Windows 10 disable automatic updates

Casterina · 15 Feb 2017 at 20:47

I have Windows 7 on my computer but my new laptop has Windows 10 Pro installed and only has Windows 10 drivers on their website so basically I'm stuck with W10 so I will be using Classic Shell to change the layout to look like W7 but is there a way to disable automatic updates on W10?

Casterina · 15 Feb 2017 at 23:44

CaptainCrash said:
Luckily you have Win 10 Pro, so it's relatively easy using group policy editor (type "gpedit.msc" at the start menu).

Go tp Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update and double-click "Configure Automatic Updates" in the right-hand pane. The options you see should be self-explanatory.

If you had Win 10 Home AFAIK all you can really do is disable the Windows Update service altogether, re-enabling it temporarily every so often to force a manual update (say after each Patch Tuesday), which is less than ideal.

If I choose the option disabled, it will stop all updates including drivers?

Casterina · 16 Feb 2017 at 18:47

Casterina said:
If I choose the option disabled, it will stop all updates including drivers?

Does anyone know?

Casterina · 25 Feb 2017 at 20:19

I have configured these two policies to prevent automatic updates,

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > Configure Automatic Updates > Notify for download and notify for install

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > Do not include drivers with Windows Updates > Enable

That should be it or am I missing some?