Stop Windows 10 Updates Properly and Completely

"Notification Only" has been greyed out.



I chose "Search updates every day", and the following message appeared:

Matthew Wai said:

"Notification Only" has been greyed out.

From what I understand only options that apply to your version of Windows is available. There are more options available on Enterprise as compared to Home or Pro.

Matthew Wai said:

I chose "Search updates every day", and the following message appeared:

Do you need me to forward this info to David Xanatos?

pf100 said:

There are more options available on Enterprise as compared to Home or Pro.

Perhaps my VBScript is the only option available to a Home user like me.

pf100 said:

Do you need me to forward this info to David Xanatos?

You may do so if he is interested.

Yesterday, I ran WuMgr. Today, Windows Update has disappeared from Update & Security.
Can anyone help?



When I ran Windows Update MiniTool, the following message appeared.

Matthew Wai said:

Yesterday, I ran WuMgr. Today, Windows Update has disappeared from Update & Security.
Can anyone help?



When I ran Windows Update MiniTool, the following message appeared.

The answer to your first question is here. The answer to your second question is something about the way WuMgr disables update hijackers on Home. My guess is you have to enable them and reboot, but I'm not sure. Until the documentation is updated, if you want to use WuMgr you're going to have to read the WuMgr thread here.

Matthew Wai said:

Perhaps my VBScript is the only option available to a Home user like me.

What is it about the wrapper script that you don't like?
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Also, the problem with Windows Update in Settings disappearing with WuMgr is an issue as noted here. So I'm going to hold off on using it with the wrapper script until it's more mature. The way I was planning to use it in the script, all those options are unavailable anyway using the "-provisioned" switch since the script doesn't need any of those options in the lower left. But still, I'm concerned people will decide to use WuMgr by itself and break something, like you found out. It's a great project, it just needs more time for issues like this to be discovered and fixed. WUMT is working fine as-is with the script anyway, so there's no hurry to switch.

pf100 said:

What is it about the wrapper script that you don't like?

I don't like to check for updates manually, so I won't use Configurator, but I will run the codes for disabling hijackers such as Update Assistant and "s32list" after installing an update.

Matthew Wai said:

I don't like to check for updates manually, so I won't use Configurator, but I will run the codes for disabling hijackers such as Update Assistant and "s32list" after installing an update.

I like your idea, but I confess that this thread confuses me. I can’t seem to follow the terms like wrapper & configurator. Could you specify the exact steps that I would need to do to get updates without the update assistant? Would I still be notified when an update is available?
Thank you.

phrab said:

I can’t seem to follow the terms like wrapper & configurator.

Wrapper = Download WUMT Wrapper Script - MajorGeeks
When you run it, you will see "WUMT Wrapper Script Windows Update Service Configurator", abbreviated to "Configurator", which I won't use.

phrab said:

Would I still be notified when an update is available?

You may use Task Scheduler to run the following VBScript, which will check for updates and notify you of available updates.
https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%...%21132&o=OneUp