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Manually install Win10 Updates! (Disable Auto Update)
10 years ago
The footer is the truth.
I had to get Windows 10 lately when I got a new latpop, due to my old one suffering many issues and degrading. So now, I'm stuck on Windows 10 with it's shitty force update feature and it's ugly everything-must-be-white feature and it's keylogger constantly running called Cortana that sends every scrap of input you do to Microsoft "for improving user experience", even if you disable it!
However. I managed to improve some things, for example, I've installed a Start menu called Start10 on Stardock's website. Because Windows 10 doesn't have a start menu. It has a frankenstein Start Grid and recently installed/most used list. You can't actually pin things to the MENU portion, only the grid portion.
And best of all, thanks to help from my lovely IceDragon, I've disabled auto updates from being forced on me. The computer can still check for updates, however, it won't automatically download, or install, or reboot your machine. Ever! It is total manual control giving you the control you want over your machine. It may at one point be disabled by Microsoft, who knows. If they find out people have found a way to circumvent their update process and stop being forced to install, they may get mad and find a new way to force but for now, this works. And I know that MS only knows how to half ass their work, so they may never find out unless an MS fanboi runs to them with this fix and tells them.
All you have to do, is add some registry values to your registry. I'll post a link to a registry file that will do this for you, and I will post the source code of that file here as well so you can observe it for yourself. You can also right click the file and open in notepad, editpad, notepad++, whatever text editor you use, and see the source for yourself. It will automatically add several registry values to your registry. You may need to do this after major updates like 10.1, 10.2, whatever other service packs Microsoft makes to fuck up your computer even more and install more adware/bloatware like that "Get Started" crap I keep uninstalling via PowerShell.
Link to file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rbmmufo7l.....ate-Notify.reg (I used this location so it won't auto download, letting you think about it if you want or even comment on the file page.)
Source of the file:
WindowsUpdate-Notify.reg wrote:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
"NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers"=dword:00000001
"RebootRelaunchTimeoutEnabled"=dword:00000001
"RebootRelaunchTimeout"=dword:000005a0
"NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000000
"AUOptions"=dword:00000002
"ScheduledInstallDay"=dword:00000000
"ScheduledInstallTime"=dword:00000003
If this has helped you, please comment on the journal and forward it around! I want to put a stop to Microsoft forcing people to do what they don't want to do.
However. I managed to improve some things, for example, I've installed a Start menu called Start10 on Stardock's website. Because Windows 10 doesn't have a start menu. It has a frankenstein Start Grid and recently installed/most used list. You can't actually pin things to the MENU portion, only the grid portion.
And best of all, thanks to help from my lovely IceDragon, I've disabled auto updates from being forced on me. The computer can still check for updates, however, it won't automatically download, or install, or reboot your machine. Ever! It is total manual control giving you the control you want over your machine. It may at one point be disabled by Microsoft, who knows. If they find out people have found a way to circumvent their update process and stop being forced to install, they may get mad and find a new way to force but for now, this works. And I know that MS only knows how to half ass their work, so they may never find out unless an MS fanboi runs to them with this fix and tells them.
All you have to do, is add some registry values to your registry. I'll post a link to a registry file that will do this for you, and I will post the source code of that file here as well so you can observe it for yourself. You can also right click the file and open in notepad, editpad, notepad++, whatever text editor you use, and see the source for yourself. It will automatically add several registry values to your registry. You may need to do this after major updates like 10.1, 10.2, whatever other service packs Microsoft makes to fuck up your computer even more and install more adware/bloatware like that "Get Started" crap I keep uninstalling via PowerShell.
Link to file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rbmmufo7l.....ate-Notify.reg (I used this location so it won't auto download, letting you think about it if you want or even comment on the file page.)
Source of the file:
WindowsUpdate-Notify.reg wrote:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
"NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers"=dword:00000001
"RebootRelaunchTimeoutEnabled"=dword:00000001
"RebootRelaunchTimeout"=dword:000005a0
"NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000000
"AUOptions"=dword:00000002
"ScheduledInstallDay"=dword:00000000
"ScheduledInstallTime"=dword:00000003
If this has helped you, please comment on the journal and forward it around! I want to put a stop to Microsoft forcing people to do what they don't want to do.
Mercurio
~mercurio
This did indeed work, but people apparently don't trust your file and are too stupid to open it up and look inside.
Vas
!vas
OP
Why would you say they don't trust it? Because no one commented? I'm just unpopular and no one knows I exist. :P Also calling people stupid for being cautious isn't good. :P
Mercurio
~mercurio
Talking about my buddies. They're stupid for not being able to OPEN THE FILE and look inside as to what it does.
Vas
!vas
OP
Did you give them the link to the journal rather than just send them the file? :P The journal attempts to explain it the best it can rather than just giving a file to someone and expect them to take my word that it's safe.
Vas
!vas
OP
Just a note, I may have found out that after you do this, you'll have to go to Services and turn update service to manual mode and manually launch it yourself in order to update, otherwise Windows Update just claims it is broken.
