TUT-016

Disable Windows 10 Auto Updates

Disable Windows 10 Auto Updates

PublishedAug 12, 2026 Read time3 min Views2 Category Hardware Tags
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@echo off title Disable Windows 10 Auto Updates echo ==================================================== echo DISABLING WINDOWS AUTO UPDATE (Windows 10) echo ====================================================

:: Check for Administrator permissions net session >nul 2>&1 if %errorlevel% NEQ 0 ( echo You MUST run this script as ADMINISTRATOR! pause exit /b )

echo. echo ==== STOPPING WINDOWS UPDATE SERVICE ==== sc stop wuauserv >nul 2>&1 sc stop bits >nul 2>&1 sc stop dosvc >nul 2>&1

echo. echo ==== DISABLING WINDOWS UPDATE SERVICE ==== sc config wuauserv start= disabled sc config bits start= disabled sc config dosvc start= disabled

echo. echo ==== DISABLING UPDATE ORCHESTRATOR TASKS ==== schtasks /Change /TN “Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\Schedule Scan” /Disable >nul 2>&1 schtasks /Change /TN “Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\UpdateModel” /Disable >nul 2>&1 schtasks /Change /TN “Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\USO_UxBroker_Display” /Disable >nul 2>&1 schtasks /Change /TN “Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\Scheduled Start” /Disable >nul 2>&1 schtasks /Change /TN “Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\Automatic App Update” /Disable >nul 2>&1

echo. echo ==== BLOCKING WINDOWS UPDATE VIA REGISTRY ==== reg add “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU” /v NoAutoUpdate /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f >nul 2>&1 reg add “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate” /v DoNotConnectToWindowsUpdateInternetLocations /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f >nul 2>&1 reg add “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU” /v AUOptions /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f >nul 2>&1

echo. echo ==== REMOVING UPDATE PERMISSIONS ON SERVICE (OPTIONAL) ==== takeown /F “C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe” >nul 2>&1

echo. echo ==================================================== echo WINDOWS AUTO UPDATE HAS BEEN DISABLED SUCCESSFULLY! echo ==================================================== pause

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