How to control windows Update

[Aree Soothsayer]

A while  back I ran across a way to give myself adminstrator control over when windows updates. It will continue to scan for updates but it will not even list them until you manually scan for updates. So when you want to update you can use your imaging software of choice to image your OS drive. Make sure it's not corrupted. Then install the update. If something goes wrong, Vwoop! fix with the image.

 

Here are the directions.

 

Press the Windows logo key + R then type gpedit.msc and click OK.
Go to "Computer Configuration" > "Administrative Templates" > "Windows Components" > "Windows Update".
Double-click "Configure Automatic Updates".
Select "Disabled" in Configured Automatic Updates on the left, and click Apply and "OK" to disable the Windows automatic update feature.

 

Hope this gets stickied to help as many of ya as possible.

[pythonmegapixel]

This will only work on Win 10 Professional or Enterprise, as Home doesn't have gpedit unfortunately.

[Aree Soothsayer]

Ack!

[GoodBytes]

If things fail, just use System Restore to bring your system back in time before the update.

Problem solve. Not super time consuming (assuming a decent computer).

 

You just have to make sure that:

• System restore is enabled on the main OS drive/partition.
• If you plan to use a defrag software, be sure it support System Restore. Most don't, and they will corrupted the stored comparative bits, thinking they should go somewhere.

 

[Alan G]

The other solution and one I employ is to do a weekly system image that can be used to restore the OS in case anything goes bad.  I set it to image on Sunday night when I'm not using the PC.  I usually keep about 8 weeks worth of images on a separate back up hard drive.