AutoUpdate sp4

[Scott]

I am getting ready to push sp4 out to 150 machines. I
have tried to edit the update.inf file to disable the
wuauserv (autoupdate) service...it worked with sp3, but
it doesn't want to work now. The sp4 install will error
out with a cryptographic service error.

Is there any way to shut this service down in the sp4
install routine?

Thanks

Scott

 

[Bill Curtis [MSFT]]

There really isn't any way to disable Auto Update via the Update.inf on
SP4. Update.exe will check and make sure that it is working off of a valid
INF. Also, shutting down the cryptographic service will generate the same
error.

You probably will want to disable Auto Update via a script that runs after
the SP4 install.

1. Open up regedit and go to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\wuauserv

2. Set the START value to 4.

3. Export the wuaserv key to a file called autoupdatedisable.reg

4. Create a batch file that kicks off the SP4 installation and imports the
saved registry file after installation:

"reg import c:\autoupdatedisable.reg"



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