Enable software auto update
Defines if ActivClient will automatically check if software update is made available.
Enabling this setting requires to specify the network location (URL) where ActivClient Auto-Update service looks for the software updates, and the path to the local folder where the software updates are downloaded. The ActivClient Auto-Update service must have read and write permissions to the folder.
If this setting is not configured or disabled, then the values remain empty and so no automatic update is performed.
Supported on: At least Windows Vista SP1
| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | SOFTWARE\Policies\HID Global\ActivClient\AutoUpdate |
| Value Name | Enabled |
| Value Type | REG_DWORD |
| Enabled Value | 1 |
| Disabled Value | 0 |
Download path for software update
| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | SOFTWARE\Policies\HID Global\ActivClient\AutoUpdate |
| Value Name | DownloadPath |
| Value Type | REG_SZ |
| Default Value |
Software automatic update URL
| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | SOFTWARE\Policies\HID Global\ActivClient\AutoUpdate |
| Value Name | URL |
| Value Type | REG_SZ |
| Default Value |
hidglobal.activclient.admx
- HID Global
- ActivClient
- Certificate Availability
- Logon Window
- Notification Area Icon
- Notifications Management
- Blocked Card Manager message (Windows 7 and earlier)
- Blocked Card Manager message (Windows 8 and later)
- Blocked Card Manager title (Windows 8 and later)
- Card Auto-Update Alert duration (in seconds)
- Card Auto-Update Alert message (Windows 7 and earlier)
- Card Auto-Update Alert message (Windows 8 and later)
- Card Auto-Update Alert title (Windows 8 and later)
- Delay before checking expiration after card insertion (in seconds)
- Display Card Expiration notification
- Display Certificate Expiration notification
- Display New Card window on card insertion
- Expiration notification period (in days)
- Expiration warning message
- Expiration warning period (in days)
- Hide Blocked Card Manager message when a smart card with a blocked card manager is inserted
- Hide No Smart Card Reader Alert
- Locked Card message (Windows 7 and earlier)
- Locked Card message (Windows 8 and later)
- Locked Card title (Windows 8 and later)
- No Smart Card Reader Alert duration (in seconds)
- No Smart Card Reader Alert message (Windows 7 and earlier)
- No Smart Card Reader Alert message (Windows 8 and later)
- No Smart Card Reader Alert title (Windows 8 and later)
- Prevent Unlock Card window prompt when a locked card is inserted
- Unattended Smart Card Alert
- Unattended Smart Card Sound
- Outlook Enhancements
- Allow different email addresses in smart card certificate and Microsoft Exchange account
- Check CRL for Microsoft Outlook security profile creation and Publish to GAL
- Check CRL timeout for Microsoft Outlook security profile creation and Publish to GAL
- Disable audit for Microsoft Outlook security profile creation and Publish to GAL
- Encryption algorithm configured in Security Profile on card insertion
- Hash algorithm configured in Security Profile on card insertion
- Microsoft Outlook Auto-Contact destination folder
- Turn off automatic addition of sender's certificates to Microsoft Outlook contacts
- Turn off setup email certificates in Microsoft Outlook on card insertion
- Turn on automatic decryption of encrypted emails
- Turn on automatic publication of certificates to the Global Address List
- PIN Caching
- PIN Initialization Tool
- PIN Management
- Allow ActivClient to validate the PIN code against the PIN policy before validating the PIN code against the smart card.
- Allow entry of PIN code longer than the maximum PIN length
- Prevent alphabetic characters in PIN code
- Prevent cancellation of Change PIN at first use
- Prevent entry of PIN code shorter than the minimum PIN length
- Prevent users from reusing the current PIN code during Change PIN
- Unlock card contact telephone number
- Smart Card Auto Update
- CMS MDIDC timeout (in seconds)
- CMS server URL
- CMS Synchronization Manager timeout (in seconds)
- Enable Card Auto-Update
- Frequency of update (in days)
- Maximum delay for card update check after card insertion (in minutes)
- Maximum delay for card update check after Windows logon (in minutes)
- Maximum number of CMS MDIDC card update retries
- Maximum number of CMS Synchronization Manager retries
- Smart Card
- Smart Card Readers
- Software Auto Update
- User Console
- Disable deletion of user certificates
- Disable One-Time Password generation
- Disable One-Time Password synchronization
- Hide Advanced Diagnostics icon
- Hide CA Certificates folder
- Hide Check for Card Update menu
- Hide Export Certificate menu
- Hide Help menu
- Hide Import Certificate menu
- Hide My Certificates folder
- Hide My Personal Info option
- Hide New Card menu
- Hide Publish to GAL menu
- Hide Reset Card menu
- Hide Tasks View from Explorer Bar
- Hide the Smart Card Info icon
- Hide Tree View from Explorer Bar
- Hide Unlock Card menu
- Hide Use Reader menu and Reader list icon
- Hide View Policy Settings menu
- Hide View Unlock Code menu
- Image displayed on the lower right corner of the List view
- Prevent users from switching between icon and detail view
- Advanced Diagnostics
- Logging
- ActivClient