How to turn off Windows 10 automatic updates

How to turn off Windows 10 automatic updates

An updated PC is less vulnerable to attack, so Windows automatic updates are usually a good thing. But sometimes an update will make things worse, make the PC problematic, or even problem will be unusable until it is resolved.

This is the reason why some people like to stop on an update unless others have tried it without disaster. But for that, you have to take the time off of your day (a Google News alert can help) to keep news about Windows updates.

If you are using Windows 10, you have another problem: it will not let you off automatic updates. Fortunately, there are two functions.

Change group policy

If you have a commercial, enterprise or education version of Windows 10, you can turn off automatic updates. But the options are hidden. Here's what to do in version 1703, if you have a later version of Windows 10, then these settings still apply, but the word is slightly different.

• Press Win-R, type gpedit.msc, press enter. This brings the local Group Policy Editor.
• Navigate to the left panel such as this file explorer
• Computer Configuration> Administrative Templates> Windows Components> Windows Update> Disconnect Updates.
• Select when you get Feature updates.
• Group Policy Editor in Windows 10 1703
• In the resulting dialog box, select Enable.
• In the Options box, type how many days you want to stop the update and then type in the next field in today's date.
• Click Apply and then OK

If you want you can repeat this process for the second setting in Group Policy, then select when you receive quality updates. Keep in mind, however, quality updates include security updates, and leaving them is not the best idea. At the top, the security update has cumulative meaning: If you skip these updates, you can download and update later.

Microsoft does not like it when people stop updating and using Group Policy, you can stop updates for only 30-35 days based on the version of Windows 10.

The metered network trick

If you have a plain old version of Windows 10, you can stop some automatic updates by lying on your operating system. (Speaking morally, this does not bother us a bit.)

In earlier versions of Windows 10, it only works with Wi-Fi networks, but can participate in version 1703 and later Ethernet connections.

This trick is to tell Windows that you have a metric connection from the Internet-which can download so many bits per month without increasing your ISP bill. Microsoft says that this means "some updates will not be installed automatically for Windows" and some applications may not work as expected.

• To tell Windows that you have a metric connection (whether you do it or not):
• Select Start> Settings> Network and Internet.
• Depending on that connection type, select the Wi-Fi or Ethernet tab in the left pane that you want to change.
• In the main pane, select the name of your connection.
• Turn on the Metered connection on the next screen.

You should use it for any network because the setting is set on a per-network basis.

You have two ways to update manually: You can turn off the Metric Connection option. Or you can just use another network to trigger updates.