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Automatic updates disabled by group policy but no policy exists to disable them?
Do you have an RMM. We have n-able RMM used to be SolarWinds. when its patch management is enabled on our PCs Windows update indicates that it is disabled by a group policy.
- To disable automatic updates on Windows 10 permanently, use these steps:
Open Start.
Search for gpedit.msc and click the top result to launch the Local Group Policy Editor.
Navigate to the following path: Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update
Double-click the "Configure Automatic Updates" policy on the right side.
Configure Automatic Updates policy
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Check the Disabled option to turn off automatic Windows 10 updates permanently.
Group Policy disable Windows Update
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Click the Apply button.
Click the OK button.
After you complete the steps, Windows 10 will stop downloading updates automatically. However, the ability to check for updates manually will continue to be available on Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update, and clicking the Check for updates button to download the most recent patches as needed.
If you want to enable automatic updates on the computer again, you can use the same instructions outlined above, but in step 5, make sure to select the Not Configured option.
This may help you,
Rachel GomezI have done just that. Configure Automatic Updates is set to Disabled. And yet, it still automatically downloads updates and wants you to do a restart. The reason I have been trying to stop update is because: When Windows attempts to install 22H2, it goes through the update paces, does a restart, continues updating, then at 99% it says there is a Windows Error and updates will be undone. So I have to wait and wait for that process. This problem has gone on for 17 months now. I have tried every Microsoft fix out there and nothing fixes this. I even increased my MBR to 1000GB because they were so confident that was the issue. Well, it wasn't. Didn't work. Nothing from Microsoft works and I'm just tired of Microsoft BUGS taking up my time.
Bartb395 Change your primary hard drive's partitioning scheme from GPT to MBR That will prevent the update to 22H2, as version 22H2 is only compatible with a GPT drive. Converting the partitioning scheme is easy to do, and can be done while in windows. Just open CMD with administrator privileges, and proceed to type the commands. This video below, should help you convert your primary drive to MBR without any data loss.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a54sqzcDrUU
Of course, make sure you instruct the system to convert your selected drive MBR and not GPT.
