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ChrisTitusTech
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"Secure (Recommended) Settings" (It is giving a bunch of errors: UnauthorizedAccessException, access denied and file does not exist).
Describe the bug: When I click on UPDATES and select the option "Secure (Recommended) Settings" it goes all good, but when I read the PowerShell log, there are a bunch of errors, like: UnauthorizedAccessException, access denied and file does not exist. So, I'm afraid that the settings was not applied 100% successfully.
To Reproduce: Steps to reproduce the behavior:
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Open a PowerShell windows as Admin and run this code: iwr -useb https://christitus.com/win | iex
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A new window will pop up, then got to UPDATE tab,
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Click on 'Secure (Recommended) Settings'
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A new window will pop up, saying: "Recommended Update settings loaded".
Expected behavior: Now, if you go back to the PowerShell window and read the log, it will show you all the errors in red lines.
This is the log of the error from my PowerShell window:
PS C:\Users\Felipe> iwr -useb https://christitus.com/win | iex
Transcript started, output file is C:\Users\Felipe\AppData\Local\Temp\Winutil.log
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====Chris Titus Tech=====
=====Windows Toolbox=====
Checking if Chocolatey is Installed...
Seems Chocolatey is not installed, installing now?
Are you Sure You Want To Proceed:(y/n): y
Forcing web requests to allow TLS v1.2 (Required for requests to Chocolatey.org)
Getting latest version of the Chocolatey package for download.
Not using proxy.
Getting Chocolatey from https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/package/chocolatey/1.4.0.
Downloading https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/package/chocolatey/1.4.0 to C:\Users\Felipe\AppData\Local\Temp\chocolatey\chocoInstall\chocolatey.zip
Not using proxy.
Extracting C:\Users\Felipe\AppData\Local\Temp\chocolatey\chocoInstall\chocolatey.zip to C:\Users\Felipe\AppData\Local\Temp\chocolatey\chocoInstall
Installing Chocolatey on the local machine
WARNING: Setting ChocolateyInstall Environment Variable on USER and not SYSTEM variables.
This is due to either non-administrator install OR the process you are running is not being run as an Administrator.
Creating ChocolateyInstall as an environment variable (targeting 'User')
Setting ChocolateyInstall to 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey'
WARNING: It's very likely you will need to close and reopen your shell
before you can use choco.
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-- Chocolatey failed to install ---
===========================================
Disabling driver offering through Windows Update...
New-Item : Access to the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Device Metadata' is denied.
At line:1907 char:13
+ New-Item -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (HKEY_LOCAL_MACH...Device Metadata:String) [New-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand
Set-ItemProperty : Cannot find path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Device Metadata' because it does not exist.
At line:1909 char:9
+ Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (HKLM:\SOFTWARE\...Device Metadata:String) [Set-ItemProperty], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetItemPropertyCommand
New-Item : Access to the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DriverSearching' is denied.
At line:1911 char:13
+ New-Item -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (HKEY_LOCAL_MACH...DriverSearching:String) [New-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand
Set-ItemProperty : Cannot find path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DriverSearching' because it does not exist.
At line:1913 char:9
+ Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (HKLM:\SOFTWARE\...DriverSearching:String) [Set-ItemProperty], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetItemPropertyCommand
Set-ItemProperty : Cannot find path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DriverSearching' because it does not exist.
At line:1914 char:9
+ Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (HKLM:\SOFTWARE\...DriverSearching:String) [Set-ItemProperty], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetItemPropertyCommand
Set-ItemProperty : Cannot find path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DriverSearching' because it does not exist.
At line:1915 char:9
+ Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (HKLM:\SOFTWARE\...DriverSearching:String) [Set-ItemProperty], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetItemPropertyCommand
New-Item : Requested registry access is not allowed.
At line:1917 char:13
+ New-Item -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (HKEY_LOCAL_MACH...crosoft\Windows:String) [New-Item], SecurityException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Security.SecurityException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand
Set-ItemProperty : Cannot find path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate' because it does not exist.
At line:1919 char:9
+ Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (HKLM:\SOFTWARE\...s\WindowsUpdate:String) [Set-ItemProperty], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetItemPropertyCommand
Disabling Windows Update automatic restart...
New-Item : Access to the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU' is denied.
At line:1922 char:13
+ New-Item -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (HKEY_LOCAL_MACH...indowsUpdate\AU:String) [New-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand
Set-ItemProperty : Cannot find path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU' because it does not exist.
At line:1924 char:9
+ Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (HKLM:\SOFTWARE\...indowsUpdate\AU:String) [Set-ItemProperty], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetItemPropertyCommand
Set-ItemProperty : Cannot find path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU' because it does not exist.
At line:1925 char:9
+ Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (HKLM:\SOFTWARE\...indowsUpdate\AU:String) [Set-ItemProperty], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetItemPropertyCommand
Disabled driver offering through Windows Update
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-- Updates Set to Recommended ---
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Transcript stopped, output file is C:\Users\Felipe\AppData\Local\Temp\Winutil.log
PS C:\Users\Felipe>
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Are you sure you are running powershell as admin?
WARNING: Setting ChocolateyInstall Environment Variable on USER and not SYSTEM variables.
This is due to either non-administrator install OR the process you are running is not being run as an Administrator.
