[How To] Manually Install Windows 10 Updates
The method we’ll explain below will get rid of Windows 10 from automatically downloading and installing updates. Instead, without notice to update the OS you'll need to do it manually.
How to manually install Windows 10 updates
The right off the bat you need to do is always to open a rapid command prompt. To do this, click on the Start button and execute a system seek out “command prompt”. Right-click about the desktop app shown from the results and select “Run as administrator” (be aware that you do have to be logged into the website owner account).
Then, copy and paste the command below within the console then hit Enter to own it:
After that, run the subsequent command also:That’s it! From now on, automatic updates will probably be disabled in all of the recent Windows 10 builds.
Whenever you wish to update Windows 10, you’ll need to get it done manually from Settings -> Update & Security -> Windows Update
If you’re wondering what these commands do, you need to understand UsoClient.exe is usually a system file that performs the update from the background and restarts the OS as required. It’s run through Windows Task Scheduler. The takeown command has been used to vary the file system ownership with the UsoClient.exe file from Trusted Installer on the Administrators group.
The second command ensures UsoClient.exe can’t be run by any user or system group.
How to recover Windows 10 automated updates
In case you ever change your mind and even re-enabled Windows 10 automated updates, open a heightened command prompt again.
Copy and paste the command below in to the console:
This will restore automated Windows 10 updates. However, bear in mind this method probably won't work forever. In fact, any Windows 10 update might render it unfunctional. Even so, it’s good to understand we can make a move, though it could very well be temporary.
