Automatic Updates has mind of it's own?

[pyonir]

So I have a particular computer set up to run windows update at 7am every Monday. Yet it still runs every day at about 1pm and a second time somewhere between 2 and 4am. Can anyone tell me why? I had it set to 7am every day for a while too, and it still would run at least twice a day. This is while not using any other programs except Firefox. The computer is left on 24/7 so it isn't missing it's scheduled time.

I tried doing some googling on it, but couldn't find anything like this issue. Figured I'd ask here, just to see if I'm missing something somewhere.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

have you checked to make sure your clock is correct and you're in the right time zone?

you may also want to run gpedit to see if any of those settings under Windows Update have been changed.

 

[pyonir]

have you checked to make sure your clock is correct and you're in the right time zone?

you may also want to run gpedit to see if any of those settings under Windows Update have been changed.

Yes, the clock is correct and time zone is as well.

XP Home on this PC. gpedit isn't available on Home is it?

 

[buckjrdley]

gpedit doesn't come with xp home...

The second half of this Microsoft article shows you how to configure automatic updates by modifying the registry:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328010

Make sure the keys coincide with the settings you have set up.

Good luck!

 

[pyonir]

gpedit doesn't come with xp home...

The second half of this Microsoft article shows you how to configure automatic updates by modifying the registry:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328010

Make sure the keys coincide with the settings you have set up.

Good luck!

It tells me to go to this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU

I don't have a "WindowsUpdate" in my Windows folder. I'm assuming that's only in XP Pro too, since the article is how to figure with group policy OR registry settings.

And this article doesn't help...http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525

Any other thoughts?

 

[buckjrdley]

If you feel adventurous, you might be able to install gpedit under xp home. Google brings up several hits, but I've never personally tried it.
I do think that gpedit is the root of you're problem, as the keys that would normally control the custom update times are housed in connection with this system utility, so if they're missing, you can see how things might get confused.

Maybe you could try to simulate the process by using a scheduled task to run the autoupdate utility??

 

[MiniDoom]

since patched usually come out on the 2nd Tuesday, why not have it check Wednesday morning?

 

[pyonir]

If you feel adventurous, you might be able to install gpedit under xp home. Google brings up several hits, but I've never personally tried it.
I do think that gpedit is the root of you're problem, as the keys that would normally control the custom update times are housed in connection with this system utility, so if they're missing, you can see how things might get confused.

Maybe you could try to simulate the process by using a scheduled task to run the autoupdate utility??

I don't think I'm that concerned about it to get into installing gpedit. I was kinda hoping it was a quick fix thing I was missing on the surface.

Thank you for the suggestions!

since patched usually come out on the 2nd Tuesday, why not have it check Wednesday morning?

Never really thought about it...just picked Monday. That's a good idea though, so I'll change it to Wednesday.

Thanks all