Hannele2
Member
Problem: Windows Update is now missing in Settings.
The last entry on the screen is Privacy and Security. Windows Update is no longer displayed.
I am an IT person and like to control what/when things are updated...
I prefer to run Windows Update myself, when it is convenient, rather than allow Microsoft to operate my machine...
Going back several Windows versions, I disable auto-updating (which has been made increasingly difficult).
I do of course ocassionally carry out updates, but I prefer to do it as and when it suits me - and to have the opportunity to opt out and roll back.
Since upgrading to Windows 11, in order to disable automatic updates as usual, I updated three or so Group policy settings and changed one Registry setting. Same as I did in Windows 10 and probably Windows 8.
But now it seems I'm locked out of manually running Windows Update! I literally cannot even bring the Windows Update control panel entry up.This never happened in Win 10 or earlier versions.
Since many of us here are super users or professional IT people, I'm sure there are others who also turn off Windows Update... I can't be the only one... Did anyone else experience this problem?
Is Microsoft playing games with me? Like "Hey you thought you could simply turn off Windows Update?? Not so fast! "
Clearly the implementation of this has changed - I no longer recognise the control panel interface for automatic updates that's been with us for countless Windows versions... Have they finally done a complete overhaul?
How can I manually trigger Windows Update like I could in Windows 10?
The last entry on the screen is Privacy and Security. Windows Update is no longer displayed.
I am an IT person and like to control what/when things are updated...
I prefer to run Windows Update myself, when it is convenient, rather than allow Microsoft to operate my machine...
Going back several Windows versions, I disable auto-updating (which has been made increasingly difficult).
I do of course ocassionally carry out updates, but I prefer to do it as and when it suits me - and to have the opportunity to opt out and roll back.
Since upgrading to Windows 11, in order to disable automatic updates as usual, I updated three or so Group policy settings and changed one Registry setting. Same as I did in Windows 10 and probably Windows 8.
But now it seems I'm locked out of manually running Windows Update! I literally cannot even bring the Windows Update control panel entry up.This never happened in Win 10 or earlier versions.
Since many of us here are super users or professional IT people, I'm sure there are others who also turn off Windows Update... I can't be the only one... Did anyone else experience this problem?
Is Microsoft playing games with me? Like "Hey you thought you could simply turn off Windows Update?? Not so fast! "
Clearly the implementation of this has changed - I no longer recognise the control panel interface for automatic updates that's been with us for countless Windows versions... Have they finally done a complete overhaul?
How can I manually trigger Windows Update like I could in Windows 10?
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