How Do You Disable Windows 11 Automatic Updates in Windows 11 Home

nissimezra said:

Anyone tried these methods with success ?

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Setting your network connections to metered works.
Turn On or Off Metered Connection for Ethernet Network - ElevenForumTutorials
Turn On or Off Metered Connection for Wi-Fi Network - ElevenForumTutorials
After a [Windows 10] Version update, my metered settings got reset so I check them after Version updates. They have never been reset by anything else.



Denis

If I remember well, metered connections still allow security updates to be downloaded and installed.

Yes, metered connections have allowed through one very small update each year - PC Health Check KB4023057 / KB5005463 [<2MB].

Denis

If you have one computer it is easier to pause the updates for a month.

This guide will teach you the steps to prevent updates from being installed on Windows 11 version 21H2, 22H2, and higher releases.

And then, there are those of us, who just hate MS updates, for the years of bugs they have inserted into our PC's.
And the total crashes caused by those bugs.

And I do like a program with a colorful and interesting GUI.
So I tried, and really like "Stopupdates10.exe" that I first heard about on the Win-10 forum. I think!

It does give the option of turning MS Updates back ON, if you so wish. I just don't!
And, it works great on Windows 11/Pro/64, which is the only version I use.

Happy Father's Day
TM

Megahertz said:

Did you try Sledgehammer?

Download Sledgehammer - MajorGeeks

Sledgehammer (formerly WUMT Wrapper Script) is used to launch Windows Update MiniTool and disable Windows Updates until you run it again avoiding unwanted reboots.

www.majorgeeks.com

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thank you for the link. Is it working on windows 11? For now the only option I found is to delete the service from linux boot media

nissimezra said:

thank you for the link. Is it working on windows 11? For now the only option I found is to delete the service from linux boot media

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Yes, it does work on Win 11

So does "StopUpdates10Setup.exe"
Available at StopUpdates10 - Download

I use it, after every install of Win-10 or Win-11.

Run it to Hard Block all MS Updates, and run it again to UN-Block updates if you ever want to.

Cheers mates!
TM

FreeBooter said:

You can use the attached batch script to disable Windows 10 and Windows 11 updates.

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I tested this batch file on 21H2 and 22H2 builds that I wanted to freeze for testing purposes. Unfortunately, after restarting, the CPU was pegged and the culprit was Windows Update, so this batch file did not work for me. YMMV.

LesFerch said:

I tested this batch file on 21H2 and 22H2 builds that I wanted to freeze for testing purposes. Unfortunately, after restarting, the CPU was pegged and the culprit was Windows Update, so this batch file did not work for me. YMMV.

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Not to mention the script removes C:\AMD, C:\Intel, C:\NVIDIA folders without asking you first. I don't see how those are related to WU.