While setting up a new virtual machine, the New Virtual Machine Assistant offers these options.  What do we want to recommend for them?  Without specific testing, I'm inclined to use the defaults.


What's the recommended settings for automatic updates in XP and Vista?  According to the MIT Windows Automatic Update Service page, the two types of installations either polls after 17 hours and installs the next 1 A.M. ( mitsus.reg ) or manual confirmation to install and reboot, polls after 17 hours ( mitsus-n.reg ).  My concern is that since virtual machines may not be running that often, and even less so over night, these updates would never be applied.  Is it possible to poll and install immediately?  That updates will be found and installed when the VM is started up.  Note - in Vista, it took me several reboots and launches of Windows Update for it to actually see and install any updates.