• About
  • Why?
  • But... Updates Good
• Install
• Re-enabling Updates
  • Option 1 (unpause.reg)
  • Option 2 (manual)
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This is a simple no-nonsense script to pause Windows update until 2051. Pretty much allowing you to update whenever you want instead of waking up to a rebooted machine.

I was tired of the complicated methods. I don't like having my machine reboot and me not being able to control Windows Update. It's my biggest pet peeve with Windows. This script makes my life so much easier because now I don't have to deal with it. The point was just to have a stupid simple solution using a script anyone can open in notepad and view the code. Without fear of viruses and people injecting crap onto your system. Enjoy.

Yes, I get it. "Thou shalt not leave thy computer outdated too long". I don't. But I keep certain apps running for work, and they can remain open for days as I work on a project. I don't like waking up to my entire machine sitting at user sign-in. I like to work on my projects, and then once I have some spare time, I'll run updates when I want to, not when the machine decides to.

This repo contains two files in the Releases section. Download the included .reg files to your local system.

• Download the .reg file to your computer.

• Right click on the file and select Open With

• Select Registry Editor

• Click Yes when prompted if you're sure you wish to continue

• In Windows, click Start -> Run -> type control update and press ENTER.
  • You can also access the Windows Update window by clicking your start menu, selecting Run, and typing:

   ms-settings:windowsupdate

• Near the Pause Updates section, click the dropdown and select how long you want updates to pause for.
• Keep the script somewhere in case you need to reinstall / wipe your machine.

You can re-enable Windows updates by performing one of the following:

• Option 1 - unpause.reg view
• Option 2 - manual view

This repository includes two scripts:

• windows-updates-pause.reg
• windows-updates-unpause.reg

Download and run the script windows-updates-unpause.reg. Windows updates will be re-activated, but you'll be able to re-pause updates whenever you want and for any duration.

To start Windows updates once again, open your start menu, type Windows Update Settings.

At the top of the Windows Update interface, click Resume Updates.

To pause updates again, re-run the .reg file in this repo.