As usual, Microsoft is providing a way to prevent the download and install for a new service pack, this time it\u2019s SP1 for Windows 7 and W2008 R2.<\/p>\n
You can prevent the download\/install if you use WSUS or ConfigMgr. For example, you can choose if you want to download serivce packs (or not) and you can choose to approve (or not) the service pack for all machines or groups of machines.<\/p>\n
But maybe you use Windows Update directly or maybe you have a one-size fits all policy and you want to blog the install for a few machines? If so, you can use the blocker<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cA <\/em>blocking tool is available for organizations that would like to temporarily prevent installation of Service Pack updates through Windows Update. This toolkit contains three components. All of them function primarily to set or clear a specific registry key that is used to detect and block download of Service Packs from Windows Update. You only need to use the component which best serves your organization\u2019s computer management infrastructure. <\/em><\/p>\n Please note that this toolkit will not prevent the installation of the service pack from CD\/DVD, or from the stand-alone download package. This simply prevents the service pack from being delivered over Windows Update.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n As usual, Microsoft is providing a way to prevent the download and install for a new service pack, this time it\u2019s SP1 for Windows 7 and W2008 R2. You can prevent the download\/install if you use WSUS or ConfigMgr. For example, you can choose if you want to download serivce packs (or not) and you … Continue reading “Block Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[108,117,121],"class_list":["post-10974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-server","tag-windows-7","tag-windows-server-2008-r2","tag-windows-updates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
This tool can be used with: <\/em><\/p>\n\n
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When the ‘\/B’<\/b> command line option is used, the key value name ‘DoNotAllowSP’ is created and its value set to 1. This value blocks delivery of a Service Pack to the computer through Automatic Update or Windows Update.
When the ‘\/U’<\/b> command line option is used, the previously created registry value that temporarily blocked the delivery of a Service Pack to the computer through Automatic Update or Windows Update is removed. If the value does not exist on the computer on which it is run, no action is taken. <\/em><\/li>\n
Note that the executable and script have been tested only as a command-line tool and not in conjunction with other systems management tools or remote execution mechanisms. <\/em><\/li>\n