Policy

Remove access to use all Windows Update features

This setting allows you to remove access to scan Windows Update. If you enable this setting user access to Windows Update scan, download and install is removed.

Policy

Pack Microsoft Windows

Category Windows Components / Windows Update / Manage end user experience

Policy ID 7ea8c740dfcc

Internal name DisableUXWUAccess

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\SetDisableUXWUAccess (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\SetDisableUXWUAccess (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This setting allows you to remove access to scan Windows Update. If you enable this setting user access to Windows Update scan, download and install is removed.

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