So, I installed Windows 10 Pro 64-bit yesterday and have been configuring it since. Somewhere along the way a setting got triggered somehow which results in a message "Some settings are managed by your organization." I would like to know how to correct this.
I am not part of a domain, this is a home computer and there is one user account, mine, with administrator privileges.
This message is misleading, at least in the Windows Update dialog.
This is based on that in the privacy settings under "Settings" -> "Privacy" -> "Feedback & diagnostics" -> "Diagnostics and usage data" it is set to "Basic". Change it to "Enhanced" or higher, the message disappears.
I have a German Windows 10 Professional version, so can not say exactly whether the menu names are correct. However, this must be increased.
This can also indicate that local Group Policy settings have been set. (You might want to run a malware scan if you're certain you didn't purposefully adjust these settings. It is also conceivable that anti-virus programs or system maintenance tools might have done this.)
To inspect and adjust your machine's local Group Policy, press Win+R, type gpedit.msc, and press Enter. In the left pane, expand Administrative Templates under Computer Configuration. Settings for Windows Update are in the folder called Windows Update under Windows Components. The settings for user profiles are in User Profiles under System in Administrative Templates.
After you select a folder that contains policy settings, you can double-click the policies in the main pane to enable, disable, and configure them. Setting policies to Not Configured will enable the normal UI (e.g. in Control Panel) in most cases. Once finished adjusting the policies, close the Local Group Policy Editor and type gpupdate in the Run dialog. Restart or re-log if necessary.
Read about the Local Group Policy Editor on TechNet.
If you have a Home edition of Windows, the Registry representation of the Windows Update Group Policy settings is at \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate. Most settings are under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, but there are some in HKEY_CURRENT_USER. There can also be an AU subkey. Removing the values reverses the Group Policy settings.
Since none of the answers in this thread worked for me, here is what did work: O&O ShutUp10. It's a free piece of software that gives direct control over your security/privacy policies. So for example, if your Windows Update functionality is locked, it will look something like this:
Green/On means the setting is disabled. So just switch those to the Off position to revert control back into your hands.
There's another similar piece of software called Spybot Anti-Beacon, but it's interface is a bit less intuitive.
I originally found this answer here: TenForums
I have spent many hours, days, even weeks on this issue. The best solution I have found is to reset your Local Group Policy Editor to its Default by resetting all its settings to Not Configured. See Reset Group Policy Editor
I hope, my answer isn't too late, but i noticed the following:
Some software out there is able to control these settings instead. In my case, those behavior is caused by the so called BitDefender-Profiles. See screenshots below.
managed 'by organization'...
BitDefender profiles turned off...
A workaround is to bypass Windows Update & download/install the update directly.
For Windows 10, you can get the latest version here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10
After dis-joining from the domain (which led me to search for this exact question), messing with the privacy settings (down from Full to Basic, then back up to Full), increasing intensity of resetting group policies to "not configured" (all the way to everything, as in Avner Falk's answer) and uninstalling AVG Cloud, (and re-boots in between each step), what finally worked was removing the Lenovo Update software.
Thanks everyone. I'm sure the registry will get re-tattooed when I re-join this pig to the domain.
I also was pleased to discover O&O Shutup10. Useful in other situations.
