Disable windows auto-updates

Hi,

Is there any fixlet to disable windows auto-updates? I can’t do this using GPO because some are not in domain.

Best Regards
Vishnu

Hi

I have not done this before but you can make your own fixlet where you disable windows auto-updates by changing a registry value. After a quick google search you can follow these steps. I have not tried them myself and would encourage you to do this on a test machine first.

Path
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.
New, DWORD value.
Enter a name of NoWindowsUpdate, and press Enter.
Double-click NoWindowsUpdate, and set it to 1.

You can use the registry wizard to create the fixlet.

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You can deploy Local GPO using BigFix. See this example: https://bigfix.me/cdb/fixlet/3741

Local GPO is the best way to manage per-user registry settings with BigFix, particularly if you don’t want the user to be able to change the setting themselves.