It’s for LTS releases only. So you rarely see it on desktop, but for sure will see it on servers. My previous job, I ran LTS on my work laptop and would laugh at everyone always getting a forced update right before scrum. This new job, I have to use WSL on this Windows laptop and guess what, I’m in forced update hell. I can understand that for some(or most) the pro message would be annoying, but I’d rather see that pro message 100 times a day then get a forced update at random times. Especially right before meetings.
I’m here to tell you that there’s a local group policy that will, with almost 100% certainty, override the policies set by active directory.
The issue is that you need to be a local admin to change those settings. If your IT department was smart enough (or dumb enough, depending on your perspective) to give you local admin, then it’s possible to go in and change settings that will give you control again.
There’s more settings than I can reasonably put into a Lemmy message, but I’m certain you can use your favorite search engine to find “local group policy settings for Windows update” and adjust them to your liking.
There’s a lot of nuance when it comes to this stuff, and I can’t guarantee the outcome. No matter what, good luck with it.
I don’t recall ever seeing such an ad in Ubuntu. Totally possible I wasn’t paying attention or I saw it and forgot.
It’s for LTS releases only. So you rarely see it on desktop, but for sure will see it on servers. My previous job, I ran LTS on my work laptop and would laugh at everyone always getting a forced update right before scrum. This new job, I have to use WSL on this Windows laptop and guess what, I’m in forced update hell. I can understand that for some(or most) the pro message would be annoying, but I’d rather see that pro message 100 times a day then get a forced update at random times. Especially right before meetings.
Hi. I’m a sysadmin as part of my day job.
I’m here to tell you that there’s a local group policy that will, with almost 100% certainty, override the policies set by active directory.
The issue is that you need to be a local admin to change those settings. If your IT department was smart enough (or dumb enough, depending on your perspective) to give you local admin, then it’s possible to go in and change settings that will give you control again.
There’s more settings than I can reasonably put into a Lemmy message, but I’m certain you can use your favorite search engine to find “local group policy settings for Windows update” and adjust them to your liking.
There’s a lot of nuance when it comes to this stuff, and I can’t guarantee the outcome. No matter what, good luck with it.
Thanks for the info. If I ever get upgraded security privileges, I’ll be sure to look for it.
It came up once at the initial install and once when I used the shell, then never bothered me ever again iirc.
Why won’t they leave me alone!