{"id":1689,"date":"2016-02-26T12:34:27","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T07:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2019-05-12T02:55:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T02:55:46","slug":"windows-update-button-missing-add-printer-dialog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-update-button-missing-add-printer-dialog\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Update Button Missing in Add Printer Dialog (Policies)"},"content":{"rendered":"

If the Windows Update button is missing in the Add a Printer wizard, this means that one or more Windows Update Policies are set in the system. If the system is part of a domain, Group Policies may have been applied. If you’re a home user and no domain Group Policies apply, checking the registry based Policies or Local Group Policies is in order.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Download wu-policies-add-printer.zip<\/a>, unzip and run the enclosed Registry file. Here are the contents of the REG file<\/p>\n

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
\r\n;Removes Windows Update Policies
\r\n[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\DriverSearching]\r\n"DontSearchWindowsUpdate"=-
\r\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\DriverSearching]\r\n"DontSearchWindowsUpdate"=-
\r\n[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\WindowsUpdate]\r\n"DisableWindowsUpdateAccess"=-
\r\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\WindowsUpdate]\r\n"DisableWindowsUpdateAccess"=-
\r\n[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\WindowsUpdate]\r\n"DisableWindowsUpdateAccess"=-
\r\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\WindowsUpdate]\r\n"DisableWindowsUpdateAccess"=-
<\/code><\/pre>\n
If you plan to make the changes manually, follow these instructions:<\/p>\n
Open the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) and go to the following locations one by one, and remove the value name referenced for each branch:<\/p>\n
Value name: DisableWindowsUpdateAccess<\/b><\/p>\n
Registry Paths:<\/p>\n
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\WindowsUpdate<\/pre>\n
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\WindowsUpdate<\/pre>\n
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\WindowsUpdate<\/pre>\n
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\WindowsUpdate<\/pre>\n
Value name: DontSearchWindowsUpdate<\/b><\/p>\n
Registry Paths:<\/p>\n
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\DriverSearching<\/pre>\n
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\DriverSearching<\/pre>\n
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If the Windows Update button is missing in the Add a Printer wizard, this means that one or more Windows Update Policies are set in the system. If the system is part of a domain, Group Policies may have been applied. If you’re a home user and no domain Group Policies apply, checking the registry … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[441],"class_list":["post-1689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows","tag-registry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5125,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-defender-disabled-real-time-protection-virus\/","url_meta":{"origin":1689,"position":0},"title":"Microsoft Defender: “Managed by your administrator” or “Your IT administrator has limited access”","author":"Ramesh","date":"January 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"In the aftermath of a malware attack, the Windows Defender Security settings page may show the message Some settings are managed by your organization\u00a0or This setting is managed by your administrator. 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