Is there a way to "pick and choose" w11 updates? (ie sledgehammer)

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  1. theoctavist

    theoctavist MDL Junior Member

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    w11 has been a dream in every way.

    im just searching for the best way to select/install updates, and only install the ones I want.

    sledgehammer was perfect for w10, something similar would be great..

    thank yall so much!

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  2. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream

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    Sledgehammer still works. Doesn't it work for you?
     
  3. Dark Dinosaur

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  4. AveYo

    AveYo MDL Expert

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    what select updates? seriously now. the monthly LCU update has all the s**t bundled together, you cannot pick and choose in 10 and 11 anything of significance.
     
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  5. theoctavist

    theoctavist MDL Junior Member

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    It didnt yesterday, but may be user error
     
  6. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream

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    MS killed WMIC in a few dev builds, but quickly brought it back as even some of their scripts use it, it seems. Thus, Sledgehammer (latest version 2.73a) still works fine, I'm using it.
     
  7. theoctavist

    theoctavist MDL Junior Member

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    I appreciate the info! I just tried running it (replaced it with the powershell variant as suggested), and nothing happened. When the screen comes up "choose an option Q-5" , no matter which option i choose, it just closes. any ideas on how to troubleshoot /log what happened?
     
  8. theoctavist

    theoctavist MDL Junior Member

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  9. Dark Dinosaur

    Dark Dinosaur X Æ A-12

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    if you still having problems
    copy / paste those lines into Console [Administrator]
    it work in home edition too, check it today on windows 11 home.
    this will make sure WU will be manual only, user selected times.
    and it will hide nagging messages too
    Code:
    set WA="HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
    set AU="HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU"
    >nul 2>&1 reg delete %WA% /f
    >nul 2>&1 REG ADD %WA% /f /v SetRestartWarningSchd /t REG_DWORD /d 0
    >nul 2>&1 REG ADD %WA% /f /v SetActiveHours /t REG_DWORD /d 1
    >nul 2>&1 REG ADD %WA% /f /v ActiveHoursStart /t REG_DWORD /d 5
    >nul 2>&1 REG ADD %WA% /f /v ActiveHoursEnd /t REG_DWORD /d 23
    >nul 2>&1 REG ADD %WA% /f /v SetAutoRestartNotificationConfig /t REG_DWORD /d 0
    >nul 2>&1 REG ADD %WA% /f /v SetAutoRestartNotificationDisable /t REG_DWORD /d 1
    >nul 2>&1 REG ADD %WA% /f /v SetAutoRestartRequiredNotificationDismissal /t REG_DWORD /d 0
    >nul 2>&1 REG ADD %WA% /f /v SetUpdateNotificationLevel /t REG_DWORD /d 1
    >nul 2>&1 REG ADD %WA% /f /v UpdateNotificationLevel /t REG_DWORD /d 1
    >nul 2>&1 REG ADD %AU% /f /v NoAutoUpdate /t REG_DWORD /d 1 || '0' to Allow Notification - '1' to no Check at all
    >nul 2>&1 REG ADD %AU% /f /v AUOptions /t REG_DWORD /d 2
    >nul 2>&1 REG ADD %AU% /f /v NoAUShutdownOption /t REG_DWORD /d 1
    >nul 2>&1 REG ADD %AU% /f /v NoAUAsDefaultShutdownOption /t REG_DWORD /d 1
    >nul 2>&1 REG ADD %AU% /f /v AlwaysAutoRebootAtScheduledTime /t REG_DWORD /d 0
    
     
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  10. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream

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    No need to replace anything, MS brought WMIC back. You can use it as is.