Win XP updates?

[cdsonic]

Is there any way to alter Windows XP's automatic updating?
Frequency etc.

 

[mk]

There are some options in Control Panel > System > Automatic Updates.
You can essentially choose between automatic and manual updating.

 

[cdsonic]

i just wanted to change the amount of time before it retries

 

[mk]

I don't think that you can do that within the Windows UI

but you can find Registry entries for Windows Update in: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > WindowsUpdate".
My best guess (I have used the update only manually so I don't have a clue about the automatic update frequency) is that the "HistoricalSpeed" which is set at 216768 (roughly 60 hours) does control the frequency.

Just make sure that you backup (export) the Registry before editing it.

 

[cdsonic]

Yes "Historical Speed", But does not seem to appear were you said i registry. Did a search on it and no luck either.

 

[mk]

The "HistoricalSpeed" entry should be in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > ... > WindowsUpdate > IUControl".

 

[cdsonic]

Thanks, But i do not have it.