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Specifies that to complete a scheduled installation, Automatic Updates will wait for the computer to be restarted by any user who is signed in, instead of causing the computer to restart automatically.

Specifies the amount of time for Automatic Updates to wait before prompting again with a scheduled restart. Options: When this setting is enabled, you can specify the amount of time in minutes that will elapse before users are prompted again about a scheduled restart. Specifies the amount of time for Automatic Updates to wait after a computer startup, before proceeding with a scheduled installation that was previously missed. If the status is set to Not Configured , a missed scheduled installation will occur one minute after the computer is next started.

Options: When this policy setting is enabled, you can specify a number of minutes after the computer is next started that a scheduled installation that did not happen earlier will occur. Specifies an intranet server to host updates from Microsoft Update. You can then use WSUS to automatically update computers on your network. This setting enables you to specify a WSUS server on your network that will function as an internal update service.

Instead of using the public Windows Update and Microsoft Update services on the internet, WSUS clients will search this service for updates that apply.

Enabling this setting means that users in your organization don't have to go through a firewall to get updates. It also gives you the opportunity to test updates before deploying them. To use this setting, you must set two server name values: the server from which the client detects and downloads updates, and the server to which updated workstations upload statistics.

The values don't need to be different if both services are configured on the same server. Users will also see a Check online for updates from Windows Update option that enables them to use the public update services on the internet. You can remove this option by using the Do not connect to any Windows Update Internet locations policy.

Applications can specifically request to use the public update services on the internet. Disabled Specifies that clients connect directly to the Windows Update site on the internet.

Options: When this policy setting is enabled, you must specify the intranet update service that WSUS clients will use when detecting updates, and the internet statistics server to which updated WSUS clients will upload statistics. Example values:. This policy setting enables you to control whether users see detailed enhanced notification messages about featured software from the Microsoft Update service.

Enhanced notification messages convey the value and promote the installation and use of optional software. This policy setting is intended for loosely managed environments in which you allow the user access to the Microsoft Update service.

If you're not using the Microsoft Update service, the Software Notifications policy setting has no effect. If the Configure Automatic Updates policy setting is disabled or is not configured, the Software Notifications policy setting has no effect.

In Windows 7, this policy setting controls only detailed notifications for optional applications. In Windows Vista, this policy setting controls detailed notifications for optional applications and updates.

Disabled Specifies that users running Windows 7 won't be offered detailed notification messages for optional applications. It also specifies that users running Windows Vista won't be offered detailed notification messages for optional applications or optional updates. If you did not select option 4 in the Configure Automatic Updates setting, you don't need to configure these settings for the purpose of automatic updates.

The Maintenance Scheduler extension of Group Policy contains the following settings:. Automatic Maintenance Activation Boundary. Automatic Maintenance Random delay. This setting is related to option 4 in Configure Automatic Updates. If you did not select option 4 in Configure Automatic Updates , you don't need to configure this setting. This policy setting allows you to configure the random delay for Automatic Maintenance activation.

The maintenance random delay is the amount of time up to which Automatic Maintenance will delay starting from its activation boundary. This setting is useful for virtual machines where random maintenance might be a performance requirement. By default, when this setting is enabled, the regular maintenance random delay is PT4H. The wake-up policy specifies whether Automatic Maintenance should make a wake-up request to the operating computer for daily scheduled maintenance.

If the operating computer's power-wake policy is explicitly disabled, this setting has no effect. Remove access to use all Windows Update features. The settings are listed in the same order as they appear in the Computer Configuration and User Configuration extensions in Group Policy, when the Settings tab of the Windows Update policy is selected to sort the settings alphabetically.

For each of these settings, you can use the following steps to enable, disable, or move between settings. Windows automatic updates are also disabled. The user will neither be notified about nor receive critical updates from Windows Update. This setting also prevents Device Manager from automatically installing driver updates from the Windows Update website.

You can configure one of the following notification options: - 0 - Do not show any notifications This setting will remove all access to Windows Update features, and no notifications will be shown. Note that on computers running Windows 8 and Windows RT, only notifications related to restarts and the inability to detect updates will be shown.

The notification options are not supported. Notifications on the sign-in screen are always displayed. Disabled Users can connect to the Windows Update website. Options: See Enabled in the table for this setting. This section provides more information about using, opening, and saving WSUS settings in Group Policy, and definitions for terms used in this article. To perform these procedures, you must be a member of the Domain Admins group or its equivalent. The Group Policy Management Console opens.

On the left pane, expand your forest. For example, double-click forest: example. On the left pane, double-click Domains , and then double-click the domain for which you want to manage a Group Policy object. For example, double-click example. Right-click the domain policy that you want to manage, and then select edit.

Right-click the domain for which you want to create a new Group Policy object, and then select Create a GPO in this domain, and link it here. After you've opened the extension of Group Policy that you want, you can use the following steps to enable, disable, or move between settings:. In Options , if any options are listed, retain the default values or modify them as needed.

To save your changes and proceed to the next setting, select Apply , and then select Next Setting. The following table summarizes key differences between the current and past versions of WSUS that are relevant to this article.

Group Policy extension or extension of Group Policy A collection of settings in Group Policy that control how users and computers to whom the policies apply can configure and use various Windows services and features. Administrators can use WSUS with Group Policy for client-side configuration of the Automatic Updates client, to help ensure that users can't disable or circumvent corporate update policies.