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I finally got pissed off enough at the forced update policy that I made a tool to disable updates for real: https://github.com/wheybags/win10bsfixer https://git
by wheybags 6y ago
I finally got pissed off enough at the forced update policy that I made a tool to disable updates for real: https://github.com/wheybags/win10bsfixer https://github.com/wheybags/win10bsfixer
It works by killing and disabling the windows update service every 10 seconds, so it should be resilient to pretty much any aggressive changes ms makes. It does allow manually updating when you want to too. I want to have it handle some other nasty behaviours too eventually, but its enough for me to use for now.
- post_break 6y agoIt’s so sad that is has come to this. It’s one of the reasons I’m a Mac user for the most part. Although since Mojave they have gotten more and more annoying with updates. My biggest issue is windows server. I’m worried if I disable updates it will break it.
- kasabali 6y agoPossible next step for Microsoft: making Windows update service unkillable like defender service
- userbinator 6y agoIt's not "unkillable" as long as I can still modify arbitrary blocks of the hard drive... even if it means doing so from another OS ;-) But you're right, they seem to be escalating the fight.
- canada_dry 6y ago+1 for the effort. I'm wondering though isn't there a list of MS update ips floating around that you can add to your router's black-list?
- wheybags 6y agoI thought about that, but it would require maintenance. This can be a mostly fire-and-forget method, which is especially valuable to me because windows is not my primary OS.
- poopslide 6y agoI like the way TinyWall deals with updates. One checkbox, and the update service fucks right off.