PC Health Check app Error “Your organization manages updates”

When you run Microsoft’s PC Health Check app to check if your system is compatible with Windows 11, the following message appears:

Your organization manages updates on this PC

pchealth check app organization manages updates

Also, when you open Windows Update in Settings, the error “Some settings are managed by your organization” appears.

windows update policies - managed by organization

Clicking “View configured update policies” shows the list of Windows Update policies applied to the system using the Group Policy Editor or the registry.

windows update policies - managed by organization

Resolution

If you’ve configured the Windows Update policies using the Local Group Policy editor, please set those policies to “Not configured”.

If your system is connected to a school or office network, the Azure Active Directory may have applied the Windows Update policies. Disconnecting from the school or work network should help.

Alternatively, if you have administrator access to the system, you can temporarily remove the Windows Update policies using the method below.



From admin PowerShell, run these commands:

reg delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate" /f

reg delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\WindowsUpdate" /f

reg delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate" /f

reg delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\WindowsUpdate" /f

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Note: If you get the error “ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value,” ignore it and run the next command. Do not reboot Windows yet.

The above commands clear the Windows Update policies.

Close and reopen the PC Health Check app now, and click “Check now”. It should work correctly.

If your system is managed by an active directory network, the policies will be reapplied automatically after a reboot.


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Ramesh Srinivasan is passionate about Microsoft technologies and he has been a consecutive ten-time recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award in the Windows Shell/Desktop Experience category, from 2003 to 2012. He loves to troubleshoot and write about Windows. Ramesh founded Winhelponline.com in 2005.

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