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Any service changes by OIT will be made within the same windows detailed above. OIT Liaisons will be notified of any outages 48 hours in advance except in certain extenuating circumstances.

WSUS GPO and Windows Update Settings

OIT applies a GPO to configure its WSUS settings

  • Automatically download and schedule installation for every day at 3 AM
  • Silently install minor updates
  • 12 hours between detection cycles
  • Logged-on user can decide whether to restart the client computer
  • 5 minutes between prompts for a scheduled restart
Code Block

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate]
"WUServer"="http://wsus.moit.tufts.edu"
"WUStatusServer"="http://wsus.moit.tufts.edu"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
"NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers"=dword:00000001
"AutoInstallMinorUpdates"=dword:00000001
"NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000000
"AUOptions"=dword:00000004
"ScheduledInstallDay"=dword:00000000
"ScheduledInstallTime"=dword:00000003
"RebootWarningTimeoutEnabled"=dword:00000001
"RebootWarningTimeout"=dword:0000001e
"RebootRelaunchTimeoutEnabled"=dword:00000001
"RebootRelaunchTimeout"=dword:00000005
"UseWUServer"=dword:00000001
"RescheduleWaitTimeEnabled"=dword:00000001
"RescheduleWaitTime"=dword:00000005
"DetectionFrequencyEnabled"=dword:00000001
"DetectionFrequency"=dword:0000000c
"NoAUShutdownOption"=dword:00000001