Frequency of update (in days)
Defines the interval (in days) between checks for software updates.
If this setting is not configured or disabled, the update frequency is set to 1 day
Supported on: At least Windows Vista SP1
Frequency of update (in days)
| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | SOFTWARE\Policies\HID Global\ActivClient\AutoUpdate |
| Value Name | CheckDays |
| Value Type | REG_DWORD |
| Default Value | 1 |
| Min Value | 1 |
| Max 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