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HI,

 

it's my second day with with windows 10. My experience until now is bad.

 

Does someone know How I can install only the updates I want for software I have and not have all MS updates ?

 

My only idea right now is to disable windows updates service and manual installed KB.

 

Thank for any ideas.

 

PS: Does windows 10 pro also do this nonsenses ?

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Welcome to the new philosophy of Windows 10.

 

You're not supposed to try to decide what's best for you.

You're not supposed to want to control what your computer does. 

You're supposed to trust Mother Microsoft to do what's best for you.

You're supposed to let Mother Microsoft control your computer.

 

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That being said, with a Win 10 Pro setup I have been at least partially successful in stopping Windows Updates from being automatically delivered.  As netbookdelgob has said, see: 

 

http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/174149-we-can-hide-updates/#entry1103742

 

I say "partially" because I have caught Win 10 still making many server connections with my firewall setup.  The logic inside this OS is ANYTHING but simple regarding making online connections and furthering Microsoft's motives.  Honestly, I wouldn't recommend anyone upgrade to it until it's better known.

 

-Noel

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Thank you both.

 

@Noel

you are right Microsoft are turning into apple.

 

I have reformated and now use windows 8.1 reduced with ntlite. Windows 10 is dead to me, at least until they made somes changes.

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I agree with your statement.

Have had some success with gpedit.msc, but have found that MS has been messing with My PC more than I care for.

This is NOT yet a fully socialist state, at least I hope!

Have pleaded, cajoled,Begged them to Makes win10 the same as the previous versions, mainly WHEN I download updates!!

Fortunately, My other up-daters (Antivirus, Defraggers, etc) are not so Pig headed, and do allow My wishes.

I am an Installer for the 2 biggest Satellite Internet companies, and MS's policies are not in the least friendly with either, as far as when data can/will be expended. The result is, Users use all their data allowance on Updates, and nothing left for actual internet use. MS could care less, as long s they are in complete control.

I have been telling My customers to NOT go for the upgrade untill MS decides to open their eyes and do what is Right.

So far, not even one response from MS. Guess they think that if they don't answer, We (the deserters) will ll go away.

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I know exactly what you mean, lowkeyidaho. For folks who either pay extra when they download a lot or get throttled back when they download more than a (fairly small) quota - such as what happens with satellite Internet connections - it's just silly to have an OS that's constantly communicating BIG TIME online, without the ability to dial it back.

I'm showing having used 17.5 GB this month on a test system that's blocked from downloading updates except when I say so in every way I know how, including the use of firewall settings to "deny by default". I still catch it doing stuff when no one is around.

Microsoft clearly doesn't care about "fringe" users who have limited internet access. They're turning this into an "if you're not with us [cloud integrated hipsters] you're against us" game. Apparently polarizing users has been determined to be a good thing by Microsoft Marketing.

So far, I've seen only the barest hint that the steamroller can be deterred even the littlest bit. I think there are some people in Microsoft's service organization who have their heads screwed on straight, and every time Engineering releases boneheaded designs they scream, "are you out of your Vulcan mind?" Thus we get things like the "update hiding tool". But it's not enough. What's designed-in is simply over the top.

-Noel

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by disabling the service... on home.. 

i have been able to block windows update.  i have not seen windows run the service anyways or turn it back on without my knowledge.  So by disabling the service I can stop updates.

only way to check for updates is to enable the service again. even manually 

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I know exactly what you mean, lowkeyidaho. For folks who either pay extra when they download a lot or get throttled back when they download more than a (fairly small) quota - such as what happens with satellite Internet connections - it's just silly to have an OS that's constantly communicating BIG TIME online, without the ability to dial it back.

I'm showing having used 17.5 GB this month on a test system that's blocked from downloading updates except when I say so in every way I know how, including the use of firewall settings to "deny by default". I still catch it doing stuff when no one is around.

