That's usually step one. Historically, the policy you're referring to is broken, or is not specifically for "that". [1] Updates are officially required. [2] E

That's usually step one. Historically, the policy you're referring to is broken, or is not specifically for "that". [1] Updates are officially required. [2] Each release makes it more difficult to positively force WU to fail with user-facing tools. So now, in 2022, after 13 major releases with different UIs, waasmedic logic, and policy effects, when I need to keep a computer online, I don't consider the options that I've found to have failed before (where failure is equal to rebooting). I kill the components of WU, repairs to WU, and repairs to the tools that repair WU. As a result, or as a consequence, you decide, I usually don't get updates again for a long while. [1] https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/307294ef-9ddf-412e-9dd4-9b4345dd281c/windows-10-education-updates-cannot-be-disabled https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/30... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_10#Updates_and_support https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_10#Updates_and_support