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Prevent Windows 11 forced update and reboots

Robert Lee 6 Reputation points
2022-10-12T16:20:35.583+00:00

So we seem to be at the mercy of Microsoft, and so far we are on the verge of bankruptcy from it.
We run servers that clients pay us to keep online, and windows is continualy forcing patches and forcing the servers to reboot.
We need a way to prevent this. Several of the servers have to be relaunched by hand each time a reboot happens as everything has to be launched in a specific order.
Not knowing the next forced reboot, we have had to hire extra IT to literaly stair at the screens waiting on the next forced update.
Our cost has gone threw the roof.
Last night we was forced to yet another update, and what ever this update was deleted every security we had in place. Our Firewall settings are reset to default, Policies are reset, everything is gone.
Now we have no running servers and everything has to be reconfingured,
Our compiler system was also forced into a reboot, and cost us 17 days work of progress in its render compile as in the process of the compile windows forced it to shut down and reboot.
We have set the update to extreamly long delays but it dosent seem to do anything and seems when they push a patch no mater how hard we try we are forced into shut down.
This year it has cost our company over 300k in revenue, our annual returns is not a loss of 75k we will be bankrupt next year.
Is there any way to salvage our systems from these updates or are we forced to abandon microsoft products and use stable reliable systems such as linux.
Our linux server has run now for 5 years without need of a single reboot, we cant keep the windows systems online a day.

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  1. Docs 15,396 Reputation points
    2022-10-12T19:58:04.22+00:00

    For server questions it is best to use the server tags:
    windows-server https://learn.microsoft.com/answers/topics/46431/windows-server.html
    windows-server-2019 https://learn.microsoft.com/answers/topics/46433/windows-server-2019.html
    windows-server-2016 https://learn.microsoft.com/answers/topics/46432/windows-server-2016.html
    windows-server-2012 https://learn.microsoft.com/answers/topics/46434/windows-server-2012.html

    To send feedback to Microsoft you may be able to use the feedback hub:
    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/send-feedback-to-microsoft-with-the-feedback-hub-app-f59187f8-8739-22d6-ba93-f66612949332

    There are third party software that were designed to block Windows updates.

    If that is an option please comment into this thread and one can be provided as a trial and error method.

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  2. Robert Lee 6 Reputation points
    2022-10-12T21:54:53.467+00:00

    As the tag was set to Windows 11 this is Windows 11 64Bit Pro
    Windoes server os has proved in the past to be worthless on reliable servers for always deleting and modifying settings on the security.
    This is Windows 11, Running things like MySQL, Apache, FTP Servers, Game Servers, Python Servers
    It is a Threadripper CPU with 512GB ram and total of about 900TB storage
    In this past 'update' the system rebooted, and cleared the firewalls, decided to take it on itself to open Port 80 and all the webservers are private access for things like PhpMyAdmin, not public webservers
    They general Run on Fixed Ports, SSH is normaly Disabled, its not on, FTP port is standard back to 21 when it was on port 97
    Everything is set a certain way for there purpose. When Windows asks Do we want to reboot, and it takes it on itself to do it anyways without notice this causes problems.
    Not only that Windows has forced 'Pins' to log on, so now each reboot someone in IT has to go to each and every station and log in
    Check Securitys with a Port Scan
    Then restart all the apps in the proper orders
    This takes about 30min to an hour per system
    We have 37 IT members when we did have 2 because of this isssue.
    We have about 700 stations all with Windows 11 64 Pro
    We have 28 servers with Linux (never once rebooted or given any issues or problems)
    We have 7 Windows Servers 2016 that pretty much are paper weights for the forced redoing of security policies and update reboots
    The only servers we have that do what supposed to are Linux
    The Issue is you cant just force mass reboots without permission or the owners knowing What has been changed before hand to prepare
    If I run a Bank and I have Online access servers and out of the random our servers go offline without warning, that is a problem
    We run extreamly sensitive information for our clients and once again the excuse we have to give them is, Windows rebooted, changed the policies, we will get back to you when we manage to revert its damage
    Till then everyone is barred from connections as we have no idea what games Microsoft is playing this time.
    Windows Updates are set to NO REBOOT
    NO AUTO UPDATE
    NO CHECK FOR UPDATE
    NO NOTIFICATION
    Reboots as it wills anyways
    So far the only thing I can see is Microsoft hates business, loves to cost businesses money and customers, and we are penalized for using there worthless os that has 'OPTIONs' but those options are merly 'Requests' and they do what ever they want.
    Lord have mercy if you look at the disastar this last one did do the drivers
    Microsoft in all its 'lack' of intel decides its the best authority, I see you have drivers from the Manufacture, dated last week, let me delete them and replace with OUR versions from a year ago, We know more of everyone elses stuff then they do
    We have 70 printers we cant talk to now
    We have 50 systems that 'lost' there GPUs and have no display
    We have 0 Paid Connections that normaly is about 117k connections a day
    We have 10 computers that lost there keyboards and mouse controls
    We have 1 of the NAS servers that forgot it was in RAID more cause its 'RAID' drivers from the board manufacture are now 'Microsoft' drivers
    We have NO nothing, other then the extream waste of money on the extra IT ppl to manage microsofts mess on a daily basis
    You come here and ask HOW to DISABLE IT
    Oh you need a tag for Windows Server even though you said it was for windows 11 :D again 'LACK' OF INTEL

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