Lock-Windows-Feature-Release.bat

@echo off
rem
rem Lock Windows to a particular feature release
rem By Matthew Borcherding, matt@borchtech.com
rem 12/14/2024
rem
rem Based on info from:
rem https://www.tenforums.com/installation-upgrade/185952-blocking-windows-11-upgrade.html
rem https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/anyway-to-not-update-to-24h2-but-still-get/765ba31f-a9c7-45af-99b5-a701cf624ceb
rem

   setlocal

rem
rem Set the release level to lock
rem

   set release-level=23H2

rem
rem Update registry
rem

   reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate /v ProductVersion /t REG_SZ /d "Windows 11" /f > nul
   reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate /v TargetReleaseVersion /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f > nul
   reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate /v TargetReleaseVersionInfo  /t REG_SZ /d %release-level% /f > nul

rem
rem Restart Windows Update service
rem

   net stop wuauserv
   net start wuauserv

   gpupdate /force

   echo Windows now locked to feature release %release-level%.
   echo.

:end