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by sapinto

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I've setup a Software Update Server on one of the machines in my office. How do I now get clients to get their updates from that server instead of from the Microsoft site. I'm not in an Active Directory environment so I can't use group policy. In the deployment guide that i downloaded with SUS, it says I should edit the registry at this location; HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU.

However, there is no such location in the registry.

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by joseph moore

I just went over this on another question from a few days ago.

https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-6239-0.html?fo rumID=47&threadID=142353
(please remove any spaces)

I have noticed in using a link like that from the TR website, that you sometimes need to post the link in the web browser 2 times to get the link to work. So, if you try and go to the page, and you get a "thread withdrawn" message, just paste the link in the browser address bar again and go there again, and THEN it will work.

by shawn

One thing to keep in mind is SUS will only work with Windows 2000 SP3 and Windows XP SP1 or better. That may be why the registry locations are not appearing.

You will need to use a script to make registry changes on all the 2K/XP clients that you want to update with SUS, since you're not running Active Directory (where you could use a GPO to set it).

I have a script (it a .vbs script) that sets up clients, if you're interested, email me and I can send it to you (after you award the points, of course ;o) ).

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