- #Windows 10 build 10240. how to
- #Windows 10 build 10240. install
- #Windows 10 build 10240. drivers
- #Windows 10 build 10240. update
#Windows 10 build 10240. update
Windows Update is set to notify to download. Only after I clicked Check for updates did the new configuration show up in the Advanced Options. Even a Windows restart doesn’t change the setting. Note that the Windows Update app won’t show the changed settings immediately. The advantage is that you will be reminded that you are working with a risky configuration.
#Windows 10 build 10240. install
The only downside of this method is that Windows will constantly bother you to install missing updates. The Group Policy Notify for download and notify for install is another way to prevent updates from being downloaded. I will write a new post where I say more about this option and about the corresponding registry keys. Update: If you set the policy to Disabled, the old option 1 is enabled which means that Windows Update won't check for new updates. It seems that not enough people took the “not recommended” part seriously. Option 1, Never check for updates (not recommended), from previous Windows versions is missing. Stop automatic updates in Group Policy editor. Then, navigate to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Update.
Open the Group Policy editor by typing “gpedit.msc” in the search box of the Start screen. Stop automatic updates in Group Policy editor ^Īs in the Windows 10 Preview version, you can also use the Group Policy editor to get additional options for Windows Update in Windows 10 RTM. However, this method won’t make you happy if you want to completely stop Windows 10 from downloading and installing updates. The show-or-hide update tool is certainly useful if you are aware of a problematic update that you want to block. Hidden updates still appear in Windows Update. However, this never happened, and after a while Windows Update no longer showed these updates. Windows claimed it would install the updates automatically when I wasn’t using the computer. However, right after I added an update to the list of hidden updates, it still appeared in Windows Update even after a Windows restart. I tried the show-or-hide update tool with a driver, a normal update, and a security update and it always worked.
#Windows 10 build 10240. drivers
Even though the title of the KB article seems to indicate that the tool can only be used to prevent drivers and updates from reinstalling, you can use it to hide any update. Of course, it was only a matter of time (hours, perhaps) until a forced update would break systems.
#Windows 10 build 10240. how to
Microsoft published a support article ( How to temporarily prevent a Windows or driver update from reinstalling in Windows 10, KB3073930) after NVIDIA drivers caused problems. The registry key to change the behavior of Windows Update ( HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update\AUOptions) also no longer seems to have an effect.Īnyway, let’s see what we can do to stop automatic updates in Windows 10. It appears to me that Microsoft is still fighting with the two different user interfaces in one operating system. The only thing that you can still do in the Control Panel is uninstall updates. (Please let me know if you know of a way to bring it back.) However, even if you take ownership of the key and then change the value, the Update applet will not appear in the Control Panel. The reason is that local administrators don’t have the right to change this value. You will receive an error message ( Cannot edit IsConvergedUpdateStackEnabled. In the Preview version, you could bring back the Windows Update applet in the Control Panel by changing the Registry keys. I outlined in a previous article that businesses have other options to stop Windows updates in addition to the ones I describe below. Please notice that this problem only exists on standalone machines. Perhaps this is why Redmond has partly backtracked by offering the “Show-or-hide updates” tool (wushowhide.diagcab), which I will discuss below.