> I don't mean to be rude but if you are having to ask how to disable automatic updates then you probably aren't someone who keeps up to date with all the lates

> I don't mean to be rude but if you are having to ask how to disable automatic updates then you probably aren't someone who keeps up to date with all the latest issues. When it becomes problem, you just won't know. ...Wow. First of all, that's not what I asked. I asked how to disable or block this patch. Blocking "automatic updates" is neither equivalent to disabling this patch (post-install) nor to blocking it (pre-install). Second of all, I'm running Windows 8.1, on which I can actually block updates easily. I don't know if I can be picky about which patches I block on 10 because I have barely used it, but I will have to start using it soon and I really don't want to waste time installing the update only to find out I can no longer uninstall it. And third of all, you're really spewing nonsense. I've done security work in the past which I don't care to post details about here anonymously. I still keep up with security news regularly and I actually look into the update details before installing them (which should be obvious if you read my previous comment on how I said what I do depends on the actual updates). None of which you need to believe (and I really don't care if you don't), except for the minor caveat that if you're trying to be convincing, this holier-than-thou attitude moves you well in the opposite direction.