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Ì am local admin on my Win 7 computer. I want to prevent automatic updates that are controlled by group or domain policies. How do I do that? I saw this question about screen savers How can I override group policy using a local administrator account?, I am looking for similarily detailed instructions for Windows Update. Something like net stop wuauserv (when I try this it is denied with an "error 5").

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  • Why a downvote? – d-b Dec 02 '15 at 14:47
  • By philosophy and design votes are anonymous and **neither voting [up](http://serverfault.com/help/privileges/vote-up) nor voting [down](http://serverfault.com/help/privileges/vote-down) requires any mandatory explanation**. The tooltip that appears when your mouse pointer hoovers over the down button states: *"this question does not show any research effort; it is unclear or not useful"*. - My guess the downvotes are because our community is typically responsible for the enforcement of IT policies (not always thinking them up, though) and your question is about circumventing those. – HBruijn Dec 07 '15 at 09:19

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If you need to disable updates on a specific system, just ask your IT department alter the scope of the policy enforcing it, or create an 'override' policy with a higher precedence. Your IT department does know about this, right? They likely has a very good reason for implementing managed system updates, including, but not limited to security, compliance, and support contracts - you shouldn't be altering these policies.

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  • I don't care because I don't need to care about my IT departments policies. It would be better if you answered the question rather than moralizing about what I can and can not do. – d-b Dec 02 '15 at 14:46
  • Then you shouldn't be asking this question on serverfault. This site is intended for *professionals managing information technology systems in a business environment*, which you are clearly not. Flagged for migration to superuser. – tfrederick74656 Dec 02 '15 at 15:16