Allow Automatic Updates immediate installation
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Computer
Category
Windows Components > Windows Update > Legacy Policies
Supported on
At least Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 or At least Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 through Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2 with most current service pack. Not supported on Windows 10 and above.

Supported OS tags: Windows2000, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsVista, WindowsXP

Specifies whether Automatic Updates should automatically install certain updates that neither interrupt Windows services nor restart Windows. If the status is set to Enabled, Automatic Updates will immediately install these updates once they are downloaded and ready to install. If the status is set to Disabled, such updates will not be installed immediately. Note: If the "Configure Automatic Updates" policy is disabled, this policy has no effect.

Internal name
ImmediateInstall_Title
Policy ID
4d8efe629cdd
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
Value name
AutoInstallMinorUpdates
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
Value name
AutoInstallMinorUpdates
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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