Operating system, driver, and application updates can often lead to unexpected behavior on the computer on which they are installed. One way to protect yourself and your machine from unanticipated problems is to perform a backup before installing updates to your system. Unfortunately, when automatic updates are being installed without your approval , you cannot take this precautionary step and face the possibility of having to resort to an older backup if you need to go back past the update.
Many updates need to reboot your machine when complete and certainly take up bandwidth while downloading. This can lead to slower response time and unforeseen reboots that can cause havoc with your work life. So there are indeed valid reasons to turn off automatic updates in Windows Just be careful not to turn the service off and forget to check for updates. While automatic updates can be problematic, letting your system lag behind critical updates can also have serious consequences.
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Jeff Cochin is a professional data management, warehousing and recove Updated on April 30, Written by. Jeff Cochin. If you see anything other than "Disabled" to the right of the "Windows Update" heading, disable the Windows Update again.
Method 2. Understand that this method won't work for Ethernet connections. You can only disable automatic updates by using this method on a Wi-Fi connection. Click the Wi-Fi tab. You'll find this option in the upper-left side of the window. Click your current connection's name. It's near the top of the page. Doing so will open the Wi-Fi connection's settings page. Scroll down to the "Set as metered connection" section. This section is near the bottom of the page. Method 3. Make sure that you're using the right version of Windows.
You'll need a pre-Anniversary edition of Windows 10 Pro or an equivalent. You can't use this method if you're using Windows 10 Home edition. You can check your version of Windows by typing system into Start , clicking System Information near the top of the menu, and looking for "Microsoft Windows 10 Professional" to the right of the "OS Name" heading.
The Windows Anniversary update removed the option to turn off automatic updates from the Group Policy Editor. Type in run. Doing so will search your computer for the Run program.
Click Run. It's the speeding envelope icon near the top of the Start window. Doing so opens the Run program in the bottom-left side of your computer's screen. Launch the Group Policy Editor. Type gpedit. The Group Policy Editor window will open. Navigate to the "Windows Update" folder. Click Configure Automatic Updates.
It's an item in the main Group Policy Editor window. Doing so selects this item. Open the "Configure Automatic Updates" properties window. Right-click the selected Configure Automatic Updates item, then click Edit in the resulting drop-down menu. Check the "Enabled" box. It's in the upper-left side of the window. Click the "Configure automatic updating" drop-down box. This option is on the left side of the window. Click 2 - Notify for download and notify for install.
This option ensures that you'll be asked before updates are installed, allowing you to decline the updates. Doing so saves your changes. Apply your changes. Restart your computer. Method 4. Fair use because being used to update the Microsoft Store icon on the Windows template. It's in the top-right corner of the window. This will prompt a drop-down menu. On older versions of Windows 10, you'll click your profile picture in the upper-left corner of the Windows Store.
Click Settings. This is in the drop-down menu. When you are disabling the Microsoft Update Service, on tabs you'll see "recovery" is set to "one" in "one minute" and "at restart. This will prevent it from restarting the service automatically, unless you restart it manually.
It should have stopped if data session ended. I was also not able to figure out how to forcefully make the windows check for updates rather than downloading without verifying these updates have already been installed or not I have also read one thing on some blogs, if I set my current connection as a metered connection , then it won't automatically download and install updates.
But I couldn't figure out how to do that also. Please let us know if you find any clue for these issues. Thanks in advance. You can turn off Windows Update service. But I don't recommend this. If section 1 doesn't work, do this. Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community. Search the community and support articles Windows Windows 10 Search Community member.
Hi all, I installed windows 10 yesterday only with genuine licence. Any help would be highly appreciated. Regards Vikas Tiwari. Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. How satisfied are you with this discussion? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Zi XianLau. I found this source online while looking through YouTube.
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