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In case you wanted to disable automatic updates on Win10 (and for some reason didn't do it yet), set your WiFi connection as metered in advanced options. This p
by jakub_g 10y ago
In case you wanted to disable automatic updates on Win10 (and for some reason didn't do it yet), set your WiFi connection as metered in advanced options. This prevents from autodownloading/installing/rebooting when you just left to make yourself a coffee.
You get notified when an update is available, so you can wait a few days and see if there's no news on front page of HN about update being hopelessly broken, and then you can proceed with an update. You're welcome.
- rjsw 10y agoYou can set wired connections as metered too.
- funkyy 10y agoI am afraid Windows will "fix" this whenever this gets more popular though.
- unlimit 10y agoThere is another way - disable windows update service. I use this and every month or so I enable it to update.
- fwn 10y agoI do this since Windows XP and it always worked. I don't know why so many were writing that updates can't be disabled anymore.
- vonmoltke 10y agoThe control panel setting was removed. Disabling the service entirely is an advanced and somewhat non-obvious (if you don't know update is a service to begin with) solution.