Question I'm furious... How do I PERMANENTLY disable Windows Update?

[mike2012]

Okay. Windows Update has officially got on my last nerves. How do I PERMANENTLY disable this garbage?

I'm playing a game and it's windy out so okay power outage. PC comes back. WINDOWS tries to update when I turn my PC on.

Windows Update BRICKS my PC and I CAN'T start Windows. Luckily, I had a system restore available which is how I can type this now.

How can I PERMANENTLY disable Windows Update? I'm tired of it. My whole PC getting bricked because of an update.

 

[ex_bubblehead]

How can I PERMANENTLY disable Windows Update?

Simple. Switch to another operating system.

 

[Rokinamerica]

UPS so you can shut down properly when power goes out. Also schedule update to occur during off (for you) hours or pause updates for a week and do them manually. Then no more cool update restart surprises at the worst time.

 

[USAFRet]

Put the Windows Updates on a schedule. Pause for 1-2-3 weeks.
Do it when YOU want to.

You just have to be smarter than the PC.

 

[hotaru.hino]

Your PC getting "bricked" because of a Windows update indicates an underlying issue that should be resolved. I've never had an issue that severe with Windows updates in the past 10 years, and only really one in the past 20 or so.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

How about actually updating the pc before you want to play so that the updates are done? Also a UPS would be good in that situation.

 

[Bob.B]

Okay. Windows Update has officially got on my last nerves. How do I PERMANENTLY disable this garbage?

I'm playing a game and it's windy out so okay power outage. PC comes back. WINDOWS tries to update when I turn my PC on.

Windows Update BRICKS my PC and I CAN'T start Windows. Luckily, I had a system restore available which is how I can type this now.

How can I PERMANENTLY disable Windows Update? I'm tired of it. My whole PC getting bricked because of an update.

If you have the pro version of windows I think you can stop updates.

As has been mentioned it might be best to figure out what is wrong with your pc that is causing this problem.

 

[USAFRet]

If you have the pro version of windows I think you can stop updates.

Not stop completely.
But both Home and Pro of 10 and 11 lets you pause for several weeks.

 

[Bob.B]

Not stop completely.
But both Home and Pro of 10 and 11 lets you pause for several weeks.

I was thinking about the group policy it looks like you can disable updates.

 

[USAFRet]

I was thinking about the group policy it looks like you can disable updates.

A lot of people who go down that road end up with a totally borked system.

 

[Bob.B]

A lot of people who go down that road end up with a totally borked system.

True but the op already has a borked system.

 

[USAFRet]

True but the op already has a borked system.

Yeah, but don't make it worse.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

As I said, update the pc before the time you want to play. As someone else said have a UPS hooked to your pc to help with the pc shutting off.

 

[SyCoREAPER]

I can't vouche for any of these specifically but will be testing tomorrow as I am tired of being proactive.

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/free-update-blocker-tools-to-stop-automatic-windows-10-updates

As for updating, I use WuMgr 1.1b (on github). Let's you select the updates you want, block the ones you don't. And should Windows Update somehow rearm itself, WuMgr severs the link for declined updates to the update in Windows Update.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

And I’m sure this person will be back soon, saying what’s wrong with my computer! You’re going down the wrong path

 

[Tac 25]

How about actually updating the pc before you want to play so that the updates are done? Also a UPS would be good in that situation.

that is exactly what I'm doing. And I would advice the OP to do the same.

I make sure everything is updated in Windows Update. So I can game freely.
the moment I see an orange dot.. well, I let it restart. Only takes 5 minutes or so.. and then it's back to gaming again. Not a big deal really.

 

[Mtop]

I game offline, When all is running well I just uninstall my network adapter.
No Net no Updates. (I do my surfing on another computer)

 

[ohio_buckeye]

Sounds like you are doing things wrong then. Just let it do it’s updates and don’t worry about turning off the network adapter. Get a ups so it will give you time to shut down during power outages. You should still be able to play single player even when online.

 

[ubuysa]

It's not Windows Update fouling up your PC. If it were then millions of us would have similar problems. Having a power outage most certainly can foul up a PC, and if you don't use a surge protector it can foul it up permanently.

This is a classic case of treating the symptom and not the problem. Windows Update running on boot is a symptom, but the problem is the power outage.

Get a UPS as advised (repeatedly).