FYI ONLY - “Get the latest updates as soon as they’re available” has been removed. You will get preview updates whether you want them or not.

I am not an insider and have always had “Get the latest updates as soon as they’re available” disabled. Today I noticed I no longer had that option and I had received KB5095093. So I asked dear old co-pilot and found that in their ultimate wisdom this option is now deprecated and MS is pushing Preview updates whether we want them or not.. I'm sure that a lot of other users do not want to install preview updates either.

To go back the way I was, I asked co-pilot which me directed to group policy settings that do not exist in my PRO.. Co-pilot also gave me an optional regedit method (creating 2 new dword values) which I used, but I had much rather use group policy if I can find the correct ones to modify. I have requested Brink to write a new tutorial on this so if you are like me and do not want to install preview updates, be on the look out for a new tutorial.

When did you notice this? I'm on 26200.8737 and I still have the toggle for "Get the latest updates as soon as they're available". I can still toggle it on and off. I'll need to keep an eye out to see if and when that will disappear.

wabbit said:

When did you notice this? I'm on 26200.8737 and I still have the toggle for "Get the latest updates as soon as they're available". I can still toggle it on and off. I'll need to keep an eye out to see if and when that will disappear.

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Same here.

WuMgr, Powershell or WAUManager - you can hide preview updates. that what i do whenever they show up so during maintenance they won't accidentally get installed when you click "Check for Updates" (since good ol' Microffffffffffffffffffk likes to make CHECK for updates AUTO install after checking...)

(forgot, if you want to use Settings to install updates - pause and then resume updates. when resumed, the hidden wont show)

I got a notification this morning that I needed to restart. Wanting to know why, I found that KB5095093 had been installed and noticed the option was gone.

Co-pilot said
The “Get the latest updates as soon as they’re available” toggle was deprecated, and as a result some devices are being automatically enrolled into receiving Preview updates even if the user never opted in. Microsoft has moved to a unified rollout model where the OS decides when your device is eligible.
Windows now automatically manages whether you receive “momentum” (early) updates based on your device’s update channel and Microsoft’s rollout schedule.

I was POed because I don't want to be MS beta tester.

glasskuter said:

I got a notification this morning that I needed to restart. Wanting to know why, I found that KB5095093 had been installed and noticed the option was gone.

Co-pilot said
The “Get the latest updates as soon as they’re available” toggle was deprecated, and as a result some devices are being automatically enrolled into receiving Preview updates even if the user never opted in. Microsoft has moved to a unified rollout model where the OS decides when your device is eligible.
Windows now automatically manages whether you receive “momentum” (early) updates based on your device’s update channel and Microsoft’s rollout schedule.

I was POed because I don't want to be MS beta tester.

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time to join the masses and set updates to check but notify to download and install!

dacrone said:

you can hide preview updates. that what i do whenever they show up so during maintenance they won't accidentally get installed when you click "Check for Updates"

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That's the deal, for those that are affected, you can't do that any more because if one checks for updates they are no longer optional. They automatically start downloading. Mine automatically downloaded & installed during sometime during maintenance hours last night

I'm sure Brink will write something on this. I created the 2 registry entries that co-pilot gave but won't know if they work until next month.

you're running pro... you can do it super fast with just gpedit:

Computer Config > Admin Templates > All Settings



mine has been set for 4 years now and i have never once had updates auto install... unless, as i stated... i go in and click the "Check for Updates". then it will check and install once its done checking. if i just let windows check on it's own, i simply get a toast notification stating that updates are available. that's when i see what they are and hide any if desired, then recheck and let it install them after that.


extra note:

if you configure this one and set it to 2, you wont even get the toast notifications letting you know updates are available. you will have to open windows updates to see if it has any ready.

There's Windows Updates Mini Tool, with that you can set updates to manual, the only catch is, you need Pro versions or upwards, Home edition is stuck with whatever they want to feed you.
There are other tools for Home editions tho...

Personally, I use WUMT, automatic updates are disabled, and I look for updates using the tool first to ensure there's stuff I need to hide before I let WU do it's thing as usual.