Windows 10: CU bug?: "Some settings are hidden or managed by your organization

I recently installed Windows 10 Enterprise (clean install, Creators Update) from an MSDN ISO. And now, Windows Update has this message, and it will not allow me to turn on updates for other products, that is greyed out too. I am the only admin on my personal PC and I'm not connected to a domain. I havent made any changes to Windows Update settings in Group Policy either. As it stands now, updates for Office 2016 wont install/download. I'm wondering if this will go away if I clean install 1703? Or if I do that, Windows will just update me to CU and bring this problem back?

What could be causing this? Thanks!

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"some settings are hidden or managed by your organization"

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"Some settings are hidden or managed by your organization."

Hi!

My name is kostas and i have this issue with the developer mode.

The options of developer mode are grayed out and it says with yellow text on top: "Some settings are hidden or managed by your organasation.".





I have windows 10 Enterprise, though my computer is a home computer.

I found a way to fix this but it doesn't work for me, i found others having the same problem but there is no fix for the fix if you get what i mean.

The solution is to go to Control Panel>System And Security>System>Advanced system settings>Computer Name> and then click on the network id option. Finally there are 2 options, "This part is part of a Business Network; I use it to connect to other computers
at work" and the fix recommends to change that to the second option "This is a home computer; its not a part of a business network". When i change that it says i should restart my computer for the changes to take effect.





Upon restarting though i encounter the same problem. The yellow text is still there and the setting is set back to "This is a home computer; its not a part of a business network". Some help would be really appreciated.

As always thank you for your time.

***Subject edited for clarity by the moderator.***

 

Maybe it is just a bug in your Enterprise version as was reported for an Insider Home version build here:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...8-dc63bd00010c

Also, can't try this fix because I don't have that bug:
https://www.tekrevue.com/tip/some-se...on-windows-10/

Hope this helps.

Regards,

 

So basically, the solution as per your 2nd link is to turn on telemetry and data collection full blast?.....No, thanks. I actually tried that, didnt work. Either way, this is some dirty, low-down screwy tactics MS is pulling. I think I'll try the older 1703 build first.

 

I'm currently running 10 Enterprise CU, MSDN ISO and don't have that problem. It's an issue that shows up on all versions of Windows 10 as far as I can tell. I had that message on my Windows 10 Education install, but not on that settings screen. Mine showed up on a couple of different screens in settings. I never did sort it out and its how I ended up on Enterprise. From what I Googled, changing some group policy settings will fix it. Figuring out what ones to change is the tricky part. Are you activated?

 

No I'm not activated yet. This is a recently bought Sager gaming laptop that I use for personal purposes, but is legally owned by my business, which in turn is owned by yours truly. My business mainly uses MAK keys since there's only a handful of PCs, KMS is better for activating alot more Windows installs than what we have. I'll get it activated in the morning. But first, I have to decide whether it's better to try to fix this, or just go back to the more stable 1703. This was a test install, to determine whether all my PCs should be upgraded en-masse.

 

That was not my suggestion. I just pointed you to it with a caveat. You also did not read the entire article because you do not leave telemetry on.

 

Wow, you should have included that little tidbit of information in your first post.

 

Ok, mine was Activated with my MSDN MAK key and believe it or not, now has a Digital License. My install wasn't a clean install, it was an upgrade from Education CU. I mounted the ISO in Windows Education and ran setup.exe. Not the normal way of doing it I know. Change Product Key wouldn't accept my Enterprise key though. And I didn't feel like doing a clean install of Pro. Nothing ventured nothing learned. *Wink

Some have had luck fixing it by changing a group policy from not configured to enabled or disabled, and then setting it back to not configured. I don't remember what policies you change though. Non of it worked for me but my situation was different.
*Some settings are hidden or managed by your company

 

Thanks to all for the info. I'll look around more then make a decision.
@WOT: Not being activated isnt a big deal, especially for less than 15 hours. As stated, I have access to legit MAKs, just not on hand, those are in a safe @ work. It's not like I pirated anything. And if I format the drive to go back to 1703, then it wont matter anyway, since I'll be restoring an already activated backup, I just have to clone it back to the drive.
@alphanumeric: So there were multiple GP policies you had to change? I usually avoid GP myself, I can trouble my nerd with this, but he's very busy and I prefer that he work on more important projects.

 

I have seen this problem in Windows Pro on occasion and have yet to find a solution. I am somewhat confused by what you mean by the text I highlighted in red. As far as I know all versions of 1703 are CU. I am not sure what you are getting at. What version of 1703 would you consider not CU?

 

Sorry to all, I meant 1607, not 1703. I do have1703 CU right now, 1607 was released to MSDN in January.

 

I just did a Google Search for "Some settings are managed by your organization" and looked at what was recommended. Non of it worked for me. I didn't have that message in the usual place though. I just made sure to keep track of what I changed, and change it back to not configured when done testing.

 

@AnonVendetta: A full disclosure of the problem and background information is always the best way to go.