We have a problem whereby the clients update the new AV definitions on boot up and this slows down the computer by up to 20 minutes (as using intensive SVCHOST processing at the same time WSUS is).
I have attempted to delay the updating of clients to a more suitable time of the day (after midday) so that the new definitions are not downloaded each day at boot up. This was a suggestion from this article....
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH90860&locale=en_US
...however this is not ideal.
I have set the SystemCenter central console to download new Virus Defs (via VDTM) at 12:15pm every day. This will work great for staff that work for 7 days a week 365 days a year, but most of us go home on Friday and return on Monday.
This will mean that every Monday the PC bootup will be slow again. This will also be the case for anyone who isn't in the office for a day or so, so as you can see the options are unworkable.
Clients are all XP SP3 (up to date via WSUS end of April 2011) and are running v10.0.2.2000
Is there anyway of setting the client to delay communication with the central server for updates so it waits for 30mins/1hr before attempting to connect. Either via a registry entry or otherwise.
Thanks in advance.