Some other useful notes: "net stop wuauserv" stops the Automatic Updates (AU) service so it will pick up the new config. Change to start, obviously, to restart it.
"wuauclt /detectnow" forces AU to detect if updates are needed immediately. c:\windows\WindowsUpdate.log provides a verbose log file of AU activity. Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 1:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Offline Windows Updater > > At 03:04 PM 20/02/2008, Greg Sevart wrote: > >Oh, absolutely. You also don't need a domain and group policy--you > just use > >a .reg file to add the WSUS server info, then delete the key when > you're > >fully patched. We use it internally to bring new machines up to date > >-before- joining the corporate domain. > > Awesome. This is going to be a huge time saver for me. I owe you. > > T
