Installing Windows Server 2008 - MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration - page 50

Description: After installing Windows, you notice that automatic updates haven't been enabled
in the Initial Configuration Tasks applet. You want to be sure your server is up to date on bug
fixes and security updates.

Before accessing the Internet with any computer, you should install
antivirus software.

1. Log on to your server as Administrator, if necessary. The Initial Configuration Tasks applet
should start.
2. Under Update This Server, click Enable automatic updating and feedback to open the Enable
Windows Automatic Updating and Feedback dialog box.
3. Click the arrow next to Manually configure settings . If you click Enable Windows automatic
updating and feedback (recommended), automatic updating and feedback are enabled with
the default settings.
4. Under Windows automatic updating, click the Change Setting button to open the Change
settings dialog box shown in Figure 2-10. No options are selected by default.

Figure 2-10

The Change settings dialog box

5. Click the Download updates but let me choose whether to install them option button. This
setting is the best choice for an administrator who wants to decide whether to install an
update. Critical updates are downloaded as soon as they're available on the Internet, and a
notification icon is displayed on the taskbar when they're ready to install.