Hi,
today my Windows 10 Pro auto-installed the following update: KB4592449.
This never happened before, because I have set (Group Policy) Windows updates to "2 - notify for download and auto install".
So far I've always decided when to download and install Windows updates. But today the beforementioned update installed by itself, automatically.
Any ideas as to why?
Thanks.
Hello @Bellzemos,
There are various methods [ other thanGroup Policy] to stop situations like this arising, one beingOption 7here . . .
> How to Enable or Disable Automatic Updates for Windows Update in Windows 10
I hope this helps.
WAU Manager still has some issues, similar to WUMT. I recently was using it to manually check for new available updates with Windows Update set to disabled in it, but when I decided to re-enable Windows Update and let Windows Update do its job again like normal, that's when I noticed that Windows Update found an available update that I had already previously installed through WAU Manager. Simply setting the Ethernet connection to 'metered' connection has been being the only reliable solution for me ever since Fall Creators Update. It just perfectly works.
I use stopupdates10. Free. Also let's updates work for defender
The downside of going this route is is that you lose the option to do a manual search for new available updates. Whereas with my ethernet connection set to 'metered', I can still use Windows Update to do this search whenever it suits me well, and then choose to not install the new available updates that it finds, until it suits me well.
In addition, this method doesn't mess up the Windows Update History functionality of correctly detecting which updates are possible to be applied, unlike programs such as WAU Manager or the old Windows Update Manager Tool ("WUMT"). The latter tool also has a fairly recent spinoff nown as WuMgr. Completely disabling Windows Update is not ideal. Nor are apps that fail to detect new available updates properly, or that interfere with Windows Update's own─and official─search/detection mechanism.
I keep that PC on 1909 for now as it is our media center PC, nothing ever needs to change on it. I run windows medic center for 10 on it. It records any OTA tv we want. I have 5 HDTV tuners and 8tb of drives. And I dont want anything on it to change, until MS drops support , then I will move to latest version of 10, and have to download a new modified version of WMC.
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