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Jimmy B
Hi, I'm writing a program that shows options and status of remote computers,
but there is an area of the registry missing on many XP computers that are
on Win2K. Maybe someone could shed some light on it?
One area shows options set by the user and seems to be on all computers:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto
Update\AUOptions
Settings can be:
1 = Automatic Updates disabled
2 = Notify of download and installation
3 = Automatically download and notify of installation
4 = Automatic download and scheduled installation. All options notify the
local administrator.
However, AUState, which I use to show info on W2K and some XP computers is
missing:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto
Update\AUState
These can be:
0 = Initial 24 hour timeout
1 = Waiting for user to run AU wizard
2 = Detection pending
3 = Download pending (waiting for user)
4 = Download in progress
5 = Installation pending (waiting for user)
6 = Installation complete
7 = Automatic Updates disabled
8 = Reboot pending
So as you can see, AUState would be very useful to know. AUState seemed to
start disappearing after updating to XP SP2. Did Microsoft remove it? Is
its removal documented anywhere? Why would they remove it? Is there
another place in the registry I can get this information?
Thanks!
but there is an area of the registry missing on many XP computers that are
on Win2K. Maybe someone could shed some light on it?
One area shows options set by the user and seems to be on all computers:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto
Update\AUOptions
Settings can be:
1 = Automatic Updates disabled
2 = Notify of download and installation
3 = Automatically download and notify of installation
4 = Automatic download and scheduled installation. All options notify the
local administrator.
However, AUState, which I use to show info on W2K and some XP computers is
missing:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto
Update\AUState
These can be:
0 = Initial 24 hour timeout
1 = Waiting for user to run AU wizard
2 = Detection pending
3 = Download pending (waiting for user)
4 = Download in progress
5 = Installation pending (waiting for user)
6 = Installation complete
7 = Automatic Updates disabled
8 = Reboot pending
So as you can see, AUState would be very useful to know. AUState seemed to
start disappearing after updating to XP SP2. Did Microsoft remove it? Is
its removal documented anywhere? Why would they remove it? Is there
another place in the registry I can get this information?
Thanks!