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| Control automatic updates across a network |
| In Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, the Automatic Updates feature takes the place of Critical Update |
| Notification for simplifying updates and patches to Windows. However, many administrators prefer |
| to use other means to distribute and install these items. |
| On individual systems, you can turn off Automatic Updates via Control Panel's Automatic Updates |
| applet; just deselect the Keep My Computer Up To Date option and click OK. When you need to |
| disable Automatic Updates for several computers, group policy is often the most efficient means. |
| Follow these steps to disable Automatic Updates using a group policy: |
| Open the Active Directory container to which you want to apply the policy, and then open an |
| existing group policy object for that container or create a new one. |
| Expand the Computer Configuration branch, right-click Administrative Templates, and choose |
| Click Add, choose Wuau.adm from the %systemroot%\Inf folder, click Open, and click Close. |
| Expand the following policy branch, and disable the Configure Automatic Updates policy: |
| Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Windows Update |
| You can also use this group policy to control Automatic Updates in other ways and other situations. |
| For example, you might want some systems updated automatically but not others. You can |
| configure the policy at the appropriate Organizational Unit (OU) in Active Directory to specify the |
| action needed for computers within that particular OU. |
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