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Recently, some readers have reported that they have encountered the Service Pack Blocker tool. Windows Service Pack Blocker Toolkit A throttling tool is available for organizations that want to temporarily prevent service pack updates from being installed through Windows Update. This gadget can be used with: Windows Server ’03 Service Pack 2 (Valid until March 2008)
Windows Service Pack Blocker Tool is a package consisting of a Microsoft signed executable file, history and ADM template (for a Group Policy environment) Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista enables Windows contributors Server 2008, Windows 4, and Windows Server 2008 R block and prevent the installation of Windows Updates or Service Packs through Windows Update or Automatic Updates.
There may be several reasons why you want to block this and avoid automatic service updates or the ability to install service packs directly from Windows Update, especially for administrators. Imagine that you have thousands of computers, not to mention laptops, that download the major service pack at the same time. Not only is network bandwidth wasted, but alsoInternet performance is not degraded. In addition, you also want to properly assess the reliability and performance of service packs before deploying them to the public in your business. Or you just want to hear a few reviews first, so that others can become guinea pigs (but this is not the case with Vista SP1, which unfortunately promises tremendous performance, reliability and compatibility, so it should be installed soon).
Whichever Windows Service Pack Blocker Tool component you use, the function is undoubtedly the same: unlock (standard keyless action, you don’t need to block the SP update, only if you have nothing else to do, to get the service pack to install on your computer) Postage for downloading Windows service packs after updating Windows on the destination computer. The computer registry key includes: HKLM Software Policies Microsoft Windows WindowsUpdate
If locked, a key named DoNotAllowSP is created with the value 1. During configuration, you allow the service pack to be installed on the counter, the key is cleared. If inYou are a single home user, if you want to block the installation of the service pack, you can manually install a specific key using the registry editor without packaging the toolbox.
A slightly more important advantage of the script is that users specify the name of the remote computer that should block or unblock the deployment using Windows Service Packs, although the registry key to lock the Service Pack is usually installed, the toolkit determines which type CD / DVD service pack installation between or from a standalone download package is not prevented. Once an administrator has decided to distribute and redistribute a service pack locally, it can be installed without a block that was not defined. Service
The Windows Package Blocking Tool can be used to stop, block, and prevent the following elements of the service, as described below. The lock only works for a reasonable period of time, which expires quickly and automatically becomes invalid.
- PackWindows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (valid until March 2008)
- Windows XP Service Pack c (valid for next 12 months of general availability)
- Windows Service Pack 1 Vista (valid for ten consecutive months in general availability)
- Windows Server Service Pack 1 (valid for 12 months after release)
- Windows 7 Service Pack 1 ( effective until February 22, 2012)
- Windows Server 2007 R2 SP1 (effective for deployments on February 22nd) / 2012
Download the Service Pack Blocker Tool for Windows Bundle: SPBlockerTools.EXE.
Update: The utility blocks all media packages and mainly runs on Windows 8 and above, Windows Server Microsoft 2012 service packs are getting weaker.