Windows update on Win2003 TS

[Guest Erling Herstad]

Dear Sirs.

 

At my office we use a 2003 TS, and prefer not to restart the machine during

work hours. Is there a way to prevent the windows update button (Restart

now/later) to NOT appear on all the users screens after a update has been

run? The restart now/later appears on administrators screen, but also at

every users rdp, and they can only click on Restart later, and the popup

appears every 5-10 minutes...

 

With regards Erling Herstad

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Windows update on Win2003 TS

 

I really think that you should disable automatic updates on a TS,

and only install them after testing them, and while no users are

connected to the server. That said, this is what you can do:

 

Deny users access to C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe using

NTFS permissions. Make sure that Administrators are not a

member of the group which you deny access, so that the reminders

will still show for Administrators (a Deny ACE overrides all other

ACEs).

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Vera Noest

MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

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<ErlingHerstad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 09 apr 2008 in

microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Dear Sirs.

>

> At my office we use a 2003 TS, and prefer not to restart the

> machine during work hours. Is there a way to prevent the windows

> update button (Restart now/later) to NOT appear on all the users

> screens after a update has been run? The restart now/later

> appears on administrators screen, but also at every users rdp,

> and they can only click on Restart later, and the popup appears

> every 5-10 minutes...

>

> With regards Erling Herstad