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Windows 10 - Hide Settings Page Visibility

Hi

I want to hide Windows update option under settings==>Update & Security for all Client computers in Our corporate network. This can be configured through GPO setting but it I suspect that it will apply only to computers regardless if it's an admin user or regular domain user Whos using the computer. I dont want to hide this option for admin users.

Another option is to configure this through registry at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer" and create the string value "SettingsPagevisibility". The value must be configured as "hide:windowsupdate" (without quotes). The problem is that this registry setting is not being Applied and i've tried it several times, Google searched to verify if there is something i've missed but unfortunately it's not working.

My idea is to use a PS script where this setting will be created, then configure a GPO that runs this script at logon, delegate it to required secuirty group and link the GPO at required OU.

Hope I can get help on this

Kind regards
Bhanu2000no

Qlemo

I don't know whether that works, but how about setting the registry value for HKCU instead of HKLM? Since it is user based, you can set up a GPO accordingly for some OUs or based on WMI results.

bhanu2000no

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Hi Qlemo

I tried to configure the same setting under "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer" but that doesnt help either. Unless there's another registry path in HKCU.

Anyways, thanks for the reply.

Qlemo

You changed that value, and then logged out and in again?

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