on a related note, you can set the registry option in a task sequence (to defer upgrades) on windows 10 like so:
cmd.exe /c reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings" /v "DeferUpgrade" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 4:41 PM, Jason Sandys <[email protected]> wrote: > Crack the ADMX file and look at the registry values they set. They are > probably different values and thus not really mutually exclusive, they just > aren’t both presented in the ADMXs at the same time. Probably a > short-sighted decision by whomever created the Win10 ADMX but there’s no > reason you can’t edit the same GPO using two different ADMX files. > > > > J > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mote, Todd > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 15, 2015 9:14 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [mssms] OT: A little: windows 10 windowsupdate.admx > > > > Not really CM related I know, but there are some knowledgeable folks here > about all things MS so I thought I’d float this by you all too. I sent > this to patchmanagement.org a little bit ago too. > > > > So, I’m looking into copying all the Windows 10 group policy admx’s to > our domain central store and found this: On the left is the Windows 10 > windowsupdate local policy from a windows 10 machine, on the right is the > current windowsupdate policy from my central store. Notice the > descriptions for “defer upgrade” and “turn off the upgrade to the latest > version of windows through windows update”. The new one requires “At least > Windows 10…”, and the old one requires “Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 > Update”. If I replace this admx in my domain central store, it is no > longer possible to turn off the upgrade via policy for Windows 7 and 8? > And if I replace windowsupdate.admx with the old one so it can, can Windows > 10 no longer defer an upgrade? Should these really be mutually exclusive > like this? We’re going to have a mix of 7, 8, and 10 for a long while… > All other policies appear to be the same. > > > > > > Todd > > > > Todd Mote, MCP, MCSA+Messaging, MCSE | [email protected] > > Enterprise Systems Management | Information Technology Services | The > University of Texas at Austin > > > > > >
