Declining Microsoft Patches

When you decline a Microsoft patch, the patch will not be installed, and it will no longer appear in the list of updates.

1.   In Service Center, click Patch Management > Patch Approval.
2. To filter the patch list to display the patches you want to see, click the Advanced Filtering icon  and do any of the following:
   • Choose an option in Products and Classifications.
   • Choose an option in Patch Supersedence.
   • Choose an option in Release Date.
   • Type a patch name or part of a patch name in Title Contains.
   • Choose a patch status in Status.
   • Choose an approval status in Approval.
   • Choose a group in Approval Group.

   You can combine these filters to focus the list of patches. For example, if you choose a group in Approval Group and the status of Not Approved in Approval, you see a list of patches that have not been approved for that Approval Group. Or, if you choose the group All Computers in Approval Group and the status Needed in Approval, you see all the patches that are needed for a certain approval group.

3. Click Apply.
4. Do one of the following:
   • To select one patch at a time, select the check box of each patch for which you want to change the default approval setting.
   • To select all patches, select the check box in the column header.
5. Click Change Approvals.
6. Do one of the following:
   • To decline the update for all computers, under All Computers, from the Approval list, select Declined.
   • To decline the update for a specific approval group, beside the Computer Group, click the link and select Not Approved.
7. Click OK.

See Also

• Approving Microsoft Patches for Installation
• Approving Microsoft Updates for Removal
• Automatically Approving Microsoft Patches for an Approval Group