Updates install automatically at logoff Genie75 5/24/2007 10:02:01 PM Hello, We have one PC that for some strange reason, forces any uninstalled Microsoft Updates that have been downloaded to the client, to install automatically when the user logs off. It is set up exactly the same as our other PCs, so I don't know why this one is doing this. The other PC's, the updates are scheduled to install at 3:00 AM or 1 hour after the user has logged in if it missed 3:00 AM. Anyone know why it is doing this? It wouldn't be so bad, except it gets a svchost.exe error, and the install of the updates hangs forever. Anyone else ever experience this? Geni75

Re: Updates install automatically at logoff DaveMills <DaveMills[ at ]newsgroup.nospam> 5/25/2007 6:05:34 AM On Thu, 24 May 2007 15:02:01 -0700, Genie75 <Genie75[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >Hello, > We have one PC that for some strange reason, forces any uninstalled >Microsoft Updates that have been downloaded to the client, to install >automatically when the user logs off. It is set up exactly the same as our >other PCs, so I don't know why this one is doing this. > The other PC's, the updates are scheduled to install at 3:00 AM or 1 hour >after the user has logged in if it missed 3:00 AM. > Anyone know why it is doing this? It wouldn't be so bad, except it gets a >svchost.exe error, and the install of the updates hangs forever. Anyone else >ever experience this? Are all the client XP SP2 I would sure like to know how it "forces" the install. It is the default to "install updates and shutdown" but I know of no way to force that option. I would like to be able to force it. >Geni75 -- Dave Mills There are 10 type of people, those that understand binary and those that don't.

Re: Updates install automatically at logoff "Lawrence Garvin \(MVP\)" <onsitech[ at ]community.nospam> 5/28/2007 5:31:32 AM "Genie75" <Genie75[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B6DD3CAB-B1C3-4ED4-8501-C57F108D1721[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > We have one PC that for some strange reason, forces any uninstalled > Microsoft Updates that have been downloaded to the client, to install > automatically when the user logs off. This is certainly an interesting scenario, given that I know of *no* configuration option that can initiate an /installation/ during log off. Installations can be initiated during /shutdown/ on WinXPSP2 and Win2003 systems. Are you sure you're not observing a /reboot/ occuring during logoff, as a result of updates previously installed? Review the %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\ReportingEvents.log to get actual timestamps of the download/install/restart events. > The other PC's, the updates are scheduled to install at 3:00 AM or 1 > hour > after the user has logged in if it missed 3:00 AM. Caveat. The policy to which you believe "[installs] 1 hour after the user has logged in", is not based on the user's logon time, but is based on the AU service startup time. That policy will trigger an installation 1 hour after the AU service starts up, regardless of whether or not a user ever logs onto the system. -- Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCTS, MCP Independent WSUS Evangelist MVP-Software Distribution (2005-2007) https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=30E00990-8F1D-4774-BD62-D095EB07B36E Everything you need for WSUS is at http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/technologies/featured/wsus/default.mspx And, almost everything else is at http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com .....