Windows update registry settings

Windows Update — additional resources

The following resources provide additional information about using Windows Update.

WSUS Troubleshooting

How do I reset Windows Update components?

Reset Windows Update Client settings script will completely reset the Windows Update client settings. It has been tested on Windows 7, 8, 10, and Windows Server 2012 R2. It will configure the services and registry keys related to Windows Update for default settings. It will also clean up files related to Windows Update, in addition to BITS related data.

Reset Windows Update Agent script allows you to reset the Windows Update Agent, resolving issues with Windows Update.

Reset Windows Update components manually

Open a Windows command prompt. To open a command prompt, click Start > Run. Copy and paste (or type) the following command and then press ENTER:

Stop the BITS service and the Windows Update service. To do this, type the following commands at a command prompt. Press ENTER after you type each command.

Delete the qmgr*.dat files. To do this, type the following command at a command prompt, and then press ENTER:

If this is your first attempt at resolving your Windows Update issues by using the steps in this article, go to step 5 without carrying out the steps in step 4. The steps in step 4 should only be performed at this point in the troubleshooting if you cannot resolve your Windows Update issues after following all steps but step 4. The steps in step 4 are also performed by the «Aggressive» mode of the Fix it Solution above.

1. Rename the following folders to *.BAK:

To do this, type the following commands at a command prompt. Press ENTER after you type each command.

1. Reset the BITS service and the Windows Update service to the default security descriptor. To do this, type the following commands at a command prompt. Press ENTER after you type each command.

Type the following command at a command prompt, and then press ENTER:

Reregister the BITS files and the Windows Update files. To do this, type the following commands at a command prompt. Press ENTER after you type each command.

Reset Winsock. To do this, type the following command at a command prompt, and then press ENTER:

If you are running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, you have to set the proxy settings. To do this, type the following command at a command prompt, and then press ENTER:

Restart the BITS service and the Windows Update service. To do this, type the following commands at a command prompt. Press ENTER after you type each command.

If you are running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, clear the BITS queue. To do this, type the following command at a command prompt, and then press ENTER:

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Configure Windows 10 update through Registry.

In this article, we will demonstrate how tp configure Windows 10 update through Registry.

Configure Windows 10 update through Registry.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to control Windows update settings through the registry. For controlling Windows Update settings follow the steps below.

1. Press Winkey+R to open Run
2. Enter Regedit phrase then press OK

1. In the registry page, locate the following address.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows

1. Right click on Windows directory and select Key option in New

1. Enter WindowsUpdate as the new directory’s name.
2. Now, right click on WindowsUpdate directory which you created at the previous step and again create a new directory by selecting Key option in New Enter AU as this directory’s name.

1. Right click on AU directory and select DWORD option in New

1. Enter AUOptions as new DWORD key’s name.

1. Double click on AUOptions to open Edit DWORD (32-bit) Value
2. At this section you have to enter a number between 2 and 5 as value data. This are the meanings of the values:

2: Before downloading and installing any updates, you will be notified.

3: Updates will automatically be downloaded and will notify you before installation.

4: Automatically download and automatically set the time to install it.

5: Allow and access to the local system admin to select the update status

You must enter one number from the above list. We recommend using the using value 2, as the user will be informed before any action.

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I have an issue, I didn’t see any critcal and security update need to be approved in wsus server

But i ran MBSA on some server, it was missing 10 patches

What is the registry key settings on wsus server itself:

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What are these updates applied to? Have you select the corresponding product in the WSUS?

Besides, not all updates are available in WSUS.

If it is possible, please provide the detailed information about these 10 updates. I’ll check them in my WSUS server.

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But could you please check your wsus server registry to see what the settings are for

I am not sure whether it is related to server cleanup in WSUS server (this is a new server, too)

But could you please check your wsus server registry to see what the settings are for

I am not sure whether it is related to server cleanup in WSUS server (this is a new server, too)

These registry settings are used to configure the WUAgent on the client, so that the client knows which WSUS server to contact for scan/detect/download/reporting.

These settings will be different for you, and me, because these settings contain the servername or IPaddress for the WSUS you (or I) have implemented in our own environment.

Check the windowsupdate.log file on the client machines — this will tell you how each client is configured, which server it is contacting, etc.

Don
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I would be a touch wary of the MBSA report. For example it recently reported I needed a Visual Studio update, I have a 64bit OS so I installed the 64Bit patch, MBSA still reporting the patch as missing. In the end I found I had to install both the 64 & 32 bit versions of the patch for the MBSA to no longer report it as needed.

Also when searching in WSUS look for «Any Except Declined» instead of «Unapproved» if you have multiple groups as WSUS may not show required updates. This occurs if you only approve updates for specific groups and do not later go back and approve them for the «All Computers» group.

For example, lets say you have 2 groups, Group 1 & Group 2. You approve an update for Group 1 only, later on you have a server in Group 2 that also requires that update. In this scenario when searching for «Unapproved» updates, that update will not show in WSUS even though it is required as it already has an «Approval» for Group 1. It’s silly I know, but that seems to be the way WSUS views it.

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