How to completely turn off automatic updates in Win10? The problem of Win10 automatic update is a problem encountered by many users. Many times we turn off automatic update, and after a while the system automatically updates again. Since Win10 automatic update is very stubborn, we have to start from multiple places to permanently turn off its automatic update. Let’s follow the editor’s steps step by step!
How to completely and permanently turn off automatic updates in Win10
1. Disable Windows Update service
1. Press Win + R on the keyboard at the same time to open the run dialog box, then enter the command services.msc and click "OK" below to open the service, as shown in the figure below.
2. Find the Windows Update item and double-click to open it, as shown in the figure.
3. Double-click it to open it, click "Stop", select the startup type as "Disabled", and finally click Apply, as shown below.
4. Next, switch to the "Restore" option, change the default "Restart Service" to "No Action", and then click "Apply" and "OK".
2. Turn off Win10 automatic update related services in Group Policy
1. Press the Win + R shortcut keys at the same time to open the run command operation box, then enter "gpedit.msc" and click OK, as shown below.
2. In the Group Policy Editor, expand Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Update
3. Then in the "Configure automatic updates" setting on the right, set it to "Disabled" and click "Apply" below and then "OK", as shown in the figure.
4. Afterwards, you need to find "Remove access to use all Windows update features" in User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Update, select Enabled, and after completing the settings, click "Apply" and "OK", as shown in the figure.
3. Disable Win10 automatic updates in the task schedule
1. Press the Win + R shortcut keys at the same time to open the "Run" window, then enter "taskschd.msc" and click "OK" below to open the task scheduler, as shown in the figure.
2. In the task scheduler settings interface, expand Task Scheduler Library -》 Microsoft -》 Windows -》 Windows Update, and set all the items inside to [Disable]. (I have four tasks here, your computer may only have one or more, just right-click to disable them all)
4. Turn off Win10 automatic updates in the registry
1. Press the Win + R shortcut key combination at the same time to open the Run dialog box, then enter the name regedit, and then click "OK" below to open the registry, as shown in the figure below.
2. In the registry settings, find and locate
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesUsoSvc]. Then find the "Start" key on the right side.
3. Click Modify, change the start value to hexadecimal and the value to "4", then click "OK" to save the data, as shown in the figure.
4. If there is a "FailureActions" key on the right, right-click to modify the binary data of the key, and change the fifth value from the left in the "0010" and "0018" rows from the original "01" to "00". After completion, click "OK" below, as shown in the figure below. (No need to change if there is no FailureActions item)
At this point, the steps to completely turn off Win10 automatic updates are complete.