Specify the day of the week to check for security intelligence updates

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

Registry

HKLM Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Signature Updates

Value name: ScheduleDay

Options

ScheduleDay enum
  • Never -> 8
  • Every Day -> 0
  • Sunday -> 1
  • Monday -> 2
  • Tuesday -> 3
  • Wednesday -> 4
  • Thursday -> 5
  • Friday -> 6
  • Saturday -> 7

Description

This policy setting allows you to specify the day of the week on which to check for security intelligence updates. The check can also be configured to run every day or to never run at all. This setting can be configured with the following ordinal number values: (0x0) Every Day (default) (0x1) Sunday (0x2) Monday (0x3) Tuesday (0x4) Wednesday (0x5) Thursday (0x6) Friday (0x7) Saturday (0x8) Never If you enable this setting, the check for security intelligence updates will occur at the frequency specified. If you disable or do not configure this setting, the check for security intelligence updates will occur at a default frequency.