I've asked Mr. Google about this, but he hasn't been very helpful.
I've created my thin base image of Win7 x64 Enterprise and generalize it before capture. I have steps in the System Configuration phase that set the registry keys for pointing updates to our WSUS server.
I just recently noticed that updates are off after the template has finished. A simple click of the button will turn them on, but that leaves it up to the technician to ensure that is done.
I went back to my base image vm and the updates are turned on before generalization, but when I generalize the vm, sysprep appears to be turning it off before shutting the vm down for capture.
I am running 9.5 SP2 and am planning on moving to 9.6 soon, but this doesn't seem to be a problem with LD. Am I missing a reg key that turns them on? Below are the registry settings that are being made in my template:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate]
"WUServer"="http://windowsupdate.WSUSServer.com"
"WUStatusServer"="http://windowsupdate.WSUSServer.com"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
"AUOptions"="4"
"NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers"=dword:00000001
"NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000000
"RescheduleWaitTime"=dword:00000001
"ScheduledInstallDay"=dword:00000000
"ScheduledInstallTime"=dword:0000000c
"UseWUServer"=dword:00000001
"NoAUAsDefaultShutdownOption"=dword:00000001