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How to *disable* automatic reboots in Windows 10?
Windows 10 lets you 'schedule' a reboot for later. I want to disable it.
Evidently Windows scheduled itself for a reboot last night when I wasn't looking and just closed everything I had been working ...
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Stopping all automatic updates Windows 10
We've upgraded some machines to Windows 10 and realized there were some updates which updated as required. However, I realized there was no option available to stop the download similar to that on ...
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How to prevent Windows 10 from restarting the computer after installing updates
This questions has been answered previously, e.g. here, but all the answers I've seen require using a dropdown in Settings> Update & Security> Advanced Options.
On my version of Windows 10 Pro, ...
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With Windows 10 how can I shut down without installing updates?
With Windows 7 it was possible to use the task manager screen to shut down without applying updates (see How to shut down the computer without the update on Windows 7? ). But that did not work for me ...
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How to get rid of "Updates are available" message in Windows 10?
Today I got the following message:
Computer was frozen and the only button available was "Get Updates".
I don't need this feature, I need to work, not serve my machine the time she wants.
Currently ...
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Bye Windows Defender, I need to turn you back off again
I am running Windows 10 on a fairly recent laptop. I'm using Avast (free version) as antivirus and before the update, Windows Defender was turned off as it should be in case a third party antivirus is ...
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How do I stop Windows 10 from updating my graphics driver?
Every time Windows 10 runs updates (which I see no way to control), it updates my graphics driver. I like the old one because it is faster. So, I have to reinstall it. This is getting to be a pain. ...
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How to install Windows 10 Anniversary Update on Windows 10 Enterprise edition
I have a laptop with Windows 10 Enterprise edition installed (64bit).
I haven't got the Windows 10 Anniversary Update from the normal Windows Update (I have clicked Check for updates). So I want to ...
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Windows 10 update stuck on endless "Retry"
I am trying to install the latest Windows update
Upgrade to Windows 10 Pro, version 1511, 10586
... and I am stuck in an endless Retry loop.
Every time it tries to install this update, it fails ...
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Disable Automatic Restarts in Windows 10 Home Anniversary Update [duplicate]
I have a Windows 10 Home PC that is often unattended but doing important work. The work follows no particular schedule, and may take place at any time of day or night.
As things stand, Windows 10 (...
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Windows 10: "We couldn't complete the updates, undoing changes"
On a regular Windows Update routine I'm getting the following message:
We couldn't complete the updates, undoing changes.
The computer restarts for several more times repeating the same process, ...
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How to Automatically update all devices in device manager
In Windows device manager it is possible to "manually" start an automatic update of a device. But its very tedious, each device has to be clicked (as it is not known if that particular device has an ...
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Is there a service pack for Windows 10?
I was wondering, is there any service pack available for Windows 10? I had to format my disk recently, and it took several hours to download and install all the updates. I don't want to go through ...
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Windows 10 is rebooting against my explicit will in order to install updates
My Windows 10 Professional (version 1709, build 16299.214) has repeatedly restarted itself in the past in order to install updates. I've set group policies to prevent this, however the system seems to ...
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Windows 10 "Update Over LAN" Option Not Working
I am having issues with the "Get updates from and send updates to PCs on my local network" option on Win10.
A bit of a background on my setup --
I have 2 desktop PCs and 2 laptops (all Win10 x64 Pro)...
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