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GPO Windows Update Settings to schedule installs and reboots
I need to set GPO settings on a domain to schedule the install & reboot for windows updates. The device is public facing so don't want any pop's on screen and want it all to happen out of hours.
I ...
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Why group policy can't prevent Windows Update from installing drivers?
After I have uninstalled the device (remove driver software selected) and edited the entries in group policies to prevent driver installation. Windows Update still installed drivers for that device.
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Windows 10: Cannot activate driver update in Windows update
In Windows Update's settings, driver update has been excluded from Windows Update by a group policy.
But the respective policy was not configured. I deactivated it and now the respective entry is ...
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Group policy does not work on Windows 10 home edition?
I'm using Windows 10 home edition, try to solve update Windows Defender Antivirus antimalware platform - KB4052623 (Version 4.18.2001.10) error code 0x80070643
According to this Microsoft web page, I ...
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How to remove configured Windows 10 update policies
I have run into a very frustrating issue where my computer updates and restarts without notice. I have tried to disable this setting, but have encountered the message "Some settings are managed by ...
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Is it possible to add a Win10 Pro registry key to Home edition?
Specifically, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Internet Communication Management\Internet Communication.
Apparently it's a Pro edition key used for editing a group policy, but can I add it to Home edition (...
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Windows Update falsely claims that the exclude drivers policy is set
Update: issue appears fixed, raises more questions than it answers
Goodness gracious, so I just tried to simply enable the policy and then disabling it again (the good old turning it off and on again)...
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No power options available after Windows update
About two weeks ago after a Windows 10 Professional update, several users with administrator privileges cannot shut down their computer from the Windows button.
If I log on as administrator I am ...
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Windows 10 is rebooting against my explicit will in order to install updates
My Windows 10 Professional (version 1709, build 16299.214) has repeatedly restarted itself in the past in order to install updates. I've set group policies to prevent this, however the system seems to ...
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Stop Feature upgrades and properly manage them via WSUS
In the last few months, systems have been randomly upgrading themselves, the update is not approved within WSUS and is obtained directly from Miccrosoft Servers.
The upgrade to 1709/1703 is not ...
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How to limit maximum upload bandwidth for Windows 10 update in percentage via GPO?
10 days ago I downloaded most recent ADMX Win 10 templates for GPO and successfully set Maximum Download Bandwidth (percentage) for affected computers, but I am unable to find an equivalent for ...
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Need to turn off windows update for machines via GPO
I need to disable windows updates for the machines, but I still need to be able to control them.
We use a system called BatchPatch and it allows us to manage the windows updates, just can't seem to ...
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Deferring updates in Windows 10
In Windows 10 version 1607, it was still possible to defer updates by a few months via the Local Group Policy Editor, but now there's a subfolder containing two entries where it's only possible to ...
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Windows 10 asks for updates ignoring update GPO
Why Windows 10 asks user to update their computer also if they are under domain with GPO set to automatically update? This did not happen with Win 7 and I did not change any GPO about updates.
These ...
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