5. When A. Datum received the first shipment of Windows 8 computers, Holly disabled automatic updates because she was concerned that they would cause problems with a custom application on these systems. After extensive testing, you have determined that it is extremely unlikely that automatic updates will cause a problem with this application. Objectives Configure the local Windows Update settings.

Configure the local Windows Update settings.

You have to confirm that automatic updates are disabled for your Windows 8 computers, and then enable
automatic updates by implementing a Group Policy.

The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:
1. Verify that automatic updates are disabled.
2. Enable automatic updates in Group Policy.
3. Verify that the automatic updates setting from the GPO is being applied.

Task 1: Verify that automatic updates are disabled
• On LON-CL1, open Windows Update, and verify that automatic updates are disabled.

Task 2: Enable automatic updates in Group Policy
1. Log on to the LON-DC1 virtual machine as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd,
   and open the Group Policy Management administrative tool.
2. Edit the Default Domain Policy:
   o Modify the settings for Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates
     \Windows Components\Windows Update\Configure Automatic Updates:
    = Enabled
    = 4 – Auto download and schedule the install

Task 3: Verify that the automatic updates setting from the GPO is being applied
1. On LON-CL1, run gpupdate /force to update the Group Policy settings.
2. Open Windows Update, and verify that the new settings have been applied.