Disabling the VM Initialization Tool on a Windows virtual machine

After a Linux virtual machine is initialized using the VM Initialization Tool, the tool is automatically disabled. Therefore, manually disabling it is not necessary.

After a Windows virtual machine is initialized using the VM Initialization Tool, to prevent the virtual machine from initializing again during restart, refer to the following two methods to disable the tool.

Method 1: Run the script disable_cloudbase_init.bat as an administrator in the cloudbase-init > tools directory to disable cloudbase-init.

Method 2: Click Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services in sequence, right-click the cloudbase-init service, select Properties, change the startup type of the service to Disabled, and click Save.