Updating Windows Server 2022

Posted 2022-03-22 ganzy

Using the Local Group Policy Editor to change the automatic updates setting in Windows Server 2022:

1. Click the Start menu and type ​gpedit.msc.

2. Navigate to the Windows Update section by clicking on ​Computer​

​Configuration​, then ​Administrative Templates​, then ​​Windows​​

​​Components​, and finally ​Windows Update​.

3. ​Double-click​ ​Configure Automatic Updates.

4. Select ​Enabled​.

You’re given configuration options.

Under Configure Automatic Updating, you can see that it’s set to ​Auto​

​Download and Notify to Install​. This is the default setting.

5. Click the drop-down box and select the setting that works best for your

environment.

​SETTING UPDATES TO AUTOMATIC VIA PowerShell​ 

To set updates to automatic via PowerShell, you need to navigate to ​​C:\\Windows\\​​

​​system32​ and stop the Windows Update service.

1. Stop the Windows Update Server service.

​net stop wuauserv​

2. Set automatic updates to 4 which is enabled.

​cscript scregedit.wsf /AU 4​

you can use the script program to execute​ scregedit.wsf​. Adding the switch ​/AU 4​

enables automatic updates,​ /AU 1​ would disable automatic updates.

3. Start the Windows Updates Server service.

​net start wuauserv

Downloading and installing updates

To force Server Core to then detect and install any available updates, simply type

the following command and press Enter.

​wuauclt /detectnow

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