Windows 10 auotmatic updates

[doug]

To prevent your computers from automatically installing updates you need to use the ‘Configure Automatic Updates’ Group Policy setting. This is described more at the following link. Note, the link talks about configuring BP to use with WSUS, but even if you are not using WSUS the ‘Configure Automatic Updates’ policy is what you would use to prevent your computers from auto-updating. Do *not* disable the Windows Update service.

BatchPatch Integration with WSUS and Group Policy

More here from Microsoft: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc720539(v=ws.10).aspx

[SEngy]

Thank you for the reply Doug. I just want to make sure I understand this. By choosing option 3, like in the page you linked, windows will download updates but wait until I tell them to install, which I can do with BatchPatch. When it downloads updates, it does it directly from windows update, is that correct? Since I don’t have a WSUS server set in group policy. So, to prevent windows from automatically downloading and installing updates until I tell it to, I suppose choosing option 1 (Notify for download and notify for install.) would be best?

Thank You again.

[doug]

If you have not configured the ‘Specify intranet Microsoft update service location’ then the computer will use Windows Update, not a WSUS server. If you do not want computers to download or install updates until you tell them to, then yes you would choose option 1 to notify for download and notify for install. If you want to further reduce internet bandwidth consumption for Windows updates, then you should look at BatchPatch ‘cached mode’ too.

[SEngy]

Excellent. Thank you so much for your time and for the answers.

[Anonymous]

good question

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