How do i stop it ???

[RoryRB]

Basically the new super buggy windows update keeps giving me notification that i need to restart and i cant get rid of it, and if i install it, it makes the system close to unusable. Where is the setting to stop the auto update thing

[WkdPaul]

Windows settings > Update & Security > Windows Update > Advanced Options

 

The turn off the option "We'll show you reminder when we're going to restart [...]"

[RoryRB]

1 minute ago, wkdpaul said:

Windows settings > Update & Security > Windows Update > Advanced Options

 

The turn off the option "We'll show you reminder when we're going to restart [...]"

But how do i stop it from trying to download it in the first place

[WkdPaul]

1 minute ago, Zvoid said:

But how do i stop it from trying to download it in the first place

ah sorry, didn't understood the question correctly.

 

In the Windows Update advanced options there's also an option to pause the updates for a while.

 

If you have Pro, there's a GPO setting, if you have the Home version, then you're out of luck.

 

The GPO ;

 

Open GPEDIT.MSC

 

Computer Configuration > Admin Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update

 

Configure Automatic Update

Enable

2 - Notify for update and auto-install

 

With that, Windows will notify you that there's updates, but won't download or install anything.

[RoryRB]

1 minute ago, wkdpaul said:

ah sorry, didn't understood the question correctly.

 

In the Windows Update advanced options there's also an option to pause the updates for a while.

 

If you have Pro, there's a GPO setting, if you have the Home version, then you're out of luck.

 

The GPO ;

 

Open GPEDIT.MSC

 

Computer Configuration > Admin Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update

 

Configure Automatic Update

Enable

2 - Notify for update and auto-install

 

With that, Windows will notify you that there's updates, but won't download or install anything.

I have pro but uncultivated so its not showing up

[RoryRB]

Just now, Zvoid said:

I have pro but uncultivated so its not showing up

Lol auto correct 

[WkdPaul]

It's possible that if it's unactivated, modifying GPOs won't work.

 

I'll check if there's a registry key instead.

[WkdPaul]

Yup, found it ;

 

Go to the following entry in your registry ;

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU

 

If it doesn't exist, create a new DWORD (32bit) key, then call it ;

AUOptions

 

Then modify it, and change the hex value to ;

2

 

it should look like this ;

[RoryRB]

4 minutes ago, wkdpaul said:

Yup, found it ;

 

Go to the following entry in your registry ;

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU

 

If it doesn't exist, create a new DWORD (32bit) key, then call it ;

AUOptions

 

Then modify it, and change the hex value to ;

2

 

it should look like this ;

Tbh its fibe il prob get a key soon caus ei dont have much £ left cause just bought new gpu

[WkdPaul]

2 minutes ago, Zvoid said:

Tbh its fibe il prob get a key soon caus ei dont have much £ left cause just bought new gpu

it's all good, just keep this thread somewhere when you need to modify the GPO or do it through the registry, both ways would work.

 

Also, another setting to change is ; "No auto reboot with logged on users", that will make sure Windows won't restart when a user is logged on the system.

 

It's a the same place than the other setting in GPEDIT and in the registry, the key is called ;

NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers

 

With a Hex value of 1

[RoryRB]

5 hours ago, wkdpaul said:

it's all good, just keep this thread somewhere when you need to modify the GPO or do it through the registry, both ways would work.

 

Also, another setting to change is ; "No auto reboot with logged on users", that will make sure Windows won't restart when a user is logged on the system.

 

It's a the same place than the other setting in GPEDIT and in the registry, the key is called ;

NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers

 

With a Hex value of 1

Yeah no you lost me in the last 3 sentences, im more of a hardware/assembly guy and not very competent when it comes to software