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Hello!
Why Backup existing system files option (on the Update Installer GUI) is not selected by default?

Hello Pilate!

You can change the default settings for the Update Installer by editing the UpdateInstaller.ini file. Just change the following line:

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backup=Enabled

Note: When updating WSUS Offline Update in future, make sure to check your customized default settings in that file again.

I cannot say anything about the reason for each default setting as it is provided by the author (WSUSUpdateAdmin). But maybe this wasn't really the intention of your question, was it?

Greetings
Gerby

If you want to, you may change all the default options by editing UpdateInstaller.ini.

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[Installation]
backup=Disabled               Backup
updatercerts=Enabled        Root Certificates
instie7=Disabled               Internet Explorer 7
instie8=Enabled                Internet Explorer 8
instie9=Disabled               Internet Explorer 9
instie10=Disabled             Internet Explorer 10
updatecpp=Enabled           Visual C++ Runtimes
updatedx=Disabled            Microsoft DirectX
instmssl=Disabled             Microsoft Silverlight
updatewmp=Enabled         Windows Media Player 11 (XP only)
instdotnet35=Disabled      .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
instdotnet4=Disabled        .NET Framework 4.0 / 4.5
instpsh=Disabled              Powershell (depends .NET Framework)
instwmf=Disabled             Windows Management Framework (depends .NET Framework)
instmsse=Disabled            Microsoft Security Essentials
updatetsc=Enabled           Windows Remote Desktop
instofc=Disabled              Office File Converter (Office 2003)
instofv=Disabled              Office File Validation (Office 2003 & 2007)
all=Disabled                     Install all Updates (even those, which are already installed)
excludestatics=Disabled    Don't install the statical defined updates
skipdynamic=Disabled      Just install the statical defined updates
[Control]
verify=Enabled                 Check the Hashes of the files before installing
autoreboot=Disabled         Reboot computer after update and relaunch update process automatically until all updates are installed
shutdown=Disabled           Power off the computer, after the update completed
[Messaging]
showlog=Disabled              Show the logfile after update


Also note that Backup does only concern Windows XP and maybe Office. On modern OS Backup cannot be disabled.

boco wrote:Also note that Backup does only concern Windows XP and maybe Office. On modern OS Backup cannot be disabled.

Thanks.