Windows 10 updates to be automatic and mandatory for Home users

[SecularMotion]

Windows Update can't be readily disabled in Windows 10 Home, and the license terms that all users must agree to allow Microsoft to install updates automatically.

The Insider Preview releases of Windows 10 didn't include any way to prevent Windows Update from downloading and installing updates, but it wasn't clear if this was just some quirk of the previews, or the long-term plan; Microsoft's previews often have special rules for things like providing automated feedback and hooking up online services, and so this could have been part of that.

Build 10240, released to insiders on Wednesday, changes that. This build is believed to be the release-to-manufacturing build that OEMs will preinstall on hardware, and as such, it contains the finalized settings, license text, and so on.

Windows Update in Windows 8.1 has four options for Windows Update's behavior: download and install updates automatically; download updates automatically but choose when to install them; check for updates but choose when to download and install them; and never check for, download, or install updates. This last option is, obviously, not recommended, but it's there if you really need it.

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/07/windows-10-updates-to-be-automatic-and-mandatory-for-home-users/

[PoliticAverse]

1. Patch to turn off automatic updates appearing on popular websites in?... n/t

[Go Vols]

7. It wont take long

[Earth Bound Misfit]

8. 5... 4... 3...

http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/8013-windows-update-automatic-updates-enable-disable-windows-10-a.html
https://4sysops.com/archives/disable-windows-update-in-windows-10/

[Renew Deal]

2. Probably a good thing

Many if not most home users are clueless about how to handle security.

[SecularMotion]

3. They could make automatic updates the default

but leave the full set of options in place for more experienced users.

[Renew Deal]

4. It's a cultural change

Chrome has been forcing updates for a while. Pretty much everything else was a choice. I can understand where Microsoft is coming from.

[SecularMotion]

5. There are other options for Chrome updates

https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/3204698#auto-updates

[hobbit709]

10. 95% of the infected computers I work on had ALL the updates.

PEBKAB rules.

[hobbit709]

6. Then they can forget about me using it.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

9. Found a simple .cmd script to disable AU @MDL Forums...

Last edited Sat Jul 18, 2015, 09:55 AM - Edit history (2)

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/62525-Windows-10-Automatic-Updates-Enable-Disable-script

EDIT: Didn't work...

Disabled Windows Offender (MSE) in group policy... http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/62516-Windows-10-Tweaks-amp-Fixes/page2?p=1082903&viewfull=1#post1082903