• Worstdriver@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s actually pretty easy to permanently disable updates in Windows.

    • Go to Services.msc
    • Find Windows Update Services
    • Changed it to Disabled

    Done.

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        1 year ago

        Only if you never update at all. You can still update manually on your schedule, and control when the reboot happens.

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        1 year ago

        it is usually not a great idea to not get updates on Windows however deferring them until later is usually not a bad idea and depending on your risk scenario updates may or may not I’ll be all that necessary. however from a cyber security standpoint not updating Windows is moronic.

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      1 year ago

      This only works for a while on Windows 10 as the service will eventually become enabled. Depending on release we saw some PC’s last a month while others could last a year with the service disabled.

      For anybody wondering why, these stations had deep freeze which reverted any changes upon reboot.