Get Updates For Other Microsoft Products Registry

  • Jul 08, 2020.
  • Using Windows 7 In windows update i accidentally unchecked the box for microsoft updates and now the box is gone and i can't get it back. When i checked get updates for other microsoft products.
  • The behavior of the Windows Update Agent is controlled via GPO. If you want to enable Microsoft Updates via GPO or other ways. Please refer to the article: Opt-In to Microsoft Update and check if it’s helpful. You can opt a computer in to the Microsoft Update service and then register that service with Automatic Updates.
Enable updates for other microsoft products

By default, Windows 7 automatically looks for updates to the Windows 7 operating system without you having to do a thing. But you need to manually set up Microsoft Update if you want Windows 7 to look for updates to your other Microsoft programs, such as Microsoft Office.

Under Recommended updates, select Give me recommended updates the same way I receive important updates. Under Microsoft Update, select Give me updates for other Microsoft products when I update Windows, and then select Apply. Click the questions below to see answers about how Windows Update keeps your device up to date.

  1. Click Start and type updatein the Search Programs and Files text box. Click Windows Update in the resulting list of matching programs.

    The Windows Update screen appears.

  2. 2Click the Find Out More link next to Get Updates for Other Microsoft Products.

    Internet Explorer launches and automatically browses the Microsoft Update site.

    If you don’t have this option, the choice to check for additional updates may already be selected (see Step 6).

  3. Select the check box next to I Accept the Terms of Use. Then click Install.

    What choice do you have, really?

  4. Click Yes through any User Account Control boxes that might appear.

    A Web page appears, indicating that Microsoft Update was successfully installed.

  5. Click the X in the upper-right corner to close the browser window.

    Windows Update automatically starts and searches for updates.

    The You Receive Updates option now states “For Windows and Other Products from Microsoft Update.”

    If the Windows Update doesn’t begin searching automatically, click the Check for updates link in the left panel.

  6. If updates are found, decide which ones you want to install.

    In Windows 7, a new option appears on Windows Update: Find Out More About Free Software from Microsoft Update. Click the link labeled Click Here for Details to find out more about this program in which you’re notified about new software from Microsoft.

Here is a good question that I cannot find the answer to. Maybe my google-fu is failing me. My understanding of Vista and Windows 7's update service is that both come with Windows Update and Microsoft Update, but Microsoft Update is disabled by default. In Windows Update there is a message that you can 'get updates for other Microsoft products' and if you click the link you'll be directed to Microsoft Update's website where you can enable Microsoft Update via Internet Explorer.

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What I want to know is if there is any way to enable Microsoft Update without having to go on each individual computer and follow that link. Is there just some registry entry I can change to enable Microsoft Update, or a standalone installer, or something I can integrate without having to go to a computer and via Internet Explorer enable Microsoft Update? I've searched but I cannot find an answer.
I recently installed on several computers using the wsusoffline update system to post install windows updates after installing windows. This worked fairly well however when I ran the baseline security analyzer it shows all these security updates that have not been applied. I've since learned that this is due to Microsoft Update not being enabled. What I would like to do is for future Vista installs make sure it is enabled and for the already Vista installed find some way to enable it without having to go to each computer and log on to internet explorer and click OK to enable it.
Does anyone have experience with this? And if this isn't the right forum can you perhaps show it to the right forum? This also applies to Windows 7. Thanks!

Enable Updates For Other Microsoft Products

Get Updates For Other Microsoft Products Registry