diff --git a/templates/cluster-template-machinepool-windows.yaml b/templates/cluster-template-machinepool-windows.yaml
index dd6f47cfddf..eaf7c65881a 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-template-machinepool-windows.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-template-machinepool-windows.yaml
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ spec:
       criSocket: npipe:////./pipe/containerd-containerd
       kubeletExtraArgs:
         cloud-provider: external
+        register-with-taints: node.cloudprovider.kubernetes.io/uninitialized=true:NoSchedule
       name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
   postKubeadmCommands:
   - nssm set kubelet start SERVICE_AUTO_START
diff --git a/templates/cluster-template-windows-apiserver-ilb.yaml b/templates/cluster-template-windows-apiserver-ilb.yaml
index 89f051a5347..26bec21d699 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-template-windows-apiserver-ilb.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-template-windows-apiserver-ilb.yaml
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ spec:
           criSocket: npipe:////./pipe/containerd-containerd
           kubeletExtraArgs:
             cloud-provider: external
+            register-with-taints: node.cloudprovider.kubernetes.io/uninitialized=true:NoSchedule
             v: "2"
             windows-priorityclass: ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS
           name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
diff --git a/templates/cluster-template-windows.yaml b/templates/cluster-template-windows.yaml
index 852e11f605e..6cdf32a5ee1 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-template-windows.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-template-windows.yaml
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ spec:
           criSocket: npipe:////./pipe/containerd-containerd
           kubeletExtraArgs:
             cloud-provider: external
+            register-with-taints: node.cloudprovider.kubernetes.io/uninitialized=true:NoSchedule
             v: "2"
             windows-priorityclass: ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS
           name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
diff --git a/templates/flavors/machinepool-windows/machine-pool-deployment-windows.yaml b/templates/flavors/machinepool-windows/machine-pool-deployment-windows.yaml
index 93ce0d8b990..dfcc9cf8d3c 100644
--- a/templates/flavors/machinepool-windows/machine-pool-deployment-windows.yaml
+++ b/templates/flavors/machinepool-windows/machine-pool-deployment-windows.yaml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ spec:
       criSocket: npipe:////./pipe/containerd-containerd
       kubeletExtraArgs:
         cloud-provider: external
+        register-with-taints: "node.cloudprovider.kubernetes.io/uninitialized=true:NoSchedule"
   files:
   - contentFrom:
       secret:
diff --git a/templates/flavors/windows-apiserver-ilb/machine-deployment-windows.yaml b/templates/flavors/windows-apiserver-ilb/machine-deployment-windows.yaml
index c3152480838..220e81f8c59 100644
--- a/templates/flavors/windows-apiserver-ilb/machine-deployment-windows.yaml
+++ b/templates/flavors/windows-apiserver-ilb/machine-deployment-windows.yaml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ spec:
           criSocket: npipe:////./pipe/containerd-containerd
           kubeletExtraArgs:
             cloud-provider: external
+            register-with-taints: "node.cloudprovider.kubernetes.io/uninitialized=true:NoSchedule"
             v: "2"
             windows-priorityclass: "ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS"
       files:
diff --git a/templates/flavors/windows/machine-deployment-windows.yaml b/templates/flavors/windows/machine-deployment-windows.yaml
index c3152480838..220e81f8c59 100644
--- a/templates/flavors/windows/machine-deployment-windows.yaml
+++ b/templates/flavors/windows/machine-deployment-windows.yaml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ spec:
           criSocket: npipe:////./pipe/containerd-containerd
           kubeletExtraArgs:
             cloud-provider: external
+            register-with-taints: "node.cloudprovider.kubernetes.io/uninitialized=true:NoSchedule"
             v: "2"
             windows-priorityclass: "ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS"
       files:
diff --git a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-ci-version-windows.yaml b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-ci-version-windows.yaml
index 4b96a52ce2b..157b83d3647 100644
--- a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-ci-version-windows.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-ci-version-windows.yaml
@@ -601,6 +601,7 @@ spec:
             feature-gates: ${NODE_FEATURE_GATES:-""}
             image-credential-provider-bin-dir: /var/lib/kubelet/credential-provider
             image-credential-provider-config: /var/lib/kubelet/credential-provider-config.yaml
+            register-with-taints: node.cloudprovider.kubernetes.io/uninitialized=true:NoSchedule
             v: "2"
             windows-priorityclass: ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS
           name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
diff --git a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-clusterclass-ci-default.yaml b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-clusterclass-ci-default.yaml
index 0db9729ca45..7fd44325c02 100644
--- a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-clusterclass-ci-default.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-clusterclass-ci-default.yaml
