Windows Update really wants to automatically update on Windows Professional, Enterprise, and Education editions of Windows 10 have access to group policy and registry settings for this, but even Home editions of Windows 10 give you a way to stop updates from automatically downloading.
Windows 10 will automatically set certain types of connections — cellular data connections, for example — as metered. However, you can set any connection like as a metered connection. And yes, Windows will remember this setting for each individual network, so you can disconnect from that network and reconnect all you like.
Do you have an Internet connection with limited data? If your connection offers unlimited downloads at a specific time — for example, during the middle of the night — you could mark the connection as unmetered occasionally at these times to download updates and mark it as metered after the updates are downloaded.
You can click the Download button to download and install updates at your leisure. You can also override those active hours to schedule certain reboots when an update is ready. You can read more about how to do that here. Proceed at your own risk. You should really consider leaving automatic updates enabled for security reasons. This setting can be configured in the registry, too. This registry hack does exactly the same thing as the above Group Policy setting.
However, it also only seems to work on Professional editions of Windows Download our Disable Automatic Updates on Windows 10 registry hack and double-click one of the included. This only worked when we tried it on Windows 10 Pro, not Home. You have to perform a check for updates before Windows Update notices your changed setting.
It involves disabling the Windows Update system service in the Windows services administration tool. To prevent Windows from automatically downloading updates on any PC, just set its connection as metered.
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Hi, I'm David an independent advisor and user just like you. I'll do my best to help you with this. Windows is already automatically downloading updates unless you use the Pause option shown on your screen-shot to disable it for a time. I believe this has changed recently and there's no longer the "Choose how updates are installed" option.
I've just checked a couple of my own computers - and they both show the Advanced section exactly like your screenshot - and they definitely automatically download updates! Regards, David. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.
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