Windows 10: No permission to disable a task in Task Scheduler

Discus and support No permission to disable a task in Task Scheduler in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Hello, I'm trying to disable a task in Task Scheduler, FCU 1709 as I always did with all previous versions of W 10 without problems. Now, when I go... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by Vaio 7, Nov 22, 2017.

  1. VAIO 7
    Vaio 7 Win User

    No permission to disable a task in Task Scheduler


    Hello,

    I'm trying to disable a task in Task Scheduler, FCU 1709 as I always did with all previous versions of W 10 without problems.
    Now, when I go to Task Scheduler/Microsoft/Windows/Update Orchestrator/Scheduled Scan and trying to disable that task, I'm getting the message:

    "The user account you are operating under does not have permission to disable this task" .

    I'm using an administrator account.
    I found a similar thread but it does not work: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...f-c9b1687ae797

    Please let me know how to solve this problem, because this task makes run Windows Update at boot, and when I do not use, for a while, one of my W 10 systems (W 10 Home), I do not want Windows to install, at boot, Windows updates before I run wushowhide utility and hide unwanted updates.
    I hope this change/issue, which first appeared with FCU version 1709, is not hardcoded in order to prevent this task from being disabled.
    Thank you.

    :)
     
    Vaio 7, Nov 22, 2017
    #1
  2. KEVIN.CURTIS
    kevin.curtis Win User

    No permission to disable a task in Task Scheduler

    I just did sign up BS just to get on here and say thanks man, this turn on computer crap has been terribly annoying and not being able to disable UpdateOrchestrator on my own PC is beyond infuriating. But your little instruction list there got the job
    done. Thank you sir!
     
    kevin.curtis, Nov 22, 2017
    #2
  3. JAS2018
    jas2018 Win User
    No permission to disable a task in Task Scheduler

    It may be too late for you, but hopefully not for someone else. Change the command to:

    psexec.exe -i -s %windir%\system32\mmc.exe /s taskschd.msc

    I guess the file type association does not work successfully with the original, hence the explicit inclusion of the exe.
     
    jas2018, Nov 22, 2017
    #3
  4. Brink
    Brink New Member

    No permission to disable a task in Task Scheduler

    I get the same message in build 17046.

    If you haven't already, you might enable the built-in Administrator account, sign in to that account, and see if it may be able to disable the task.
     
    Brink, Nov 22, 2017
    #4
  5. VAIO 7
    Vaio 7 Win User
    Hi,

    Already tried, no joy!!!*Sad
    I also tried regedit and gave for some related keys full control to Administrators, no luck at all!!
    This is the executable which this task enables.


    No permission to disable a task in Task Scheduler [​IMG]
     
    Vaio 7, Nov 22, 2017
    #5
  6. TAIRIKUOKAMI
    TairikuOkami Win User
    This has been blocked since 1709. MS does not want people disabling WU.

    You can disable auto-checking for updates, like this:
    Code: takeown /f "%WINDIR%\System32\UsoClient.exe" /a icacls "%WINDIR%\System32\UsoClient.exe" /remove "Administrators" "Authenticated Users" "Users" "System"[/quote] .
     
    TairikuOkami, Nov 22, 2017
    #6
  7. VAIO 7
    Vaio 7 Win User
    .[/quote] Thank you for your reply,
    Am I supposed to run those 2 lines, from an elevated cmd, one by one?
    Also, after running this, will I be able to disable Task Scheduler/Microsoft/Windows/Update Orchestrator/Scheduled Scan task in Task Scheduler?

    Cheers,
     
    Vaio 7, Nov 23, 2017
    #7
  8. TOPGUNDCP
    topgundcp Win User

    No permission to disable a task in Task Scheduler

    Should not change ownership or modify system file. Just download ExecTI
    run as shown below, should be able to disable:

    No permission to disable a task in Task Scheduler [​IMG]
     
    topgundcp, Nov 23, 2017
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  9. VAIO 7
    Vaio 7 Win User
    Sorry for the late reply, been very busy, I tried both methods, first method didn't work, task cannot be disabled and running at boot.
    I also tried ExecTI, BUT there is a problem, I opened Task Scheduler with ExecTI, the Scheduled Scan task could be disabled but with side-effects, it's impossible to re-enable that task, W 10 throws error messages and also if I open Task Scheduler with normal Admin account it also shows error messages.
    I tried another "tweak" that seems to work fine.
    I opened regedit.exe and located: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\Update Orchestrator\Scheduled Scan and backed up that key, then deleted and reboot.
    After reboot ran Dism Online it came back clean, then sfc /verifyonly also came back clean.
    Event Viewer does not produce any errors, manual Windows Update scan works fine and the Scheduled Scan task does not run at boot.
    The deletion of the registry key is totally reversible, if I restore the key, Scheduled Scan task appears back again in Task Scheduler with default settings and running ok.
    Will test a few days more and report back.
    So far, Event Viewer is error free, I would like however, any comments from the Gurus here.
    Thank you.
     
    Vaio 7, Nov 28, 2017
    #9
  10. MUCHOMURKA
    muchomurka Win User
    Permissions of SYSTEM (neither Admin nor TrustedInstaller) are probably needed.
    - download & unzip pstools from sysinternals
    - run psexec -i -d -s mmc taskschd.msc
    - enjoy
     
    muchomurka, Nov 29, 2017
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  11. REY REDBAD
    Rey Redbad Win User
    No. That Update Orchestrator service is svchost.exe -k netsvcs.

    The Update Orchestrator in Task Scheduler is usoclient.exe.

    Anyhow, the same scheduled task reported by Vaio 7 up there in #1 is also giving me fits.

    The two Update Orchestrator items Schedule Scan and Schedule Retry Scan since the 1709 upgrade have been bringing my Win10 Home system out of hibernation (discovered via powercfg /waketimers). While these didn't exist in 1703 or if they did (I don't remember) I had them disabled and 1709 enabled them. And I can verify the built-in admin account has not the permissions to disable them.

    (FYI: Those two scan items do not appear in my Win10 Pro system Update Orchestrator. I hate Win10 Home with the passion of a 1000 burning suns.)

    I've been using shutdown instead of hibernate as a workaround for the unwanted wake ups.

    Extensive research reveals mostly that folks have been stumped but this just showed up yesterday:

    Allow only manual updates on Windows 10 - gHacks Tech News

    Yes, this does expand on TairikuOkami's #4 post with useful embellishments, like a set of instructions. And... pictures!

    I can't get to this until the weekend, so maybe an astute tenforums member or two might want to try it and report if that allows the Schedule item(s) to be disabled.

    Cheers.
     
    Rey Redbad, Dec 3, 2017
    #11
  12. TAIRIKUOKAMI
    TairikuOkami Win User
    TairikuOkami, Dec 3, 2017
    #12
  13. VAIO 7
    Vaio 7 Win User

    No permission to disable a task in Task Scheduler

    " I opened regedit.exe and located: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\Update Orchestrator\Scheduled Scan and backed up that key, then deleted and reboot."

    That did the job, WU does not run in the background while pc boots and no errors or side-effects to report.
    Thank you all.

    Cheers,
     
    Vaio 7, Dec 4, 2017
    #13
  14. CHUCK7
    Chuck7 Win User
    TopGundcp:

    UH-OH!!! I just saw your post.
    Today, I was attempting to do something in the WinSxS Folder, and changed its "Owner" to "Administrator", but have been unable to make it revert to "TrustedInstaller".
    Do you think that will cause a problem?

    Thanks, Chuck
     
    Chuck7, Apr 4, 2018
    #14
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