Quick Guide: Turn Off Automatic Updates Windows 10
10 August 2023 Senior Program Developer
Summary
Learn about the pros and cons of Windows 10 automatic update and how to disable it. Check out this article for all the details you need.
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The Windows 10 system has a large user base. In order to protect the security of the operating system, Microsoft will regularly perform security updates and function updates, and the automatic update function can enable the computer to automatically perform update operations during idle time. But not all users need the Windows automatic update function, the following is an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages:
Advantages of Windows Automatic Updates:
● The operation is simple, the user only needs to enable the automatic update and set the usage period of the computer, and the computer can be automatically updated during the idle period.
● Windows automatic update can update drivers, operating system functions and fix bugs in a timely manner, which can better protect computers from virus infection.
Disadvantages of Windows Automatic Updates:
● If the user forgets to pay attention to the update time, it may encounter the situation of automatic update and restart while still using the computer for work, resulting in interruption of work or loss of unsaved files.
● Due to different computer configurations, some users may encounter incompatibility with updated drivers or applications during automatic updates, or blue screens of death.
● Automatic update sometimes encounters an update failure or gets stuck in the “checking for update” situation, resulting in a continuous cycle of Windows update operations, unable to use the computer normally.
If you want to turn off Windows 10 automatic update, you can refer to the method below to do so.
Step 1: Run the computer and press the (Windows+R) keys simultaneously to open the Run window.
Step 2: Next, enter the (Services.msc) command in the “Run” window and press the (Enter) key to open it.
Step 3: After that, find the (Windows Update) option in the service window, double-click it to open the properties window, and select (disabled) in the “Startup Type”, after disabling, you will not be able to use Windows update or automatic update function. If you select (Manual) as the startup type, Windows Update will still detect update items, but will not update automatically. You can open the Windows Update interface in your spare time to check if there is a prompt of “Update Available”. If so, you can click (Install Now) to perform manual update.
Step 1: After running the computer, search ( gpedit.msc ) , click the search result to enter the Local Group Policy Editor.
Step 2: Next, find the Windows Update option by following the path: (Computer Configuration-Administrative Templates-Windows Components-Windows Update).
Step 3: After that, double-click (Configure Automatic Updates) on the right side of the mouse.
Step 4: Change Configure Automatic Updates from (Not Configured) to (Disabled) and click (OK). After completing the steps above, automatic updates will be disabled, but you can still check and update Windows manually. To enable Windows Automatic Updates again, change the setting here to (Not Configured).
Step 1: Run the computer, press the (Windows+I) key on the keyboard at the same time to open the setting interface. Then click to enter the (System) option, click (About)-(Advanced System Settings).
Step 2: Switch to the (Hardware) tab, and click (Device Installation Settings).
Step 3: In the device installation settings, change the setting of “Do you want to automatically download manufacturer apps and custom icons suitable for your device?” to (No), and then click (Save Changes).
This method can only suspend the update for 35 days. If you just don’t want to update automatically in the near future, you can set it according to the following steps:
Step 1: Click (Windows+I) to open the settings interface, select (Update and Security)-(Windows Update)-(Advanced Options).
Step 2: Select the deadline for suspending updates in the lower (Suspension of Updates) column, which can only be temporarily suspended for a maximum of 35 days.
Step 3: After setting the deadline for suspending the update, you can see the prompt “Update Suspended” on the Windows update interface, and you can also confirm the date for resuming the update.
The above are several methods to turn off Windows automatic update. In order to ensure that the important files in the computer are not lost, it is recommended that you make a data backup in advance on weekdays. Here I recommend a professional hard disk/system data backup tool – Renee Becca , which can automatically run the backup plan, which is very convenient.
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Clone all data (including system) in HDD to smaller SSD or larger HDD.
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Version chain mode: Only the latest 5 versions are kept, and useless old versions are automatically deleted after the backup is complete.
Single version mode: Only the most recent version is kept, and the previous version is automatically deleted after the backup is complete.
overall pattern: Create a full backup.
Incremental mode: After the initial full backup, only incremental backups are created.
diff mode: After the initial full backup, only differential backups are created. You can view the difference between incremental backup and differential backup.
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