I needed to do this as a part of a process requirement (don’t ask). Really couldn’t find a way of doing this but had an idea. Luckily the nice folks over on the Configuration Manager 2012 SDK forum promptly responded: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/a2a97ca5-398f-4845-a059-0066b044f1a3/disable-software-updates-client-component?forum=configmanagersdk …

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