{"id":2418,"date":"2018-01-05T19:31:57","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T19:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=2418"},"modified":"2018-09-06T23:17:57","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T23:17:57","slug":"how-to-change-windows-update-settings-using-sconfig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=2418","title":{"rendered":"How to change Windows Update settings using SCONFIG"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Validate your current WU settings using SCONFIG<\/h2>\n<p>To determine what updates your machine has already installed, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open a command prompt with Admin permissions.<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Type\u00a0<strong>sconfig<\/strong>\u00a0and press\u00a0<strong>Enter<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>NOTE: There may be a short pause as the tool inspects your system.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Option #5 shows the current configuration of your Windows Update settings.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net\/media\/2016\/11\/112316_1927_Howtochange1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Change your Windows Update Settings<\/h2>\n<p>To change your Windows Update Settings with SCONFIG, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open a command prompt with Admin permissions.<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Type\u00a0<strong>sconfig<\/strong>\u00a0and press\u00a0<strong>Enter<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>NOTE: There may be a short pause as the tool inspects your system.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Press\u00a0<strong>5<\/strong>\u00a0and then\u00a0<strong>Enter<\/strong>. This will bring up the following options for you to choose from:<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net\/media\/2016\/11\/112316_1927_Howtochange2.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>(A)utomatic<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 This will configure your machine to automatically scan, download, install and reboot after applying any updates.<\/li>\n<li><strong>(D)ownloadOnly<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 This will automatically scan, download and notify the admin if updates need to be installed. This is the default setting on Windows Server 2016.<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><strong>(M)anual<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; This turns Automatic Updates off. Your system will never check for updates.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Press the letter specified in the &#8220;( )&#8221; and press\u00a0<strong>Enter<\/strong>\u00a0to apply.<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>When the tool applies the configuration you have selected, you will see a message pop-up similar to the one below. Click the\u00a0<strong>OK<\/strong>button to dismiss the message. The tool will refresh the menu and option 5 will now show the new configuration.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net\/media\/2016\/11\/112316_1927_Howtochange3.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s it, you are all set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Validate your current WU settings using SCONFIG To determine what updates your machine has already installed, follow these steps: Open a command prompt with Admin permissions. Type\u00a0sconfig\u00a0and press\u00a0Enter. NOTE: There may be a short pause as the tool inspects your system. &nbsp; Option #5 shows the current configuration of your Windows Update settings. &nbsp; Change [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,48,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nano-server-nano-server","category-microsoft-windows-server-2012","category-server-2016-2016"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2419,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418\/revisions\/2419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}