Disable automatic updates for Windows 10 Home

[Tom_M1]

I have a couple PCs with Windows 10 Home. Supposedly there is no way to turn off automatic updates. Something that I have done is in Services I have disabled the Automatic Update service. I have had it disabled a short while but it seems to work. The service must be started again before doing a manual update. Can anybody confirm this.

[Bill_Satellite]

Thanks Ed,
I have been doing it that way since loading Win 10 (a requirement for me with cellular as my only internet option if I wanted to try Win 10).

[edatlanta]

Bill.Satellite wrote:

Tom_M wrote:

Bill.Satellite wrote:

Just setup your wireless connection as a metered connection and the updates will not download while connected to that kind of network. You can then choose when you want to download the updates by either connecting to a different network (campground wifi, etc.) or changing the network type back to normal.

This option is not available for the Home version of Win 10.

I don't have an unlimited data plan so I update when I can connect to WiFi at places like the library or McDonald's.

Actually, that's not correct. I have and use Windows 10 Home and I activate the Metered Connection option and the updates will not download. I needed that option before I could install Win 10 as I also used to only have a limited amount of data available.

You are correct Bill. You can set any wifi connection to metered and updates won't d/l unless you manually activate it.

[thestoloffs]

jcpainter wrote:

Tom_M wrote:

jcpainter wrote:
When you allow the Windows upgrade feature to upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10, what determines which version of Windows 10 gets installed?

Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Home Basic or Windows 7 Home Premium will be upgraded to Windows 10 Home.

Windows 7 Professional or Windows 7 Ultimate will be upgraded to Windows 10 Pro.

Windows 8.1 (the standard edition) will receive Windows 10 Home.

Windows 8.1 Pro or Windows 8.1 Pro for Students will receive Windows 10 Pro.

Thank you. That's very helpful. How do you know for sure which version of Windows 8.1 that came installed on your machine?

Right click on the Windows icon in the lower left-hand corner of your screen. Choose Control Panel/System. It's stated there.

[Tom_M1]

jcpainter wrote:
Thank you. That's very helpful. How do you know for sure which version of Windows 8.1 that came installed on your machine?

I don't have Win 8.1 but I think you can do a search for "This PC" and right click on the result then choose "Properties".

[jcpainter]

Tom_M wrote:

jcpainter wrote:
When you allow the Windows upgrade feature to upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10, what determines which version of Windows 10 gets installed?

Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Home Basic or Windows 7 Home Premium will be upgraded to Windows 10 Home.

Windows 7 Professional or Windows 7 Ultimate will be upgraded to Windows 10 Pro.

Windows 8.1 (the standard edition) will receive Windows 10 Home.

Windows 8.1 Pro or Windows 8.1 Pro for Students will receive Windows 10 Pro.

Thank you. That's very helpful. How do you know for sure which version of Windows 8.1 that came installed on your machine?

[Tom_M1]

jcpainter wrote:
When you allow the Windows upgrade feature to upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10, what determines which version of Windows 10 gets installed?

Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Home Basic or Windows 7 Home Premium will be upgraded to Windows 10 Home.

Windows 7 Professional or Windows 7 Ultimate will be upgraded to Windows 10 Pro.

Windows 8.1 (the standard edition) will receive Windows 10 Home.

Windows 8.1 Pro or Windows 8.1 Pro for Students will receive Windows 10 Pro.

[Bill_Satellite]

Win 10 home is the free update.

[jcpainter]

When you allow the Windows upgrade feature to upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10, what determines which version of Windows 10 gets installed?

[strollin]

Gdetrailer wrote:
... Only Pro and Enterprise versions can use Registry Editor and Group Policy ...

You are right about Group Policy but all versions of Windows provide Regedit.

[fj12ryder]

braindead0 wrote:
Why download and install an app to block Win10 upgrade? Norton/Malwarebytes miss things all the time, in particular 0-day problems. It's much safer to make the registry changes:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\OSUpgrade]
"AllowOSUpgrade"=dword:00000000
"ReservationsAllowed"=dword:00000000

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\OSUpgrade\State]

There's another that will get rid of the toolbar nagging, search for DisableGWX and you'll find that.

