organization restriction

[Andreas37]

Windows 10 Pro gives me organization restriction when I use it at home, and I set it up. I have tried to give full administration rights. However, it still says organization restrictions. As a result, I can not upgrade to windows 11.

[DGroves]

this can happen if using a win 10 installed for domain /business' use

or you have a 3rd party software app installed that tweaks windows settings

or you have played with the registry/group policy settings

a stock windows 10 retail install will not exhibit this problem, you may want to simply download the win 11 iso image from microsoft and then install any needed drivers

[joselso]

In Windows 10 Professional for Workstations - Settings - Update & Security - Windows Update, where you see the following statement:

*Some settings are managed by your organisation

There is a link saying:
View configured update policies

That link leads to a page saying:
View configured update policies

Are you wondering why you're seeing 'Some settings are managed by your organisation'?

There are few examples and short explanations, and a link:
Learn more about Group Policies that affect Windows behaviour
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/waas-wu-settings

If you choose, press that link and find out how to manage additional Windows Update settings.

[Andreas37]

Thank you for your message. In the link, I found this information:

Organization name is displayed by default. A registry value can disable this behavior.

Do you have any advice on how I could do that? A registry value can disable this behavior.

[joselso]

The quoted sentence that you found relates to the inclusion (in the notification) of actual name of organization that is responsible for the Windows Update notification. That aspect is discussed in the link right above the quoted sentence - 'Windows Update notifications display organization name' - URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/waas-wu-settings#display-organization-na...

However, I don't think that should worry you, but rather the fact that you cannot make full use of Windows Update, in particular regarding upgrade to Windows 11.

One possible cause may be found in your Windows 10 Group Policies:

Start Command Prompt as Administrator, and write this command:

gpedit.msc

In the Local Group Policy Editor that will open, select Local Computer Policy - Computer Configuration - Administrative Templates - Windows Components - Windows Update,

Then, In the right-hand frame of the Local Group Policy Editor you will find a list of Settings:

Normally they are all Not configured.

However, I suspect that at least one setting in that list, namely: Configure Automatic Updates, may be in a different state, either Disabled  or enabled .

In that case, right-click on the name of that setting and select Edit , read carefully all the various options listed and all the explanations on each option, and then decide if you prefer an option that is different from the current one, or whether you wish to disable that setting altogether.

That policy setting is in most cases the cause of Windows Update Notifications like 'Some settings are managed by your organization'. In actual fact, you, acting as an administrator, are 'the organization' that can modify such settings.

Be careful in what you modify, read and understand the policies and do not modify Registry settings directly. The Local Group Policy Editor does it for you along with detailed explanations, which are not present when dealing directly with the Registry.