How To Disable Windows 10 Forced Updates Using cmd

Disabling windows updates in windows 10 is the first thing most of the users want do after installing Windows 10 on their machine ;)

So how to do that ?

There are many methods of disabling Windows 10 updates on your pc or laptop. These methods are listed as follows:

1. Marking the Wi-Fi connection as metered
2. Stopping the Windows 10 update service from the startup
3. Windows 10 Home patch
4. Changes in the Group Policy Editor
5. Disabling specific updates

The above-mentioned ways to kill forced Windows 10 updates might be enough for you. However, if you spend your days and nights in the Command Line, you’ll love the method I’ll be describing next.

Disable forced Windows 10 updates using command line

Using the Command Line and running three simple commands, you can easily take control of the Windows Update process. To do so, you need to open Command Prompt with administrative permissions. If you see the User Account Control prompt, press the Yes button.

Now, type the following commands one by one, hit enter, and proceed:

net stop wuauserv

It stops the Windows Update service.

net stop bits

This command stops background intelligent transfer service.

net stop dosvc

It stops delivery optimization service.

Enabling Windows 10 updates

Just in case you wish to resume the update process, open Command Prompt with administrative privileges and run the following commands one by one:

net start wuauserc

net start bits

net start dosvc

This will resume the Windows 10 updates on your PC.

Some users might note that this method to stop Windows 10 update actually disables the service instead of pausing it. Well, Microsoft hasn’t provided a straightforward option to do so. That’s why many users will slow and capped internet connection are deferring the updates using various methods.

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Then, Here is the link for scripts to automate your process of turning off/on  Win10 Updates 

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