Disabling automatic updates

Disabling automatic updates involves turning off the setting that allows systems to automatically download and install updates, thereby requiring manual intervention for updates to be applied.

About this task

Use the applicable Fixlet to stop automatic update through the Click-to-Run installation. To provide better control of the updates, you can disable the automatic update and use BigFix content to trigger the updates instead.

Procedure

  1. From the Patch Management domain, go to Patches for Windows (English) site > Fixlets and Tasks. Select the applicable Disable Automatic Updates Fixlet. For example, Fixlet ID 365001: Disable Office 365 Automatic Update - Office 2013.
  2. Click Take Action and click OK.
  3. Select the applicable device and click OK.