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Marco2706
Copper Contributor
Sep 21, 2022

Disable Windows Update on Windows server 2019 (1809)

Hi to all, we need to disable windwos update on my organization on windows server 2019. We try to deploy a GPO that disable a Windows Update service but it's still work again and last night downlod...
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Harm_Veenstra
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Sep 21, 2022
What are your settings in the GPO and when you run a rsop.msc on the server, do you see the settings being applied?
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    Marco2706
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 22, 2022

    Hi Harm_Veenstra we run the rsop.msc ont he machine and we can find a Windows Update service on disable state on the server's 

    at the follow the setting that we set on policy for disable update

     

    please let me know if we make a mistake to set it. The domain controller that where set a GPO it's a Windows 2012R2 server

    Thanks a lot

    Marco

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      Harm_Veenstra
      MVP
      Sep 22, 2022
      Do you also disable the Software Protection service? Only the Windows Update service is needed, but in fact, I think that only setting the Windows Update settings to disabled should be enough. The Windows Update service will still be running, but in the Windows Update control panel, you should see that it's not configured/disabled.
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        Marco2706
        Copper Contributor
        Sep 22, 2022

        Harm_Veenstra yes we disable a Software Protection service, we find this workaround on this link https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/298c11d5-02ec-4627-9916-7182d994be3b/successfully-scheduled-software-protection-service-for-restart-reason-rulesengine?forum=WAVirtualMachinesforWindows and try it  on dev machine 

         

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