
Copy the name of the feature you want to disable.ĭISM /online /disable-feature /featurename:. (You can also make use of Findstr command.) This command will list down all the enabled features in Windows. Follow the steps below to disable any feature.ĭISM /online /get-features /format:table | find “Enabled” | more You may need to restart the computer to install some components.ĭisabling Windows features is very similar to enabling them.
This will install and enable all the components of Hyper-V
For example, if you want to enable Hyper-V which provides services and tools for running and creating virtual machine type the following commandĭISM /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Hyper-V -All. Now run the following command in command prompt:ĭISM /online /enable-feature /featurename:. Copy the name of feature you want to enable. Open command prompt in administrative mode and run the following command:ĭISM /online /get-features /format:table | more. If you need to uninstall a Windows update, in cmd.exe, you can execute wusa /uninstall /kb:, e.g. Omments HotFixID InstallDate InstalledBy InstalledOn Name Se Source Description HotFixID InstalledBy InstalledOnįRANCKD-PC Security Update KB2479943 12:00:00 AMįRANCKD-PC Security Update KB2491683 12:00:00 AMįRANCKD-PC Security Update KB2506212 12:00:00 AMĪlternatively, in cmd.exe, you can execute wmic qfe list: Microsoft Windows Ĭopyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. If you suspect that some Windows updates got installed, you can use Powershell to search for installed Windows updates: the command Get-Hotfix retrieves all current installed updates on the machine, as shown below. Open the Download folder and delete its contents. Start > Search> (type in) %windir%\SoftwareDistribution >.
If you want to remove downloaded but not installed windows updates: To remove the "some settings are managed by your system administrator" message and make field editable again: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
"NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers"=dword:00000001 "DetectionFrequencyEnabled"=dword:00000001 disable_windows_updates.reg) with the following content, and execute it: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00