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Marco2706
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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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bdionisogr1
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Sep 21, 2022
Hello Marco, there are several solutions for that, the first is with sconfig command as describe in the following page
https://www.osradar.com/disable-automatic-updates-in-windows-server-2019-2016/
...or....
You can go to the following page and at the middle there are the procedure on how to change the setting from registry (first test it on a dev server)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/waas-wu-settings#configure-automatic-updates

BR,
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    Marco2706
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    Sep 22, 2022

    HI bdionisogr1 thanks for you repaly and for the workaround that we send us.

    We tru to applya second link on a dev server and set a NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers (REG_DWORD) regkey to manage the updates.

     

    We find and try another workaround that we send on this link

    https://www.wintips.org/how-to-turn-off-windows-10-updates-permanently/

    we try to apply the steps 2  on server and after set this key updates not start

    thanks 
    marco 

     

     

     

     

     

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      bdionisogr1
      Copper Contributor
      Sep 22, 2022
      That's good...
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        Marco2706
        Copper Contributor
        Sep 27, 2022

        HI, bdionisogr1 onluy for update you on workaround that we use to sole this issue:

        1 step, create a policy to disable a Update orchestrator service

        2 step, create a policy to add a reg key  NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers on the server

        After add this 2 policy the service not start by self and no reboot if a user it's logged on (for exemple a service user that use to run application on server and need to log in to run)

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