How to Disable Windows Update on Windows 10 Permanently

Step 1. Open Run and type services.msc and click OK.

Step 2. Find Windows Update and Right click Windows Update and select Properties. On General>Service status select Stop and on Startup type select disabled.

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On Recovery>First Failure set as Take No Action and on Reset fail count after to 0 days.

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Select Apply>OK. Close services.msc.

Step 3. Open Run and type regedit and click OK. Navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SOFTWARE>Policies>Microsoft>Windows

Right click on Windows folder and select New>Key and rename as WindowsUpdate. Now we create another folder in WindowsUpdate folder. So navigate WindowsUpdate right click on Windows folder and select New>Key and rename as AU. Inside AU folder right click and select New>Key>DWORD (32 – bit) Value and rename as AUOptions.

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Set Value data as 2 click OK.

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Close regedit.

Step 4. To make sure Windows Update permanently disabled. Go to

Start>Settings>Network & Internet

Select Ethernet/Wi-fi and click on the connected network and set Set as metered connection to ON.

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Close Settings.

Step 5. Next go to start and search gpedit.msc.

Go to Administrative Templates>Windows Components>Windows Update and select Configure Automatic Updates.

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Double click Configure Automatic Updates and select Disabled and click Apply>OK.

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Close gpedit.msc.

Step 6. Next go to start and search Task Scheduler.

Task Scheduler Library>Microsoft>Windows>WindowsUpdate

 

Disable the Automatic App Update, Scheduled Start, sih, sihboot.

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Now go to UpdateOrchestrator

Disable the UpdateAssistant, UpdateAssistantAllUsersRun, UpdateAssistantCalenderRun, UpdateAssistantWakeupRun.

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Close Task Scheduler.

All Done!

Published by aleXandria

I finished Information security and Ethical Hacking(ISEH) and Motion Graphics Design.

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