These registry edits are to disable the update push to Windows 10. It has nothing to do with the OP's original post.

Also, I don't think Windows 10 Home has the GPE, just Windows 10 Pro, and maybe Enterprise. That's the way Windows 7 is.

[Tom_M1]

Gdetrailer wrote:
You DO realize that WIN 10 HOME EDITION DOES NOT HAVE WINDOWS "REGISTRY EDITOR" OR "GROUP POLICY"?? Unless YOU have found some sort of "hack workaround" there is no way you can fully turn off or disable automatic updates on Win10 HOME edition..

Only Pro and Enterprise versions can use Registry Editor and Group Policy and even then you can only DEFER or DELAY the automatic updates for a SHORT TIME. It was done this way to allow for businesses IT departments to FULLY TEST THE UPDATES BEFORE ALLOWING THE UPDATES TO BE PUSHED TO THE CLIENTS.

Win10 HOME EDITION you can only set it to "metered connection" and that ONLY works for WIFI.. Does not work if you plug an Ethernet cable into your PC..

I am not convinced that you can even turn off Windows Update Service (WSUS) permanently either on Win10, I am very sure MS IS smarter than that..

I have two PCs with Windows 10 Home and both have regedit on them. I'm going to leave Windows Update service disabled and see what happens.

[Gdetrailer]

braindead0 wrote:

Elew wrote:
We use Windows10 on our two 'home computers', but I also work online, and one place I work for uses RetailPro, which is not Windows10 compatible.

If there are compatibility reasons for avoiding it altogether, you can download Never10 app, and it will block the Windows10 upgrade virus. It works well, and Norton/Malwarebytes approved

In the end my work laptop is still on Windows7...

Why download and install an app to block Win10 upgrade? Norton/Malwarebytes miss things all the time, in particular 0-day problems. It's much safer to make the registry changes:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\OSUpgrade]
"AllowOSUpgrade"=dword:00000000
"ReservationsAllowed"=dword:00000000

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\OSUpgrade\State]

There's another that will get rid of the toolbar nagging, search for DisableGWX and you'll find that.

You DO realize that most folks will have Win10 HOME EDITION and not "Pro" or "enterprise"?

You DO realize that WIN 10 HOME EDITION DOES NOT HAVE WINDOWS "REGISTRY EDITOR" OR "GROUP POLICY"?? Unless YOU have found some sort of "hack workaround" there is no way you can fully turn off or disable automatic updates on Win10 HOME edition..

Only Pro and Enterprise versions can use Registry Editor and Group Policy and even then you can only DEFER or DELAY the automatic updates for a SHORT TIME. It was done this way to allow for businesses IT departments to FULLY TEST THE UPDATES BEFORE ALLOWING THE UPDATES TO BE PUSHED TO THE CLIENTS.

Win10 HOME EDITION you can only set it to "metered connection" and that ONLY works for WIFI.. Does not work if you plug an Ethernet cable into your PC..

I am not convinced that you can even turn off Windows Update Service (WSUS) permanently either on Win10, I am very sure MS IS smarter than that..

[Bill_Satellite]

It's certainly possible that MS has pushed something through but I have not seen one of those messages about needing to restart and update when I had the metered connection set.
In any case, glad you were able to find and set your metered connection option.

[Tom_M1]

Bill.Satellite wrote:
Actually, that's not correct. I have and use Windows 10 Home and I activate the Metered Connection option and the updates will not download. I needed that option before I could install Win 10 as I also used to only have a limited amount of data available.

I was aware of the Metered Connection option but somehow didn't find it on my PC. I have found it now and it was turned on. Supposedly Microsoft will still push come security updates through, which generally is a good thing. I keep my computers updated but I choose to do it when it's best for me. I'm going to leave the update service disabled for now and see how it goes.