diff --git a/templates/cluster-template-machinepool-windows.yaml b/templates/cluster-template-machinepool-windows.yaml
index f5e8ce9fe5c..4c04cba68ea 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-template-machinepool-windows.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-template-machinepool-windows.yaml
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ 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 2613ab07ad8..df7aaf53b23 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-template-windows-apiserver-ilb.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-template-windows-apiserver-ilb.yaml
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ 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 a704c6040af..1c251619153 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-template-windows.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-template-windows.yaml
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ 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 1a251c525c3..745ac04024b 100644
--- a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-ci-version-windows.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-ci-version-windows.yaml
@@ -600,6 +600,7 @@ 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 04c83f93058..30476a48010 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
@@ -565,6 +565,7 @@ 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 fad34c0b614..595c26f8902 100644
--- a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-machine-pool-windows.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-machine-pool-windows.yaml
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ 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 85d8e32f4bb..0442daf747f 100644
--- a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-windows.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-windows.yaml
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ 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 86d77991eea..8eeb609b346 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
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ 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 6e4b0ccb6ac..cc85195b2eb 100644
--- a/templates/test/dev/cluster-template-custom-builds-windows.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/dev/cluster-template-custom-builds-windows.yaml
@@ -603,6 +603,7 @@ 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"] }}'