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How to disable the windows update message "Windows update hasn't been able to check for updates for the last 30 days" RRS feed

  • Question

  • Hi,

    We work on a domain that uses Symantec Management console to administrate our patch enviroment. We have windows updates disabled. But our Windows 8 machines get this message once a month

    "Windows update hasn't been able to check for updates for the last 30 days"

    Just wondering if anyone knows which GPO to use to disable this setting as I have been unable to find it.

    Thanks

    Monday, June 23, 2014 2:20 PM

Answers

  • Hi,

    You can turn off the message by GUI in Control Panel\System and Security\Action Center, in the right pane, click "Change Action Center settings", then untick the "Windows Update" option.

    For GPO, you can disable all balloon notifications:

    User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Start Menu and Taskbar\Turn off all balloon notifications

    Or remove Action Center icon itself

    User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar\Remove the Action Center icon

    And I haven't found a GPO to turn on\off a specific message mentioned in the action center, but the setting for the message is related with registry key under

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Action Center\Checks

    but the value under the key is binary, hard to control, if you have interest, you can export the key from a preference pc, then deploy the GPO via

    User Configuration > Preferences > Windows Settings > Registry

     


    Yolanda Zhu
    TechNet Community Support

    Tuesday, June 24, 2014 6:09 AM
    Moderator

All replies

  • Hi,

    You can turn off the message by GUI in Control Panel\System and Security\Action Center, in the right pane, click "Change Action Center settings", then untick the "Windows Update" option.

    For GPO, you can disable all balloon notifications:

    User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Start Menu and Taskbar\Turn off all balloon notifications

    Or remove Action Center icon itself

    User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar\Remove the Action Center icon

    And I haven't found a GPO to turn on\off a specific message mentioned in the action center, but the setting for the message is related with registry key under

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Action Center\Checks

    but the value under the key is binary, hard to control, if you have interest, you can export the key from a preference pc, then deploy the GPO via

    User Configuration > Preferences > Windows Settings > Registry

     


    Yolanda Zhu
    TechNet Community Support

    Tuesday, June 24, 2014 6:09 AM
    Moderator
  • None of the steps listed by Zhu work.  Windows continues to prompt on boot that it has not checked updates in 30 days.  This "annoy the user" approach is reason alone to not upgrade to Windows 10 as it only gets worse.  Microsoft needs to start respecting the end user again.  No means no.
    Tuesday, February 13, 2018 12:14 AM