When to Use?
When you need to access the direct Microsoft Windows Update Service instead of using the managed GVSU Windows Update Service.
Procedure
1. Request administrator privileges for the computer you are using. To request administrator privileges, please follow the steps located in this knowledge document.
2. After you sign back into your account, type Windows PowerShell into the search bar on the Windows taskbar.
3. Under the app description on the right side of the start menu, click Run as Administrator.
4. When the User Account Control window appears, click the Yes button.
5. In PowerShell, type reg delete "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate" /f and then press the Enter key.
6. After the operation completes, type gpupdate /force and then press the Enter key.
7. After the operation completes, type reg delete "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate" /f and then press the Enter key.
8. After the operation completes, type net stop wuauserv and then press the Enter key.
9. After the service stops, type net start wuauserv and then press the Enter key.
The WSUS bypass process is now complete.
Note: Bypassing WSUS is not always successful. If you are still unable to perform your desired action after bypassing WSUS, repeat steps 8 and 9 as many times as needed. It can take multiple attempts or a single attempt for this process to work, but it will ultimately succeed.