Using Registry to Turn on Services

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Bernadette

We have implemented a MS Auto Update Server in house. It
seems to be working fine. I pushed down the necessary
registry settings and all seems well.

My problem is that some of our workstations have the
autoupdate service disabled, and even with the registry
settings, the service needs to be enabled to run.

Is there a place in the registry where I can go to turn on
the autoupdate service and then push that setting down to
everyone?
 
This is stored in the

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\<SERVICENAME>\Start

value. A disabled service has "4" in the "Start" value, to set it to
automatic change the value to "2".
 
Bernadette,

Yes, all services that are installed are found in the
registry HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services. The
setting you need to get to is wuauserv\start, it is a
DWORD setting & will need to be set to 0x00000002 for
Autostart or 0x00000003 for Manual if you want to start it
with a command script. You will need to start the service
with a command script for the first time either way
because the setting for being active is in a protected
area of the registry.
 
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