Windows 10: You'll get UPDATES LIKE IT or NOT – unless you have Enterprise Edition

infoworld dot com/article/2951214/microsoft-windows/on-the-road-to-windows-10-problems-with-forced-updates-and-kb-3073930.html

"Also note that wushowhide only works after the fact: You can't pre-emptively tell wushowhide to block certain patches or certain groups of patches. You have to get stung first, then block a specific patch that has been manually uninstalled."

 

Ah I see, you and he (in that article) are talking about blocking troublesome driver updates/windows updates after they were installed and you manually removed them.

I mean that this update troubleshooter also allows you to block unwanted updates first. I'm using it on a clean install and stopped all the updates for Office components I don't have installed.

In that respect my original post is valid, you can block updates before they are installed. The original question I quoted in my reply was...

 

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is this a valid idea with regards to controlling updates..? --

block m$ update servers via hosts and then install updates manually via the msu files (and hope someone makes an update list)

 

Installing updates manually seems to be the solution for Managed Windows 10 systems.

 

I thought you could simply op out of windows insider and select download but don't install or don't download at all ? They allow you to keep windows active too, as it's not part of being an insideder that allows you to get windows 10 it's your possession of windows 7 or 8 ???
It's only if you stay in you'll keep getting the updates, including windows 11 .....

 

I just noticed that 360 total security has a tool called patchup. Maybe it can be used as a replacement for windows update.
It looks like it downloads and installs updates manually, and not with the windows update api.

 

This is what i'm going to be doing since I keep the Windows Update Service Disabled.

 

I wonder when M$ screw up new updates like some time ago with win7 (disk was checking always during system boot up and second update which cause error with graphics driver)

 

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I installed enterprise edition few days ago and i really like it. No problems at all, no automatic driver updates that crash system, telemetery can be disabled etc. I recommend everyone to install enterprise edition instead of pro, solves a lot of issues and complaints.

 

The idea is that the driver isn't even installed in the first place, not to uninstall it AFTER it has already been installed...