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Comments on How to stop all automatic Windows Update restarts on a Windows 10 Pro machine?

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How to stop all automatic Windows Update restarts on a Windows 10 Pro machine?

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I have Octoprint on a Windows 10 computer to print to an Ender 5, it's fairly often that prints will go overnight and around 15-16 hours.

If Windows Updates plus a restart were to happen during that time it will be a major problem.

How can I turn off automatic Windows Updates that will restart the computer without user input?

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Canina‭ wrote over 3 years ago
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I believe the different editions of Windows 10 differ in this regard, so it might help if you specify which you are interested in. Also, do you need to completely prevent updates, or is it sufficient to be able to postpone the installation of updates?

Charlie Brumbaugh‭ wrote over 3 years ago
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@Canina 10 Pro, need to make sure that the computer doesn't restart without me telling it to

Lundin‭ wrote over 3 years ago
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You can tell it to prompt for it and set a time or schedule when the update will happen. But I don't think it is possible to stop the update train. Also if you aren't around to tell it when you want it to do an update, it will eventually do the update anyway. The only solution I know of is to switch to Windows 7 or a server flavour of Windows.

Chris Henry‭ wrote over 3 years ago
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Lundin‭ Or better yet: Switch to not-Windows.