Windows updates automatically, on your system to keep your programs up to date and make your system more secure. But despite the benefits, there are times when you’ll want to stop the automatic updates, especially you might also need to stop the update in progress
Also, Keep in mind, if you stop Windows 10 updates your computer system will be left vulnerable to attack. This is because updates include patches for security that are not installed in Windows 10 originally
Following are the steps to stopping Windows 10 updates while in progress
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STEP 1 – Open Run Box and type “services.msc” and then click Ok
STEP 2 – In the services window, you can see a list of all services that are running in the windows background. Here search for Windows Update service by scrolling down. From its status, you can check if it is running or not
STEP 3 – In the next step, you need to click right on “Windows Update” and select “Stop” option from the context menu. You can also click on “Stop” link that you can find under the Windows Update option on the window’s top left side.
STEP 4 – A small dialogue box will appear that will show you the process to stop Windows update progress. Close the windows once the whole process will be done.
STEP 5 – Now go back to the Windows Update Panel, to check whether the windows update is cancelled or not.
Now you can see that Windows update has been cancelled Successfully by using this very simple 5 steps. When you’re stopping an update in progress, your computer system has already started the installation of the update. You’ll know this because it is on a blue screen showing the progress percentage and instructing you not to turn off your PC. By this method you can disable windows 10 update, which mostly update windows automatically, thereby consuming more data, hope it helps.
NOTE :You should never shut your device down to stop the update in progress. This can cause serious damage to Windows. Whenever possible you should let the update install in your system and follow the directions of the update, but if you want to stop the update follow these steps and do not stop the update by doing a hard shutdown of your device.
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