 

that's exactly why we have metered connections because, well they are metered.

and not I havent heard about Inched connections for US (bad joke I know)

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Hello,

 

I'm thinking that a solution to the OP task is possible with disabling autoupdate via group policy and then using the PSWindowsUpdate PowerShell module to manually install only the needed updates (PSWindowsUpdate looks like a console replacement of the old wuapp).

 

 

install only the updates I want for software I have and not have all MS updates

 

So,

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]"NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000001"AUOptions"=dword:00000001

and

 

Windows Update PowerShell Module in MS Script Center

 

and some brief guide on using PSWU: https://www.petri.com/manage-windows-updates-with-powershell-module

 

 

Somewhat tested on my Windows 10 Home N 10586. The policy setting does work in Home edition - at least, Settings - Update&Security - Windows Update - Advanced options show a grayed out "Never check for updates" after applying it. PSWindowsUpdate runs, can get a list of updates and you can specify KB numbers to install like in the example (run get-help Get-WUInstall -examples):

    PS C:\> $KBList = "KB890830","KB2533552","KB2539636"    PS C:\> Get-WUInstall -Type "Software" -KBArticleID $KBList -AcceptAll

 

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Apart from all the other tweaks to stop dear mother from updates overload I use a tool from the MDL forum called Windows Update MiniTool which allows me to hide updates as well and only download the ones I want and so far it has worked very well and the update service only gets turned on when I decide to update after testing on another machine

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Given that Microsoft is packaging the updates as "cumulative" blobs of stuff, there seems to be less point than ever in trying to determine which updates to take and which updates to hide. 

 

Of course the need may still exist for driver updates, specific updates to appilcations, or anything else Microsoft doesn't "accumulate" in their blobs.

 

Maybe it's because I'm running Win 10 only in a VMware virtual machine and not on real hardware, but I'm not seeing much from the second category.  Pretty much it's been going like this:

 

  • Reconfigure to enable Windows Update
  • Check for available updates via the Microsoft "Show or hide updates" tool.
  • Upon seeing a cumulative update (and Windows Defender definitions update), run Settings to install all that's offered..
  • Configure to disable Windows Update

 

Windows Defender normally keeps itself up to date directly, without Windows Update being enabled, but they release definitions updates so often that there's often one there when I check for Windows Updates.

 

At the moment, these are showing as available, so there ARE occasional non-cumulative updates (a Silverlight security fix in this case)...

 

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KB3126036 is a security update for web browsing with Silverlight, which I wouldn't normally refuse unless I found reports online specifically describing it as problematic (and I don't think I rely much on Silverlight anyway).

 

Generally speaking, I would not want to avoid installing the latest Windows Defender updates, though I suppose it's possible they could start releasing signature packages that would screw things up, and I'll have to look for reports of failures (based on the virus signature version, I guess; the KB is always the same).  So far that's not been needed (knocking on wood).

 

-Noel

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I agree NoelC and indeed the control is limited but at least I can control when to update and choose not to install certain updates it offers but overall it's a worry when one knows every few months will require a new major update that will change various settings or require a clean install and and it gives one the impression of a system not designed to be dependable for years but as something temporary which I never got when using seven which I still use on a few machines

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it gives one the impression of a system not designed to be dependable for years but as something temporary which I never got when using seven which I still use on a few machines

 

Agreed.  But more than an impression.  I'm convinced it's no longer acceptable for use for serious computing.

 

I'm with you 110% on needing control.

 

-Noel

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Sorry for digging but I know a way to control updates.. Actually you can enable and disable windows update service! You can manualy do this by running services.msc and find windows update service, stop it and disable it, and if you need it you can enable it again! It stops Windows Update, downloading drivers from windows update, installing missing windows components (for example I needed .net framework 3.5, but in order to install it I had to enable windows update service) and installing apps from store! I made 2 very simple command line scripts (cmd file type), one to enable and one to disable wuauserv service, but you must run them as administrator!

Windows Update Start Code :
sc config wuauserv start= demand
net start wuauserv

Windows Update Stop Code :
net stop wuauserv
sc config wuauserv start= disabled

Windows Update Start.cmd

Windows Update Stop.cmd

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