Limted Users and Windows Update

Is it possible to enable a limited user to automatically download and install
critical updates from Windows Update?

If the do it manually, or through the settings in Control Panel (set up by
an admin) it still requires them to be an admin to install them.

I've been looking at gpedit.msc and there is some good stuff in there, but
I'm not sure if this will allow a limited user to update...

Cheers in advance,
Mort

You would have to configure the updates to happen automatically which is the
first option in System Properties\automatic updates or else the user will
need to be a local administrator. --- Steve



"Mort" <Mort@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6AF769F5-7827-4697-B87C-79065665A860@microsoft.com...
> Is it possible to enable a limited user to automatically download and
> install
> critical updates from Windows Update?
>
> If the do it manually, or through the settings in Control Panel (set up by
> an admin) it still requires them to be an admin to install them.
>
> I've been looking at gpedit.msc and there is some good stuff in there, but
> I'm not sure if this will allow a limited user to update...
>
> Cheers in advance,
> Mort

Yeah, I did that but it would then only download, not install any updates due
to permissions.

After a some more testing, and five changes to the Windows Update settings
in gpedit.msc, I got it downloading and installing on shutdown which is
pretty much what I was after.

Cheers

"Steven L Umbach" wrote:

> You would have to configure the updates to happen automatically which is the
> first option in System Properties\automatic updates or else the user will
> need to be a local administrator. --- Steve
>
>
>
> "Mort" <Mort@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6AF769F5-7827-4697-B87C-79065665A860@microsoft.com...
> > Is it possible to enable a limited user to automatically download and
> > install
> > critical updates from Windows Update?
> >
> > If the do it manually, or through the settings in Control Panel (set up by
> > an admin) it still requires them to be an admin to install them.
> >
> > I've been looking at gpedit.msc and there is some good stuff in there, but
> > I'm not sure if this will allow a limited user to update...
> >
> > Cheers in advance,
> > Mort
>
>
>

Automatic Updates should work for non administrators. If using Group Policy
you would want to select option 4 in configure Automatic Updates which it
sounds like what you probably did. Glad you got it working. --- Steve


"Mort" <Mort@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C25286A2-E507-4FF1-9C8D-B659EB38089A@microsoft.com...
> Yeah, I did that but it would then only download, not install any updates
> due
> to permissions.
>
> After a some more testing, and five changes to the Windows Update settings
> in gpedit.msc, I got it downloading and installing on shutdown which is
> pretty much what I was after.
>
> Cheers
>
> "Steven L Umbach" wrote:
>
>> You would have to configure the updates to happen automatically which is
>> the
>> first option in System Properties\automatic updates or else the user will
>> need to be a local administrator. --- Steve
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mort" <Mort@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6AF769F5-7827-4697-B87C-79065665A860@microsoft.com...
>> > Is it possible to enable a limited user to automatically download and
>> > install
>> > critical updates from Windows Update?
>> >
>> > If the do it manually, or through the settings in Control Panel (set up
>> > by
>> > an admin) it still requires them to be an admin to install them.
>> >
>> > I've been looking at gpedit.msc and there is some good stuff in there,
>> > but
>> > I'm not sure if this will allow a limited user to update...
>> >
>> > Cheers in advance,
>> > Mort
>>
>>
>>