Prevent Win10 from automatically downloading and installing updates

Microsoft in order to give users "burden", basically let Win10 automatically scheduled updates download and installation work, which WINDOWS10 Home Edition completely no control, update download and install fully automatic, and WIN10 Professional Edition, Enterprise Edition and education version of the permissions slightly larger, default can schedule update installation time, But the download is still automatic. In fact, the last three versions of the permissions can be larger, update download can be arranged by the user, but the corresponding options are not listed in "Settings".

So where exactly is this "mysterious" switch? Friends who are familiar with Windows may have guessed it: Group Policy. This feature is only available in the WIN10 version of the Pro version, which means that the Home Edition is not valid (see the second half of this article for the WIN10 home control update download method). The WIN10 Professional, enterprise, and Education User Setup methods are simple, with three steps to capture the update download and installation control.

Here's how:

1. Enter "Group Policy" in Cortana search bar

2. Locate the computer configuration → administrative Template →windows component →windows Update

3. Double-click "Configure Automatic Updates" On the right and select "Enabled", select "2-Notify download and notify Installation" in the lower left drop-down menu and click "OK"

Thereafter, once updated, the system will notify you by notice, you can download and install at a convenient time.

The following is the Win10 family version of the user's method of modification, relatively speaking "simple rough" some, is to turn off the "Windows Update" service in the service.

Here's how:

1. Enter "Services" in the Cortana search bar

2. Locate and click the Windows Update service

3. Click "Stop this Service" on the left.

Note that this approach is only appropriate for extreme situations, such as your network needs to limit traffic in this way, or you think that the bandwidth consumed by Windows Update severely affects your Internet experience. Remember, when appropriate, should be resumed as soon as possible to open the above Update Services to ensure that WIN10 can be updated in a timely manner.

Prevent Win10 from automatically downloading and installing updates