How to permanently prevent automatic windows update installation on 1703?

[Galmok]

I really want to prevent windows from installing updates without my consent, even if I may be 3 month to do it. How do I do that?

I have looked at the policy editor options, the normal gui options, but found no way to stop installation of updates.

The problem with automatic installation of updates is the automatic reboot of windows, something I want control over. I can't have my windows reboot whenever it wants to. This is unstable behavior and I hate it. I want a stable system.

But is there a way?

Currently, the only way I can see is to make a schedule job that runs every minute to stop the windows update service, but that is a bit much and probably disruptive when I game.

I am prepared to hack via registry and more. I just don't know where to attack it.

 

[Galmok]

Currently I am trying out the Reboot task fix as described here:

https://techjourney.net/permanently...atic-restart-of-windows-update-in-windows-10/

 

[Hapatingjaky]

Automatic reboot of windows????

You're doing it wrong.

 

[Galmok]

I don't want windows to ever automatically reboot my pc. Sometime it isn't being rebooted for months at a time. The pesky 30 day limit is not a valid option for me.

 

[Hapatingjaky]

I've never been prompted yet to restart my PC since updating right on release.

 

[Galmok]

I've never been prompted yet to restart my PC since updating right on release.

You probably shutdown your pc relatively often. I do not. ;-)

 

[ElBerryKM13]

Just disable windows update.
Administrative tools > Services > Windows Update > Right click properties and stop service and disable it.

 

[Galmok]

Just disable windows update.
Administrative tools > Services > Windows Update > Right click properties and stop service and disable it.

Windows reenables the service after a while. :-/