Windows 10 Security Question: Has Anyone Found A Way To Turn Off Updates And Spy-ports In Win10?

[oldafartsky]

With all the complaints I have read concerning Win10 and the forced updates and firewall holes, has anyone found a reliable way to turn that shit off yet? I'm mostly a dual-boot Linux UltimateEdition/Win7 user but would like to give Win 10 a shot to see if it is a WinOs I could live with for awhile.

 

[Crash_King]

An initial note; this method only applies to Windows 10 Pro edition. Given the nature of this edition of Windows 10, it’s probably advisable to leave updates turned on for security reasons.

Step 1: Press Windows key + R to gain access to the Run dialog.

Step 2: To gain access to the Group Policy Editor, type the following command into the Run dialog box: gpedit.msc and press Enter.



Step 3: Navigate to the following directory: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Update.




Step 4: Locate and highlight the Configure Automatic Updates setting in the right hand panel. Double-click to enter.



Step 5: Set the configuration to Enabled on the left-hand side and then choose your own options from the drop-down list under the Options header. For example you can instruct Windows 10 to “Notify for download and notify for install” when dealing with updates.



Step 6: To disable this policy, and revert back to the default state, simply go back into the Configure Automatic Updates selection (as shown from Step 1 till 5), and make sure Not Configured is selected.

 

[Crash_King]

You can use it by registry setting by following way:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU —
you’ll need to create the last few keys there.
Create a DWORD value named “AUOptions” under the AU key and give it one of the following values:

00000002 (Notify for download and notify for install)

00000003 (Auto download and notify for install)

00000004 (Auto download and schedule the install)

 

[Uncle Mac]

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