Can't Access Windows 10 Update Orchestrator Service
Disclaimer: The Update Orchestrator Service is tied to Windows Update. Changing the registry may cause problems with Windows Update and associated services. So if you don't know what the registry does I recommend not to mangle with registry and services.
All Windows services have some security to control their permissions and user interactions. Security is managed through HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SERVICE_NAME\Security
and RequiredPrivileges
registry. If there are some permissions denied in Service Manager (aka. services.msc
) then Startup Type can be changed using the registry. Use the following command to change startup type of that ``UsoSvc` service.
set X=UsoSvc
reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\%X%" /V "Start" /T REG_DWORD /D "4" /F
What does the command do? reg add
command adds (or changes) the Start
DWORD registry in HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsoSvc
registry path. The 4 value means Disabled
. Here are the list of those values:
0 = Boot
1 = System
2 = Automatic
3 = Manual
4 = Disabled
5 and more = Unknown
To revert the registry, change 4 value with 2 to make it automatic. Restart PC to effect the change. Read more about the registry at Microsoft Docs: Services Registry Tree
I'm writing back here to let others reading this know something significant I discovered--
I have since discovered that although I can disable Update Orchestrator through the registry using @Biswapriyo's answer, that Windows will after a period of time revert the registry changes ALL ON ITS OWN.
In addition, I found after a longer period of time (do not know exactly how long), both TrustedInstaller and Windows Update services eventually revert from the permanently disabled state that I put them in. I can only surmise that this is a result of usosvc turning back the registry and turning back on.
I must be missing a scheduled task or something else I need to shut down UsoSvc's rebooting.
If anybody knows how to stop the reboot process without permanently deleting the services, I would love to know. Once again I want to thank @Biswapriyo for his help with my initial problem.