Ah, see, that’s the rub. I’m seeing this on Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Server
2008R2, Server 2012R2, and not all machines of the same flavor are the same
way. In particular we noticed it on a couple of Win7 boxes in one our remote
offices. They were set to manual but everything else was set to auto. I’m
still seeing both configurations on what should be identical machines, same OU,
same build, everything. That’s why I’m digging.
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From: listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com] On
Behalf Of Charles F Sullivan
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 12:44 PM
To: ntsys...@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Service config change
If I run the same query against a Windows 10 machine as well as a Windows 2012
R2 server, I get the same results even though they are linked to different GPOs
(other than the default domain one). Both are Manual (Triggered) Start. I don’t
think anything is being determined by Group Policy for you since we see the
exact same thing. I assume most others out there are as well(?).
I noticed the start type myself recently. It seemed odd, but I guess I assumed
it had already been that way on newer Windows versions and that I had never
noticed.
From: listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com>
[mailto:listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com>]
On Behalf Of Melvin Backus
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 10:35 AM
To: ntsys...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:ntsys...@lists.myitforum.com>
Subject: [NTSysADM] Service config change
We’re seeing a rather disturbing change in systems here. The disturbing part
may just be lack of understanding, but we’re seeing machines change from having
the Windows Update service set as Automatic (Delayed Start) to Manual
(Triggered Start). So far my investigation has lead me to find that the
trigger is tied what appears to be a group policy event. Can anyone enlighten
me? This is the output from all the changed machines. They don’t appear to be
version dependent so I’m leaning toward a possible Windows Update change. So
far my google-fu is only turning up explanations about what the configuration
means, nothing about when/why it might have changed.
>sc qtriggerinfo wuauserv
[SC] QueryServiceConfig2 SUCCESS
SERVICE_NAME: wuauserv
START SERVICE
GROUP POLICY : 659fcae6-5bdb-4da9-b1ff-ca2a178d46e0
[MACHINE POLICY PRESENT]
START SERVICE
GROUP POLICY : 54fb46c8-f089-464c-b1fd-59d1b62c3b50
[USER POLICY PRESENT]
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Service Desk | 404-497-1599 | http://servicedesk.byers.com
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