C
Chris
Hi,
I'm currently in the process of a SUS rollout in an
environment of Windows 2000 and Windows XP computers. For
security reasons, I do not want my users to have any
access to the "Automatic Updates" feature of windows. This
is simple in Windows 2000, implementing a solution on each
workstation within the use of a VBS script that :
- Checks to see if the SUS registry features are installed.
- Install them if they are not present.
- Check to see if Automatic Updates is present in the
"don't load"(used for hiding Control Panel icons)
section of Control Panel
- Install this registry change if it is not present.
For Windows XP, the installation of the SUS registry
features is the same as above. However, removing any
record of the "Automatic Updates" is harder than in
Windows 2000. Windows XP stores access to the "Automatic
Updates" feature within the "System Properties" instead of
the Control Panel which Windows 2000 uses. Is there anyone
who can help me with a way of hiding the "Automatic
Updates" tab in the Windows XP System Properties through
the use of a registry edit ? If I cannot do this then can
someone help me through the way of Group Policy ? Due to
our requirements, a registry edit is the most preferred
way to do this but a Group Policy would suffice as well.
Thankyou. . .
I'm currently in the process of a SUS rollout in an
environment of Windows 2000 and Windows XP computers. For
security reasons, I do not want my users to have any
access to the "Automatic Updates" feature of windows. This
is simple in Windows 2000, implementing a solution on each
workstation within the use of a VBS script that :
- Checks to see if the SUS registry features are installed.
- Install them if they are not present.
- Check to see if Automatic Updates is present in the
"don't load"(used for hiding Control Panel icons)
section of Control Panel
- Install this registry change if it is not present.
For Windows XP, the installation of the SUS registry
features is the same as above. However, removing any
record of the "Automatic Updates" is harder than in
Windows 2000. Windows XP stores access to the "Automatic
Updates" feature within the "System Properties" instead of
the Control Panel which Windows 2000 uses. Is there anyone
who can help me with a way of hiding the "Automatic
Updates" tab in the Windows XP System Properties through
the use of a registry edit ? If I cannot do this then can
someone help me through the way of Group Policy ? Due to
our requirements, a registry edit is the most preferred
way to do this but a Group Policy would suffice as well.
Thankyou. . .