Install Updates and Shutdown

Hi there,

I hope that this is the correct newsgroups for my question...

Does anybody know how Windows detects that there are updates available and
therefore enables the "Install Updates and Shutdown" shield for the "shut
down" button?

is there a registry key used to determine this? or there is a folder on our
hard drive with files for the updates?

I would like to know everything about "Install Updates and Shutdown" and
read the article
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb457141.aspx, but I still
haven't been able to determine how the shield shows up because it find out
that there is an update available.

Can we run any application type when Windows enter the Installing updates
while shutting down? If it is possible, where should I add the path to an
application so it can be run by the "Install Updates and Shutdown" process?

Many thanks

That's a hard one especially if you're not on the inside with MS. Perhaps
you'll just have to research this one on your own.
Have you read:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro.../winupdte.mspx


"HT" wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I hope that this is the correct newsgroups for my question...
>
> Does anybody know how Windows detects that there are updates available and
> therefore enables the "Install Updates and Shutdown" shield for the "shut
> down" button?
>
> is there a registry key used to determine this? or there is a folder on our
> hard drive with files for the updates?
>
> I would like to know everything about "Install Updates and Shutdown" and
> read the article
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb457141.aspx, but I still
> haven't been able to determine how the shield shows up because it find out
> that there is an update available.
>
> Can we run any application type when Windows enter the Installing updates
> while shutting down? If it is possible, where should I add the path to an
> application so it can be run by the "Install Updates and Shutdown" process?
>
> Many thanks
>
>
>
>
>
>

Thank you for your help! It seems a bit complicated to mess with...and it
seems to be oriented to updating windows...

I think that the best idea is to write an app/service that will act like the
Updater and runs the same way...sort of like "Run and shutdown" and not
"Install Updates and shutdown"...

I believe this is not the newsgroup to ask this then...

but, if any of you by any chance, have a link to details on how the auto
update works when system is shutting I would appreciate...If I understood
how the auto update is created to act upon system shutting down, I could
mock the behavior on my own app.

Thanks




"TaurArian" <TaurArian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:48258049-472E-4226-B69E-5E930D79B418@microsoft.com...
> That's a hard one especially if you're not on the inside with MS. Perhaps
> you'll just have to research this one on your own.
> Have you read:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro.../winupdte.mspx
>
>
> "HT" wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I hope that this is the correct newsgroups for my question...
>>
>> Does anybody know how Windows detects that there are updates available
>> and
>> therefore enables the "Install Updates and Shutdown" shield for the "shut
>> down" button?
>>
>> is there a registry key used to determine this? or there is a folder on
>> our
>> hard drive with files for the updates?
>>
>> I would like to know everything about "Install Updates and Shutdown" and
>> read the article
>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb457141.aspx, but I still
>> haven't been able to determine how the shield shows up because it find
>> out
>> that there is an update available.
>>
>> Can we run any application type when Windows enter the Installing updates
>> while shutting down? If it is possible, where should I add the path to an
>> application so it can be run by the "Install Updates and Shutdown"
>> process?
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

Sorry, beyond me. If I knew how it all worked, I'd be working for MS - <grin>
K

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"HT" <htome@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:9E680506-03B1-4681-BB74-CC3EA0FD1583@microsoft.com...
| Thank you for your help! It seems a bit complicated to mess with...and it
| seems to be oriented to updating windows...
|
| I think that the best idea is to write an app/service that will act like the
| Updater and runs the same way...sort of like "Run and shutdown" and not
| "Install Updates and shutdown"...
|
| I believe this is not the newsgroup to ask this then...
|
| but, if any of you by any chance, have a link to details on how the auto
| update works when system is shutting I would appreciate...If I understood
| how the auto update is created to act upon system shutting down, I could
| mock the behavior on my own app.
|
| Thanks
|
|
|
|
| "TaurArian" <TaurArian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| news:48258049-472E-4226-B69E-5E930D79B418@microsoft.com...
| > That's a hard one especially if you're not on the inside with MS. Perhaps
| > you'll just have to research this one on your own.
| > Have you read:
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro.../winupdte.mspx
| >
| >
| > "HT" wrote:
| >
| >> Hi there,
| >>
| >> I hope that this is the correct newsgroups for my question...
| >>
| >> Does anybody know how Windows detects that there are updates available
| >> and
| >> therefore enables the "Install Updates and Shutdown" shield for the "shut
| >> down" button?
| >>
| >> is there a registry key used to determine this? or there is a folder on
| >> our
| >> hard drive with files for the updates?
| >>
| >> I would like to know everything about "Install Updates and Shutdown" and
| >> read the article
| >> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb457141.aspx, but I still
| >> haven't been able to determine how the shield shows up because it find
| >> out
| >> that there is an update available.
| >>
| >> Can we run any application type when Windows enter the Installing updates
| >> while shutting down? If it is possible, where should I add the path to an
| >> application so it can be run by the "Install Updates and Shutdown"
| >> process?
| >>
| >> Many thanks
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >>