Reschedule Automatic Updates scheduled installations: registry value RescheduleWaitTimeEnabled and 1 moreComputerHKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
- Policy ID
- RescheduleWaitTime_Title
- Scope
- Computer Configuration
- Supported on
- Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP SP1 , Windows 2000 SP4, Windows 2000 SP3
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Windows Components › Windows Update › Legacy Policies
Registry
RescheduleWaitTimeEnabled
REG_DWORDComputer- Enabled value
- 1
- Disabled value
- 0
Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell
.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU] ; Options (use only one) ; Enabled "RescheduleWaitTimeEnabled"=dword:00000001 ; Disabled "RescheduleWaitTimeEnabled"=dword:00000000
CMD
:: Options (use only one) :: Enabled reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" /v "RescheduleWaitTimeEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f :: Disabled reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" /v "RescheduleWaitTimeEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
PowerShell
# Common: create the key New-Item -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU' -Force | Out-Null # Options (use only one) # Enabled New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU' -Name 'RescheduleWaitTimeEnabled' -PropertyType DWord -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null # Disabled New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU' -Name 'RescheduleWaitTimeEnabled' -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null
RescheduleWaitTime
REG_DWORDComputer- Enabled value
- Depends on the option value
- Element
- startup (minutes):
- Value type
- REG_DWORD
- Required
- true
- Minimum value
- 1
- Maximum value
- 60
Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell
.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU] ; Value names and types follow the ADMX. Replace <enter value> below with your own data "RescheduleWaitTime"=dword:<enter value>
CMD
:: Value names and types follow the ADMX. Replace <enter value> below with your own data reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" /v "RescheduleWaitTime" /t REG_DWORD /d "<enter value>" /f
PowerShell
# Value names and types follow the ADMX. Replace <enter value> below with your own data New-Item -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU' -Force | Out-Null New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU' -Name 'RescheduleWaitTime' -PropertyType DWord -Value '<enter value>' -Force | Out-Null