Bloat even when using Enterprise IoT

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Hi,

I have a PC which already has Enterprise IoT, I believe it is 21H2 or so, which works fantastic and has absolutely no bloat. However, when I tried to install this exact OS to a new PC, it seems Windows will eventually automatically download bloat (think Meet Now, stupid widgets in the taskbar search window, etc.), which makes it impossible to replicate my original set up since it’ll eventually get bloated.

I remember when I first set this version up on my original PC, I had to do this to ensure it would NEVER update and add bloat: https://superuser.com/questions/1319786/disable-windows-update-in-windows-10-iot-enterprise but this no longer seems to work.

Does anyone have any suggestions how I can ensure Windows NEVER EVER adds any update, changes, and so on, once I install the OS?

Posted Aug 8, 2025, 9:11 PM UTC

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