Hide the Windows Update Icon bacot 6/20/2007 12:26:32 AM Hi all, How can we stop the yellow Windows update icon from appearing in the system tray when I login as a local admin? I want to be able to push the update from the WSUS server silently without the user knowing that the update is in progress. The problem that I am having at the moment is that some of the users are local administrator of their PCs. When the WSUS server pushes the update, the windows update icon will automatically pop up on the system tray on the user's PC. I want to make this icon disappear and still have the Windows update applied. Any ideas?

Re: Hide the Windows Update Icon "Winfried Sonntag [MVP]" <Winfried.Sonntag[ at ]gmx.de> 6/20/2007 1:33:09 PM bacot schrieb: [Quoted Text] > How can we stop the yellow Windows update icon from appearing in the system > tray when I login as a local admin? Userconfiguration/Admin Templates/windows/Windows Update > Remove all Windows Update Links > Activate. Winfried -- http://www.microsoft.com/germany/windowsserver2003/technologien/updateservices/default.mspx http://www.wsuswiki.com/Home

Re: Hide the Windows Update Icon bacot 6/20/2007 11:05:54 PM Hi, Thanks for the reply. I could not find the the key that you've mentioned. Do you mean to use the following key "Userconfiguration/Admin Templates/Windows components/Windows Update/Remove access to use all windows update feature" I tried this key, but the windows update icon is still appearing when I login to the PC as local administrator. am I looking at the right key? "Winfried Sonntag [MVP]" wrote: [Quoted Text] > bacot schrieb: > > > How can we stop the yellow Windows update icon from appearing in the system > > tray when I login as a local admin? > > Userconfiguration/Admin Templates/windows/Windows Update > Remove all > Windows Update Links > Activate. > > Winfried > -- > http://www.microsoft.com/germany/windowsserver2003/technologien/updateservices/default.mspx > http://www.wsuswiki.com/Home >

Re: Hide the Windows Update Icon "Winfried Sonntag [MVP]" <Winfried.Sonntag[ at ]gmx.de> 6/21/2007 5:05:51 PM bacot schrieb: [Quoted Text] > I could not find the the key that you've mentioned. Do you mean to use the > following key > > "Userconfiguration/Admin Templates/Windows components/Windows Update/Remove > access to > use all windows update feature" Yes, this Key i mean. ;) > I tried this key, but the windows update icon is still appearing when I > login to the PC as local administrator. > > am I looking at the right key? Yes, its the right key. Are you logon as "Administrator" or as an User with Local Admin Rights? If second, you have to watch, the Userobject must found in the right OU, where the User-GPO will linked. Winfried -- http://www.microsoft.com/germany/windowsserver2003/technologien/updateservices/default.mspx http://www.wsuswiki.com/Home

Re: Hide the Windows Update Icon Harry Johnston <harry[ at ]scms.waikato.ac.nz> 6/21/2007 10:32:33 PM bacot wrote: [Quoted Text] > I tried this key, but the windows update icon is still appearing when I > login to the PC as local administrator. By "key" I believe you mean "group policy setting"? User group policy set in a domain GPO does not apply when you are logged into any local account, including the local administrator; so if you set the group policy in the domain, this is the problem. Try setting it on the local machine instead. There's no shortcut for local group policy, you'll need to start mmc and add the "group policy object editor" snapin to the console. Harry.

Re: Hide the Windows Update Icon bacot 6/22/2007 3:21:02 AM Hi Winfried and Harry, I tried both of your solutions, but the windows update icon keeps appearing for some reasons when I login as a local admin or logging as a user that has a local admin right. Any other solution I can try? "Harry Johnston" wrote: [Quoted Text] > bacot wrote: > > > I tried this key, but the windows update icon is still appearing when I > > login to the PC as local administrator. > > By "key" I believe you mean "group policy setting"? > > User group policy set in a domain GPO does not apply when you are logged into > any local account, including the local administrator; so if you set the group > policy in the domain, this is the problem. Try setting it on the local machine > instead. There's no shortcut for local group policy, you'll need to start mmc > and add the "group policy object editor" snapin to the console. > > Harry. >