Enabling Automatic Updates via group policy

[GrimReaper]

Hi,

I want to enable Automatic updates to my entire 150 client PCs (win
XP). I am planning to do this via the group policy settings (Computer
configuration \ administrative Templates \Windows Update) in windows
2003 AD.

My issue is that if I set the automatic updates to be downloaded and
installed automatically to my client PCs, will it also restart the
2003 servers and the domain controller (which I used to setup GP)
whenever the windows downloading is completed?

If so, is there any way to deploy automatic windows update settings
only to client PCs without effecting the windows 2003 servers and
domain controllers in my network? I do not want my servers to have
windows updates automatically.

 

[Guest]

hi,
move servers on other OU
create different GPO for each OU with diferrent settings - on servers and DC
put autodownload and notify to install, that assume to autodownload and
install manual.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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Hi,

I want to enable Automatic updates to my entire 150 client PCs (win
XP). I am planning to do this via the group policy settings (Computer
configuration \ administrative Templates \Windows Update) in windows
2003 AD.

My issue is that if I set the automatic updates to be downloaded and
installed automatically to my client PCs, will it also restart the
2003 servers and the domain controller (which I used to setup GP)
whenever the windows downloading is completed?

If so, is there any way to deploy automatic windows update settings
only to client PCs without effecting the windows 2003 servers and
domain controllers in my network? I do not want my servers to have
windows updates automatically.

Create & link a new GPO to the OU where the workstations are (and not your
servers, and not at the domain level which supersedes everything).

Note that GP questions are best asked in m.p.windows.group_policy.