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.
ย In Service Center, clickย Patch Managementย >ย Patchย Approval.
To filter the patch list to display the patches you want to see, click theย Advanced Filteringย iconย
and do any of the following:
Choose an option inย Products andย Classifications.
Choose an option inย Patchย Supersedence.
Choose an option inย Releaseย Date.
Type a patch name or part of a patch name inย Titleย Contains.
Choose a patch status inย Status.
Choose an approval status inย Approval.
Choose a group inย Approvalย 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.
Clickย Apply.
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.
Clickย Changeย Approvals.
Do one of the following:
To decline the update for all computers, underย All Computers, from theย Approvalย list, selectย Declined.
To decline the update for a specific approval group, beside the Computer Group, click the link and selectย Notย Approved.
Clickย OK.