Configuring and Managing Updates: This Lab Contains The Following Exercises and Activities
Configuring and Managing Updates: This Lab Contains The Following Exercises and Activities
Configuring and Managing Updates: This Lab Contains The Following Exercises and Activities
LAB 21
CONFIGURING AND MANAGING UPDATES
In addition to the computers, you will also need the software listed in Table 21-2 to complete Lab 21.
SCENARIO
After completing this lab, you will be able to:
Configure Windows updates Install and uninstall an update Configure Windows updates using a local policy
Exercise 21.1
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On WKSTN-MBR-B, log using the adatum\administrator account and the Pa$$w0rd password. Type Control Panel and then select it from the results list. Within the Control Panel window, click System and Security. To display the Windows Update configuration window, click Windows Update. On the Windows Update page (see Figure 21-1), click Change settings. The Choose your Windows Update settings window displays.
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Under Important updates, click the drop-down and choose Download updates but let me chose whether to install them. Question 1
Which settings are available for Important updates?
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Verify the Give me recommended updates the same way I receive important updates option is selected. Take a screen shot of the Change settings window by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 21 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V. Click Cancel and then close Windows Update.
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End of exercise. Leave WKSTN-MBR-B running and logged in for the next exercise.
Exercise 21.2
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Mouse over the lower-left corner of the desktop and right-click the Start screen thumbnail that appears there. Click Run. In the Open text box, type gpedit.msc and then click OK. On the Local Group Policy Editor page, navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update (see Figure 21-2).
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Double-click the Do not display Install Updates and Shut Down option in Shut Down Windows dialog box. When the Do not display Install Updates and Shut Down option in Shut Down Windows dialog box appears, click Enabled. Click OK to close the Do not display Install Updates and Shut Down option in Shut Down Windows dialog box. Double-click Configure Automatic Updates. When the Configure Automatic Updates dialog box opens, click Enabled. Question 2
Which default Configure automatic updating setting is selected?
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10. Take a screen shot of the Configure Automatic Updates window by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 21 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V. 11. Click OK to close the Configure Automatic Updates dialog box. 12. Double-click Specify intranet Microsoft update service location. 13. When the Specify intranet Microsoft update service location dialog box appears, click Enabled. 14. Assuming that WSUS was installed on SVR-DC-A, in the Set the intranet update service for detecting updates text box, type http://svr-dc-a:8530. In the Set the inranet statistics server text box, type http://svr-dc-a:8530. 15. Take a screen shot of the Specify intranet Microsoft update service location dialog box by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 21 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V. 16. Click OK to close the Specify intranet Microsoft update service location dialog box. 17. Double-click Delay Restart for Scheduled installations. 18. In the Delay Restart for scheduled installations dialog box, click Enabled. 19. For the restart (minutes), specify 30 minutes. Question 4
If the Delay Restart for scheduled installations is not defined, what is the default delay?
20. Click OK to close the Delay Restart for scheduled installations dialog box. 21. Close Local Group Policy Editor. End of exercise. Leave WKSTN-MBR-B running and logged in for the next exercise.
Exercise 21.3
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On WKSTN-MBR-B, click the File Explorer icon on the Taskbar to open File Explorer. Using File Explorer, open the \\SVR-DC-A\Downloads folder. To install a patch for Internet Explorer 10, double-click Windows8-RTKB2761465-x64. When you are prompted to install the update, click Yes. When the update is installed, click Restart Now. Log into WKSTN-MBR-B as adatum\administrator using Pa$$w0rd. Type Control Panel and then press Enter. When the Control Panel opens, click System and Security > Windows Update. Question 5
If you hide an update that you know want to install, which option is clicked to view the update?
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10. On the View update history page, click Installed Updates. The updates are listed as shown in Figure 21-3.
11. Click Security Update for Microsoft Windows (KB2761465) and then click Uninstall. 12. When you are prompted to confirm that you want to uninstall this update, click Yes. 13. When you are prompted to Restart the computer, take a screen shot by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 21 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V. 14. Click Restart Now. End of exercise. Leave Windows running for the next exercise.
Lab Challenge
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To complete this challenge, you must have a virtual machine on your computer running Windows 8. You will write out the procedure to configure the Do not display 'Install Updates and Shut Down' option in Shut Down Windows dialog box and then take a snapshot of the Do not display 'Install Updates and Shut Down' option in Shut Down Windows dialog box page by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste the resulting image into the Lab 21 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V. End of lab. You can log off or start a different lab. If you want to restart this lab, youll need to click the End Lab button in order for the lab to be reset.