Turn On or Off Windows Updates for Microsoft Products in Windows 10  

Pipppero2007 said:

I don't use any AV or firewall from 3d party, it could be due to the recent install (with Windows 10 2004) of the new Edge that update itself and needs that setting or because I use Windows Defender?

I have the same installed, but still allows me to toggle on/off.

It's appearing to be some sort of bug, that hopefully the next release will fix.

Disable updates on pause for times.

shiwan0804 said:

Hi, Brink.
I had checked or unchecked this advanced setting of Windows Update many times.
But, I didn't feel the difference between them.
When I clicked to search new update and then I still got the same quantity of updates.
Was this bug of the advanced setting?

Hello,

It depends on if you have any other Microsoft products (ex: Office) installed that support being updated via Windows Update.

shiwan0804 said:

I had installed Office 2019 Pro, but Windows Update seemed like I didn't install Office 2019 Pro.

That's OK. But, it was a little bit inconvenient.

Thanks, Brink.

I've always had to manually update my Office 2019 Pro as well.

Hi, Brink.

I have tested that the tutorial of the setting by using registry editor. It can work successfully.

The registry keys of the setting are as following.

Note:
Tested OS: Windows 10 x64 Professional 21H1
After applied the registry keys that it might need reboot.

1. Enable the setting:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Services]
"DefaultService"="7971f918-a847-4430-9279-4a52d1efe18d"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Services\7971F918-A847-4430-9279-4A52D1EFE18D]
"RegisteredWithAU"=dword:00000001



2. Disable the setting (Default):
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Services]
"DefaultService"=-

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Services\7971F918-A847-4430-9279-4A52D1EFE18D]

The registry key of group policy of the setting is as following.

1. Enable the setting:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
"AllowMUUpdateService"=dword:00000001
"NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000000



2. Disable the setting (Default):

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]

Best regards,
Steven