@pf100 how would you rate this app in the above post ? it says it only disables windows update service , which we can do manually as well ? but simply disabling windows service does not stops updates am i right ?? as windows used to enable it automatically and get updates.
The app works very well and is what I use in the script (the original wub v1.0) to keep the windows update service off and to not allow it to enable itself. Turning off the update service manually doesn't work because it just turns itself back on again. It's not a full solution by itself though as you say because just stopping the windows service isn't enough. The updated version v1.1 posted by @ShiningDog allows you to add more services to block. The only problem with v1.1 is that when you enable the update service with v1.1 to check for updates, it will also reenable any other services you've added to the ini file which to me is a bad idea since the only service actually needed to update Windows 10 is the windows update service. You can work around this by adding services to block in the ini file, block them, then remove those services from the ini to keep them permanently disabled. The added functionality in v1.1 has no advantage over v1.0 as used in the script, so I will be sticking with v1.0 in the script.
Stay with Windows Update Blocker v1.0 when using my wumt wrapper script. Do not use Windows Update blocker v1.1.
HI @pf100 i'm looking for solution to auto update defender definitions with using your script but i find that auto update is not happening after setting configurater to n. although it works fine in manual update. is there any method defender definition auto update can happen while using your script. i see some good option in group policy regarding defender definition update but i dont understand them accurately, can you please look at them and possibly provide a solution for it, like it used to be in 8.1 and 7, thank you. i think its important bcoz defender is just fine av and at least better than other free av which constantly nag for buying pro version.
The problem is that I've been slacking on paying much attention to defender since I don't use it and from what you say it sounds like I broke defender updates by being so aggressive on stopping updates. Did it used to work with a previous version using the configurator? Does it behave the same whether the configurator is set either way? When you say it works fine manually do you mean running "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Defender\MpCmdRun.exe" -SignatureUpdate -MMPC or something else? I've got 1803 on a vm I can try it with but not now because I've been awake almost 24 hours and I'm about to crash hard. Give me any information you can and I'll play around with defender and do my best to push a fix out soon. I'm almost done with v2.2.9 (it has an installer now) and I'd like to include a defender update fix with it. Thanks for the bug report.
so far i've found this, with configurater set to D- in ltsb it creates problem in even manual definition updating through defender gui, sometime it work, sometime it doesnt. auto update never work. in 1709 manual update with defender gui work perfectly but auto update never work. i've tried group policy to force auto update but it doesnt work. not tested thoroughly yet in 1803. with configurator set to K- in ltsb manual updates work fine but no auto update. in 1709 same as above, manual update work, auto doesn't. how can i say auto definition update didnt happen - i run my pc 12 hours a day and tested 3 days and auto update didnt happen while it defender showed yellow triangle that updates are several months old. i always set my connection as metered and have not tested with as non metered connection, i dont know if thats the problem. i know large % of people now using defender as their av and want to control updates,if your script can provide auto update in defender that would be just perfect. i will keep try to find solution.
May 10, 2018 Script updated to v2.2.9 Improvements since v2.2.8: Functionality still the same as 2.2.8 Code clean-up Cosmetic changes Changelogs here Update to v2.3.0 to fix Windows Defender updates. *Seems I've broken automatic Windows Defender updates. It can be updated with the script when checking for updates (not ideal), but I'm working on a fully automated solution. Here's a workaround that creates a task to update Windows Defender daily until I can fix it. *If you don't use Windows Defender you don't have to do anything.