How do I permanently disable Windows updates?

relztrah · Sep 9, 2020

I have an old Toshiba Satellite with Windows 10 Pro 32 bit installed. It will automatically update to release 1903 and then automatically uninstall it. The whole process takes over an hour due to slow internet and slower processor. I am thinking that the system is unable to handle this release so it automatically uninstalls it after downloading and installing it. Regardless, I want to somehow disable all automatic updates and leave release 1803 installed. But I don't see a way to disable automatic updating.

Wrench97 · Sep 9, 2020

Short answer you can't.

relztrah · Sep 13, 2020

Hmmm. OK. Here is what I see after downloading and installing the update and rebooting. Then I'm back to 1803 and caught in an endless loop. For what it's worth I'm using the Windows 10 Update Assistant, but I have the same result updating without the Assistant.

Wrench97 · Sep 13, 2020

To solve the issue with updates follow the instructions here> Windows Update Forum Posting Instructions

relztrah · Sep 14, 2020

Will do. Thank you.

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