GWX Contol Panel unable to turn off Windows upgrades


  1. Posts : 207
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit v.1909
       #1

    GWX Contol Panel unable to turn off Windows upgrades


    I just got a message from the GWX Control Panel app that my upgrade options had changed.
    I opened it up and tried to click on "Click to Prevent Windows Upgrades" and it tries but does not succeed. This has never happened before.
    Has Microsoft implemented some new strategy to foil this app?
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    Windows 10 (2), Win 8.1 (1), Win 7 (1)
       #2

    Do you have the latest version installed (1.7.4.1)?
    JohnD
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  3. Posts : 207
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit v.1909
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Yes.
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  4. Posts : 323
    Windows 10 (2), Win 8.1 (1), Win 7 (1)
       #4

    I tried responding a few hours ago but we had a prolonged power outage here. Temperature got up to 111 degrees. A/C's were running at full capacity.
    I have not noticed that on my system. Did you try manually changing the Windows Update settings? You could temporarily shut off Windows Update (Don't check for updates) and "Check for updates and make sure that "Give me recommended updates the same way I receive important updates" is unchecked. You could manually check for updates when the second Tuesday rolls around.
    A couple of other options:
    (1) If you have a Windows Pro version you can turn off "future" OS updates using GPEdit. I believe this is basically what the following does.
    (2) You could also install Never10 from grc.com.

    JohnD
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  5. Posts : 207
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit v.1909
    Thread Starter
       #5

    It turns out that a program called Mailwasher was causing the problem. As soon as I uninstalled it the GWX problem disappeared.
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