Enable or Disable Windows Update Automatic Updates in Windows 10  

I wonder whether the below is possible. Vainly checked out "WAU Manager" (Windows Automatic Updates Manager) at carifred.com/wau_manager/ and "ShutdownWithUpdates" at dennisbabkin.com/shutdownwithupdates/
Maybe I am overlooking a feature though.

1) Updates are downloaded automatically - without installing
2) At the end of the day I select shut down and install updates and shut off my monitor
3) Go away
4) Windows installs the updates
4.a.) If necessary restarts the PC
4.b. if there are any other updates to install, install those
5) restarts the PC again and/or shutdown

All this unattended, so when I restart the PC, all updates have been installed.

Q: Is this possible?

Right now, I have always been updating manually (Check for updates). Automatic download, etc. disabled.

Windows 10 x64 (19045.3155)

In Settings, Windows Update, Advanced there is a setting "Get me up to date" which when enabled searches frequently for updates, downloads them and restarts so you are always updated with minimum or no waiting when restarting/shutdown. But this can restart your computer at any time without a warning before you have time to save your work! If you usually leave your computer on to complete some tasks overnight a sudden restart will stop whatever the computer was doing. I leave it on for downloads or video rendering, so a sudden restart would interrupt this so I never enable this setting. On the contrary I enable the "Notify me when a restart is required to finish updating" to prevent it restarting automatically.

Thanks a lot!

In my case I would like the updates apply only at shutdown, unattended, i.e. Windows should take care of the required reboots (if necessary) and in the end shut down, after (all) the update(s), all by itself.
Including optional updates as long as it involves Windows 10.

So far, i've been getting by with updates using the official update hiding cab file and other steps, but i decided to fiddle with WAU Manager again. downloaded a fresh copy, and on its settings, i clicked the "disable windows automatic update and use WAU instead", checkbox, clicked save and apply, closed it, and reopened it, and.....that checkbox was unchecked

i feel like i already know the answer, but i just need it confirmed: is there any real way to stop windows automatic updates, solely, with third party tools anymore, or has windows, once and for all, killed that avenue?

Have you tried this (related to FlightSettingsMaxPauseDays) already?
It is working on my machine.
Where did the settings go?

Hello everyone,

a bit off-topic, but since one tool is mentioned directly in the tutorial, I'll be cheeky and post it here:
If I get it right, there are basically three tools that are mentioned regularly when it comes to manually managing Windows updates.
The most current version with date in brackets:

WAU Manager (3.5.1.0, 2023-21-12)
Windows Update MiniTool (WUMT) (2022-04-22)
WuMgr (1.1, 2019-12-11)

Is there somewhere a comparison of these tools?
Or is one clearly superior to the other for reasons (functionality, usability, updates...)?
WuMgr seems to be no longer being developed, so should I only give the last two remaining a look?

Thanks and greetings,
Martin

Whatever works for me is good. I still use Microsoft's Windows Update Show/Hide Tool even in Windows 11 to hide (block) unwanted updates with the exception of some computers that I get an error message that it could not load. I use WAU there.