Windows Patching Policy Windows Patching Policy 
Windows Vista computers in student labs in the Henry Electronic Classrooms (1245 SC), Hering (1220 SC), Elder (1231 SC), and 2301 SC labs have Automatic Updates turned on. That is Microsoft’s recommended setting, and the setting you should have on any Windows computer at home.
Computers in those labs are set to patch nightly beginning at 3am whenever there is a patch to be installed, either an operating system patch or a software patch. At patch time, all the computers in the labs will be unavailable for the few minutes that it takes for the patch to install and the computer to reboot.
If a Windows Vista patch or software updates are released during the week, Windows Vista machines will be taken down beginning at 1am on Sunday to install patches. Else the computers will remain available for login.
If a critical patch is released during the day, you will get a pop-up dialogue box that will allow you to defer the patching for up to 3 hours. After that period of time, your login session will terminate so the patch can be applied.
CSS suggests that you close all files when you leave your computer at the end of the day and logout before Sunday. If there are updates to install, the installation will not damage any files if all files are closed.
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