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Anyone figured out how to complete disable Windows Updates and Windows account? I don't care if I am missing critical updates and an online Windows account, i j

• freeone3000 6y ago
  A windows account can be disabled by not creating one - hitting back, then forward, then forgot, then back, then forward, then "create offline account" will appear as a hidden option. Disabling Windows updates is not possible.
  • ttt0 6y ago
    > hitting back, then forward, then forgot, then back, then forward, then "create offline account" will appear as a hidden option. You're joking, right?
    • tomnipotent 6y ago
      It's not this bad, but it's still bad. There's a "Skip this step" during the 1st screen which is non-obvious as to what it's going to do.
  • nabaraz 6y ago
    I have an offline account but it shows me a dialog about fixing my Windows account every day.
    • freeone3000 6y ago
      The only fix I know for this is joining the computer to a domain, and using your domain account.
• sitzkrieg 6y ago
  https://archive.org/details/windows-10-ameliorated-1903 https://archive.org/details/windows-10-ameliorated-1903 i think this is older version (i ran oct update) you can also run the scripts on existing install but be warned its uh, very opinionated
• nichos 6y ago
  This is the only thing that worked for me, been running like this with no issues for about 2 years: Browse to C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution, right click on the Downloads folder, click properties. Security Tab, Advanced, Change Permissions, Disable Inheritance, Remove all inherited permissions from this object, Apply. To enable windows updates, reverse this process. You may have to stop the service or go to safe mode to this, though I don't remember doing that.