@@ -539,6 +539,7 @@ spec:
           criSocket: npipe:////./pipe/containerd-containerd
           kubeletExtraArgs:
             cloud-provider: external
+            register-with-taints: node.cloudprovider.kubernetes.io/uninitialized=true:NoSchedule
             v: "2"
             windows-priorityclass: ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS
           name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
diff --git a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-machine-pool-ci-version-windows.yaml b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-machine-pool-ci-version-windows.yaml
index 5a9a9863202..a93b35c66da 100644
--- a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-machine-pool-ci-version-windows.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-machine-pool-ci-version-windows.yaml
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ spec:
         cloud-provider: external
         image-credential-provider-bin-dir: /var/lib/kubelet/credential-provider
         image-credential-provider-config: /var/lib/kubelet/credential-provider-config.yaml
+        register-with-taints: node.cloudprovider.kubernetes.io/uninitialized=true:NoSchedule
       name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
   postKubeadmCommands:
   - nssm set kubelet start SERVICE_AUTO_START
diff --git a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-machine-pool-windows.yaml b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-machine-pool-windows.yaml
index a8427086498..d69603523e5 100644
--- a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-machine-pool-windows.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-machine-pool-windows.yaml
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ spec:
       criSocket: npipe:////./pipe/containerd-containerd
       kubeletExtraArgs:
         cloud-provider: external
+        register-with-taints: node.cloudprovider.kubernetes.io/uninitialized=true:NoSchedule
       name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
   postKubeadmCommands:
   - nssm set kubelet start SERVICE_AUTO_START
diff --git a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-windows.yaml b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-windows.yaml
index a0421bda001..9a49d42685a 100644
--- a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-windows.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-windows.yaml
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ spec:
           kubeletExtraArgs:
             cloud-provider: external
             feature-gates: ${NODE_FEATURE_GATES:-""}
+            register-with-taints: node.cloudprovider.kubernetes.io/uninitialized=true:NoSchedule
             v: "2"
             windows-priorityclass: ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS
           name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
diff --git a/templates/test/ci/prow-clusterclass-ci-default/windows.yaml b/templates/test/ci/prow-clusterclass-ci-default/windows.yaml
index 43060236823..3f48ed91ba1 100644
--- a/templates/test/ci/prow-clusterclass-ci-default/windows.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/ci/prow-clusterclass-ci-default/windows.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ spec:
           criSocket: npipe:////./pipe/containerd-containerd
           kubeletExtraArgs:
             cloud-provider: external
+            register-with-taints: "node.cloudprovider.kubernetes.io/uninitialized=true:NoSchedule"
             v: "2"
             windows-priorityclass: "ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS"
       files:
@@ -59,4 +60,4 @@ spec:
         managedDisk:
           storageAccountType: "Premium_LRS"
       sshPublicKey: ""
-      vmSize: replace_me
\ No newline at end of file
+      vmSize: replace_me
diff --git a/templates/test/dev/cluster-template-custom-builds-machine-pool-windows.yaml b/templates/test/dev/cluster-template-custom-builds-machine-pool-windows.yaml
index 41c15da2df1..afd523fd4e3 100644
--- a/templates/test/dev/cluster-template-custom-builds-machine-pool-windows.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/dev/cluster-template-custom-builds-machine-pool-windows.yaml
@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ spec:
         cloud-provider: external
         image-credential-provider-bin-dir: /var/lib/kubelet/credential-provider
         image-credential-provider-config: /var/lib/kubelet/credential-provider-config.yaml
+        register-with-taints: node.cloudprovider.kubernetes.io/uninitialized=true:NoSchedule
       name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'
   postKubeadmCommands:
   - nssm set kubelet start SERVICE_AUTO_START
diff --git a/templates/test/dev/cluster-template-custom-builds-windows.yaml b/templates/test/dev/cluster-template-custom-builds-windows.yaml
index e28ea93d3f8..772149f0a3c 100644
--- a/templates/test/dev/cluster-template-custom-builds-windows.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/dev/cluster-template-custom-builds-windows.yaml
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ spec:
             feature-gates: ${NODE_FEATURE_GATES:-""}
             image-credential-provider-bin-dir: /var/lib/kubelet/credential-provider
             image-credential-provider-config: /var/lib/kubelet/credential-provider-config.yaml
+            register-with-taints: node.cloudprovider.kubernetes.io/uninitialized=true:NoSchedule
             v: "2"
             windows-priorityclass: ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS
           name: '{{ ds.meta_data["local_hostname"] }}'