Remove access to use all Windows Update features
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Computer
Category
Windows Components > Windows Update > Manage end user experience
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2016 or Windows 10

Supported OS tags: Windows10, WindowsServer2016

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.

Internal name
DisableUXWUAccess
Policy ID
7ea8c740dfcc
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate
Value name
SetDisableUXWUAccess
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate
Value name
SetDisableUXWUAccess
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

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