Windows Update Blocker

[Rick CorbettAskWoody_MVP]

For those of you who use the Windows Update Blocker to stop and prevent any further Windows Updates to Windows 10, this tool was updated to v1.2 on 21st April.

Hope this helps…

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Michael Austin, Bluetrix

[WSPoorOldBobAskWoody Lounger]

I have a file provided by Microsoft which blocks O/S updates selectively. I have one of dozens of Toshiba laptop models (with SSD) which will not upgrade past Win 10 v 1703 (The list is on a Toshiba website somewhere, sorry, i lost track of it). So i run wushowhide.diagcab which allows me to specify (with difficulty,  since it is an interface that is rather hard to make sense of- too bad about the “no swearing” rule here or i could provide further details) that I do not want to update past v 1703. If i allow it to update, i lose about 45 minutes productivity until the computer realises it cannot accept the update and reverts to the previous version. But progs like MS Office continue to update, along with Windows defender and all that kind of stuff.

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Michael Austin

[BluetrixAskWoody MVP]

Rick Corbett wrote:

For those of you who use the Windows Update Blocker to stop and prevent any further Windows Updates to Windows 10, this tool was updated to v1.2 on 21st April.

Hope this helps…

@rick-corbett,
Thanks for the update on WUB from v1.1
As I posted Here, there are several programs that do this, WUB included, it’s not an all inclusive list.

WUB is among the easiest to understand and use, imho.

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Michael Austin

[MicrofixDa Boss]

New version of WUB v1.3 released 20th June 2019

Windows Update Blocker v1.3

Win7 Pro x64 | Win8.1 Pro x64 | Linux Hybrids x86/x64 | Win7 Pro x86 | W10 never again

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Bluetrix, Rick Corbett

[MicrofixDa Boss]

Heads up, new version of WUB v1.4 released 21st August 2019
https://www.sordum.org/9470/windows-update-blocker-v1-4/

Win7 Pro x64 | Win8.1 Pro x64 | Linux Hybrids x86/x64 | Win7 Pro x86 | W10 never again

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Bluetrix, Rick Corbett

[velociraptorAskWoody Lounger]

Windows Update Blocker v1.5 – released  September 3, 2019

https://www.sordum.org/9470/windows-update-blocker-v1-5/

 

1. [ FIXED ] – There is a Windows Update Status Icon in Windows 10 Taskbar Notification Area
2. [ ADDED ] – 250 ms wait time added to check tasks properly.If there is a problem Update blocking process will be repeated
3. [ ADDED ] – Some code improvements

 

• This reply was modified 5 months, 2 weeks ago by  velociraptor.
• This reply was modified 5 months, 2 weeks ago by  velociraptor.

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Rick Corbett, Bluetrix

[Rick CorbettAskWoody_MVP]

@velociraptor – Thank you for keeping us up-to-date with new releases of WUB.

[Michael AustinAskWoody Plus]

Bluetrix wrote:

Rick Corbett wrote:

For those of you who use the Windows Update Blocker to stop and prevent any further Windows Updates to Windows 10, this tool was updated to v1.2 on 21st April.

Hope this helps…

@rick-corbett,
Thanks for the update on WUB from v1.1
As I posted Here, there are several programs that do this, WUB included, it’s not an all inclusive list.

WUB is among the easiest to understand and use, imho.

Wowzers! Thank you! 🙂

Finance, social and tech founder. Earth spirit.

[CybertoothAskWoody Plus]

For what it’s worth, when I opened this thread on a new browser tab, Heimdal Thor blocked the connection to sordum.org, the publishers of Windows Update Blocker; and when I right-clicked on the link to that site in the first post above, Pale Moon warned me that “this connection is untrusted”. The technical details explain that the site “uses an invalid security certificate”.

 

[jabeattyauditorAskWoody Lounger]

Strange. Sordum.org has a valid LetsEncrypt certificate that won’t expire for another week.

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Cybertooth

[EPAskWoody_MVP]

weird.

I’m not experiencing the problem with the sordum.org site with Palemoon 28.8.2.1, Cybertooth.
that web site appears to work correctly on my end with no “untrusted connection” messages

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Cybertooth

[CChampAskWoody Plus]

I am looking for an easy and sure way to stop windows updates until all of the problems have blown over. Has anyone had any problems with this Windows Update Blocker? Don’t want to create any problems. Thanks

[Rick CorbettAskWoody_MVP]

I’ve been using Windows Update Blocker since version 1.0 was released (in Dec 2016) and have never had a problem with it. I like the simplicity of it – just ‘fire and forget’.

Hope this helps…

[Alex5723AskWoody Plus]

CChamp wrote:

all of the problems have blown over

This will never happen as each monthly update brings new bugs.

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