How to turn off automatic updates in Windows 10

The windows updates They have their pros as well as their cons. For many, the negative part of updates is that they slow down your computer and in the long run you will probably have to format it. But the good news is that these updates help us keep our equipment in alert state in terms of security, applications and programs.

If you are one of those people who want the minimum possible automatisms, then this interests you, although we warn you from now on that it is not as simple as it seems. Definitely We do not recommend disabling Windows Updates altogether. since that is the way in which the operating system keeps the computer more secure and with greater compatibility. If we miss any system update then the security of your computer may be seriously compromised to the danger of malware attacks, hackers and viruses.

However, many times these automatic updates turn out to be quite annoying, since they tend to interrupt activities or the normal functioning of our computer, requesting its restart or restarting it directly when we leave the computer doing certain tasks. And this happens even if we pause these updates. For this reason you are reading this article so let’s see step by step how to disable it permanently and how to choose when to update the device voluntarily without the device repeatedly reminding you.

Many people have tried disable windows 10 updates through the automatic update service, but it does not help much because the next day the service is able to restart itself. There is also another trick that is through the local group policies, which doesn’t work either since after one week automatic updates are activated again automatically. And the third trick that other people try is to disable updates via the Firewall de Windows, which doesn’t work either.

What we are going to teach you today is lock a folder, but for this you need that neither the Windows store nor the operating system updates are being installed.

How to turn off automatic updates in Windows 10

1. The first thing you are going to do is make sure that there are no pending updates. To do this, go to the Windows search engine that is located at the bottom left, next to the start button and write “check for updates” or if you have it in English: “Windows update” and update all the applications, the store or the system itself so as not to leave them halfway. Once you have them downloaded you can continue to the next step.

2. Press the Windows + R keys. At the moment a box will appear in which it says execute. Write on it: “Services.msc” and then click accept.

3. Next, it will show us a window that we have to maximize. Look for the Windows Update service. It’s usually near the bottom of the list, so once it’s located, click the right mouse button and select Properties.

4. Another new window will appear. The first thing you should do is click on stop the service. Once stopped, click where it says start type and change it to Disabled.

5. Now go to the recovery tab that is located above in the same window you are in and where it says first error select the drop-down window with several options. Choose the option take no action and then hit apply and accept. And this would be all you have to do to disable automatic updates from Windows Update.

But not. We’re not done yet.

6. Now you must search for the service “update orchestrator” and if you can’t find it with that name, it may appear in English, which would be like this: “Update Orchastrator Service”.

7. Once you have found that service, right click on properties and perform the same stop service step as we just taught you. Once the service is stopped, in the option “start type” select disabled again and go back to the top tab where it says recovery. In the first error we select not to perform any action and we do the same with the tab of the second error.

8. We make sure that the service is really disabled and we give it to apply and accept. Next, what you need to do is access the Windows Group Policy. To do this, press the Windows + R keys again and in the run box type “gpedit.msc”. Click OK and a local group policy editor window will load. Maximize the screen to have a more complete view of all the options and folders that the window shows you. In the left side column go to “administrative Templates”. Go to Windows components and almost at the bottom you will find a folder where it says Windows Update. Within Windows Update you will see a list with a series of updates.

9. In that list look for automatic update settings and double click on it. A new pop-up window will appear where we have to make sure that the option is selected disabled. Next, click apply and accept and you will see that its current status will appear as disabled.

10. To perform the last step, you must press the Windows + R keys again and write in the run window “regedit”. You will get a box with two options, click “yes” and a new window will appear. Here you need to go to a path and make sure a file is found in that window. If it is the opposite and no file appears, you must create it.

12. Go to the place Machine, located on the left of the column, display it and within that directory look for the word “software”. Expand the software folder and inside go to “policies”.

13. Inside that directory enter Microsoft and inside you have to look for the Windows folder. we expand is all the folders better and within Windows, the folder must be Windows Update. In case you already have it there, you do not need to do anything else, since with all the previous steps that you have carried out so far, the file is created automatically.

How to secure your files

Before making any changes within the Windows registry, we recommend that you take out a backup in case of future losses in your system. Next, we explain step by step how to do it.

– Click the tab on the top left called “file.” Select the option to export and give it a name to be able to locate it easily.

– Once you have named it, save the current path which is the one selected by default. Inside the Windows folder you should have the Windows Update folder, and if not, create it.

– Go to the top of the Windows folder, right click on it and select the option de “new key” which will ask you to give it a name.

– Within the same Windows Update folder, a folder called “AU” will appear and finally within this folder a record with the default name of “No Auto Update” will appear.

– Right click and select the optionn “new 32-bit word value” and here you would have to put the name you want and double click on it. In the value 0 option, change it to 1 and the record should stay that way, with that name and the value 1.

This is how you will disable automatic updates in Windows 10 if you follow all these factory steps that we have explained to you today. Once done, it should no longer be updated automatically, nor will it cause you any more inconvenience by asking to restart at all times.