How to disable windows update

[Xtenchen]

Seen Linus and luke looking for way to disable windows update, here u go!

 

Services.msc>disable windows update service

 

There may also be a way to do it thru regedit, if you can get someone to look into that. 

[Evanair]

Also set your internet to metered connection and disable windows updates over metered internet.

 

Though they made it so critical updates still install now.

[Master Disaster]

52 minutes ago, Xtenchen said:

Seen Linus and luke looking for way to disable windows update, here u go!

 

Services.msc>disable windows update service

 

There may also be a way to do it thru regedit, if you can get someone to look into that. 

Actually I think the position was more that people shouldn't be disabling Windows Updates because it's potentially hurtful to everyone if you run an insecure system.

[danwat1234]

Very simple to disable Windows Updates.
First go to Services and shut off Windows Update and disable it. Refresh Services to make sure it isn't running.

Now navigate to \windows\system32\ and find files wuaueng.dll and wuauclt.exe. If you can find the former, then look for wuauserv.dll. 

For each, go to properties, security, advanced. 
Click change owner and type in your user name, Click Check Names to select your user name and Click ok. Then Click Apply or Ok on the main window and close it and reopen it.
Now, you can change permissions for all users. 
Delete/Remove permissions from all users and Click Ok.

If that doesn't work, then change owner to Administrator, close the window and try again.

That's it. 
To re-enable, add "Read/Execute" permissions to System on wuaueng.dll or whichever dll you have. Doesn't need it on wuauclt.exe for some reason.
This method should always work, unless somehow those files get replaced. 

Take that Microsoft!

[homeap5]

In earlier versions of win10 blocking updates was more painful. Worst method is of course disabling update service, because few more tasks watch that settings and re-enable this service when needed. So it's only method for those who wants to believe that they're clever. Method with blocking files may work, why not, but it's unnecessary. Now, even if there is no visible option, few registry entries (also present in previous versions) block updates and you'll see info that "your organisation has turned off automatic updates" - so you even see official confirmation from system. What is nice that manual updates still works without any problem so you don't need to revert any changes. If you don't want to look which registry entries disables automatic updates, you can use oo shutup 10 tool. It does exactly the same as if you made changes to registry using regedit, only easier. And unlike other tools, it doesn't change any files or install any additional programs to control system. So if you have 1809 or 1903, you can disable updates without even touching services (and they may be needed not only for updates - modern apps uses they too).

[danwat1234]

Registry key modification will stop Win10 from updating? Seems way to easy. The tutorials I see online can delay rebooting or ask before downloading/installing but not disable it completely. Most of the Youtube comments on the tutorial videos don't give confidence.  Maybe it can that would be most convenient. But killing permissions to Windows Update is a confident way and really not much work to re-enable. I've heard of that program, added it to my arsenal.