We have several hundred computers, and one of those machines must not be upgraded above Java 1.6. I have the machine in its own targeting group- How do I stop future Java updates?
When you right click on an update and select approve you will get this window that lists your target groups. I also have a no java updates group and I just dont approve it for that group. I leave my default view filtered to not show the updates in the no java update target group as well but dont worry about that I dont want to confuse you.
There is a rather large learning curve with this software so feel free to read up and search the forum here or ask away when you need help
If its in its own target group just do not approve any java updates for that target group
Sorry- I forgot to include this information: All critical updates are automatically applied to all groups- and the Java updates are usually critical. Is there a way to filter or prevent just updates that have to o with Java from installing on just one machine?
No, its a definite downside to using the third party automatic publishing. You will have to disable that or create a new OU with a download and notify GPO and then just manually update that PC and uncheck the box for Java. Personally I dont like the second way because its way too easy to forget to remove that checkbox since out of hundreds of times you would update its way to easy to forget one time.
If you mean critical updates get applied automatically by WSUS then Java is not included in that, only if you use the auto third party publishing.
Thanks... So how/can I disable the third-party patching in PM but keep WSUS updates working on that computer? It's already in a target group, so I guess the real question is how to stop the third-party patches from installing on this machine?
