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Solution: 1. switch to Windows 10 LTSC 2. block all outgoing traffic (Windows firewall advanced settings) except core networking and apps that you need to acces
by p793231 8y ago
Solution:
1. switch to Windows 10 LTSC
2. block all outgoing traffic (Windows firewall advanced settings) except core networking and apps that you need to access internet (Firefox)
This will block all updates.
If you want you can get manually download updates from Microsoft:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4464619 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4464619
I have this setup running for my family (elder parents that first came in contact with computers 10 years ago) under full admin account (autologin) since Windows 7 times. Browser is Firefox+uBlock Origin. No security issues encountered till now.
Updates happen only when Microsoft releases a new service pack (Windows 7) or releases a version (once I switched to Windows 10).
- MrStonedOne 8y agoNever did this on windows 10, no idea how effective it is on 10, but what I did was disable the update service, disable the software protection/licensing service, and set both exes to deny execute permissions to everybody in the security tab of the files. Genuine goes away, updates can't start, and even if updates come back, your windows isn't genuine anymore, so you don't get all of the updates, just the major security ones. During GWX, I just issued the command to reset my activation to ensure genuine never came back, blocking the licensing exec also kept the notifications from showing.
- acqq 8y ago> switch to Windows 10 LTSC https://www.computerworld.com/article/3250464/faq-windows-10-ltsb-explained.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/3250464/faq-windows-10... "Microsoft changed the support rules for LTSB since Windows 10's debut ... in a way that makes it difficult, if not impossible, to widely deploy the edition."