Windows Update Turn On or Off Updates for Other Microsoft Products in Windows 11

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This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off Receive updates for other Microsoft products when you update Windows in Windows 11.

Windows Update keeps Windows 11 updated by automatically downloading and installing the latest updates, drivers, and hotfixes released by Microsoft.

You can have Windows 11 receive updates for other Microsoft products and software, like Office, when you update Windows.


Contents

  • Option One: Turn On or Off Receive Updates for Other Microsoft Products in Settings
  • Option Two: Turn On or Off Receive Updates for Other Microsoft Products in PowerShell
  • Option Three: Turn On or Off Receive Updates for Other Microsoft Products using REG file




Option One

Turn On or Off Receive Updates for Other Microsoft Products in Settings


1 Open Settings (Win+I).

2 Click/tap on Windows Update on the left side, and click/tap on Advanced options on the right side. (see screenshot below)


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3 Turn On (default) or Off Receive updates for other Microsoft products for what you want. (see screenshot below)

Recieve_updates_for_other_Microsoft_products_Settings-2.png

4 You can now close Settings if you like.




Option Two

Turn On or Off Receive Updates for Other Microsoft Products in PowerShell


You must be signed in as an administrator to use this option.


1 Open Windows Terminal (Admin), and select Windows PowerShell.

2 Copy and paste the command you want below into PowerShell, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

Turn on: (default)
(New-Object -com "Microsoft.Update.ServiceManager").AddService2("7971f918-a847-4430-9279-4a52d1efe18d",7,"")

OR

Turn off:
(New-Object -com "Microsoft.Update.ServiceManager").RemoveService("7971f918-a847-4430-9279-4a52d1efe18d")

receive_updates_for_other_Microsoft_products_command.png





Option Three

Turn On or Off Receive Updates for Other Microsoft Products using REG file


1 Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you want.

2 Turn On Receive Updates for Other Microsoft Products

This is the default setting.


A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the REG file below, and go to step 4 below.​

Turn_ON_Receive_updates_for_other_Microsoft_products.reg


(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings]
"AllowMUUpdateService"=dword:00000001

3 Turn Off Receive Updates for Other Microsoft Products

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the REG file below, and go to step 4 below.​

Turn_OFF_Receive_updates_for_other_Microsoft_products.reg


(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings]
"AllowMUUpdateService"=dword:00000000

4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7 If Settings is open, then close and reopen Settings to see the change.

8 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn Brink


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How do I do this from a .reg file?
 

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reg no longer works for this, but ComObject registration still should (ps1 code below):

ENABLE:
(New-Object -com "Microsoft.Update.ServiceManager").AddService2("7971f918-a847-4430-9279-4a52d1efe18d",7,"")


DISABLE:
If ((New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.Update.ServiceManager).Services | Where-Object { $_.ServiceID -eq "7971f918-a847-4430-9279-4a52d1efe18d"}) {
(New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.Update.ServiceManager).RemoveService("7971f918-a847-4430-9279-4a52d1efe18d")
}
 

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@Brink i dont think this works anymore! keep getting this error below
 

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@Brink i dont think this works anymore! keep getting this error below

Hello, and welcome. :alien:

It looks like you didn't enter the command the same as in the tutorial for it to work.
 

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Hello @martinii, :alien:

I added a new option three to help with using a REG file instead.
 

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receive updates for other ms products when you update windows doesn't stay turn on ... after restart
 

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receive updates for other ms products when you update windows doesn't stay turn on ... after restart

Hello mate, :alien:

Does this still happen even if using option 3?
 

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Hello mate, :alien:

Does this still happen even if using option 3?
hello, the problem is in Policies, if I click on enabled then on not configured, it comes back...
 

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hello, the problem is in Policies, if I click on enabled then on not configured, it comes back...

Great news. :shawn:

This can often happen if the policy was manually set in regedit instead of gpedit.msc. Toggling gpedit like that will clear the registry.

Which policy was it?
 
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Great news. :shawn:

This can often happen if the policy was manually set in regedit instead of gpedit.msc. Toggling gpedit like that will clear the registry.

Which policy was it?
Windows update, i set in gpedit.msc, not configured
 

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If you suspect this is still caused by a group policy, then you could test using the tutorial below to reset all group policies to see if this setting will not be disabled afterwards.

 

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from not configured i check enabled ...
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I'm back, it's not active... I tried with Not Configured and with Enabled... it appears unchecked after 3-4 restarts


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should I receive this error because I have 2 computers logged in to the same account?
 

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