Disable windows update (VBScript)

This code can be found in Chapter 2 of Windows Server Cookbook

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' This code disables Windows Update in the .Default profile.
' ---------------------------------------------------------------
' From the book "Windows Server Cookbook" by Robbie Allen
' ISBN: 0-596-00633-0
' ---------------------------------------------------------------

' ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------
strComputer = "."
' ------ END CONFIGURATION ---------
const HKEY_USERS = &H80000003
strKey = ".DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer"
set objReg=GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\default:StdRegProv")
objReg.SetDwordValue HKEY_USERS, strKey, "NoWindowsUpdate", 1
WScript.Echo "Windows Update disabled in .Default profile"

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