> download and notify of installation, and 4 = auto download and
> scheduled installation. All options notify the local administrator.
> " ScheduledInstallDay
> Range = 0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7. 0 = Every day; 1 through 7 = the days of the
> week from Sunday (1) to Saturday (7).
> " ScheduledInstallTime
> Range = n; where n = the time of day in 24-hour format (0-23).
> " UseWUServer
> Set this to 1 to enable Automatic Updates to use the Software Update
> Services server as specified in the WUServer value.
> To determine which server running Software Update Services your
> clients and servers go to for their updates, place the following two
> settings in the registry at this location:
>    HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate
> " WUServer
> Sets the Windows Update intranet server by HTTP name (for example,
> http://intranetSUS).
> " WUStatusServer
> Sets the Windows Update intranet statistics server by HTTP name (for
> example, http://intranetSUS).
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