Add script to disable automatic Windows updates

Author: pandrew

AUTHORS

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 Julian C. Dunn <[email protected]>
 Ken Sykora <[email protected]>
 Mischa Taylor <[email protected]>
+Paul Andrew Liljenberg <[email protected]>
 Ross Smith II <[email protected]>
 Stefan Scherer <[email protected]>

floppy/disablewinupdate.ps1

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+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+   Disables automatic windows updates
+.DESCRIPTION
+   Disables checking for and applying Windows Updates (does not prevent updates from being applied manually or being pushed down)
+   Run on the machine that updates need disabling on.
+.PARAMETER <paramName>
+   None
+.EXAMPLE
+   ./Disable-WindowsUpdates.ps1
+#>
+$RunningAsAdmin = ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal] [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator")
+if ($RunningAsAdmin)
+{
+
+	$Updates = (New-Object -ComObject "Microsoft.Update.AutoUpdate").Settings
+
+	if ($Updates.ReadOnly -eq $True) { Write-Error "Cannot update Windows Update settings due to GPO restrictions." }
+
+	else {
+		$Updates.NotificationLevel = 1 #Disabled
+		$Updates.Save()
+		$Updates.Refresh()
+		Write-Output "Automatic Windows Updates disabled."
+	}
+}
+
+else 
+{	Write-Warning "Must be executed in Administrator level shell."
+	Write-Warning "Script Cancelled!" } 

floppy/rundisablewinupdate.cmd

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+@ECHO OFF
+SET ThisScriptsDirectory=%~dp0
+SET PowerShellScriptPath=%ThisScriptsDirectory%disablewinupdate.ps1
+PowerShell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& '%PowerShellScriptPath%'";