Disabling windows update via group policy

hi,
i would like to disable automatic windows upate via group policy on windows server 2008. is it possible?
thanks.
sundeep

hi,
disabling the automatic update is not a recommended practice, but here are the steps,
Click Start, and then click
Run.
Type gpedit.msc, and then click
OK.
Expand Computer Configuration.
Right-click Administrative Templates, and then click
Add/Remove Templates.
Click Add, click
Wuau.admin the Windows\Inf folder, and then click Open.
Click Close.
Under Computer Configuration, expand
Administrative Templates, expand Windows Components, and then expand Windows Update.
The Configure Automatic Updatespolicy appears. This policy specifies whether the computer receives security updates and other important downloads through the Windows Automatic Updates feature. The settings for this policy let you specify if
automatic updates are enabled on the computer. If the service is enabled, you must select one of the three configuration options.
To view the policy settings, double-click the
Configure Automatic Updatespolicy.
To turn on Automatic Updates, click
Enabled or to turn off select
Disabled
hope this helps
thanks

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