Friday, August 11, 2023

Link 'Check online for updates from Microsoft Update' missing

 When your computer is part of a domain, you sometimes have to check online at Microsoft for the latest updates. Windows Update offers a link to do so.


But sometimes this link is missing. The reason could be this register setting;
'DoNotConnectToWindowsUpdateInternetLocations' in 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate.
If that setting is set to 00000001 (True) it will not show the link. Alter it to 000000 (False) and the link will be shown.


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