2.2.9.5 Automatic Update Status Codes

Automatic updates are handled differently. The following table represents the possible states for automatic updates (AUs).

Condition

Binary representation (B3,B2,B1,B0)

Hex representation

AUs not enabled.

0001

0x1

AUs enabled, but check only for updates.

0010

0x2

AUs enabled, and download updates.

0011

0x3

AUs enabled, and download and install updates.

0100

0x4

AUs never configured.

0101

0x5

Independent of the above states, the last bit of the third byte of the AU ClientStatusCode can take the value 1 if the AU settings on the client are controlled by policy. So the ClientStatusCode can be of either of the following two forms (where 'X' is described by the preceding table):

  • 0x0000000X – Not configured by policy

  • 0x0000010X – Configured by policy