Windows 7 Update Settings Altered

[Dooda]

It appears that Microsoft insist you should do Windows 7 updates when they want to. Setting it to "check for updates but let me choose...." will not stay at that if I do not choose to install any. It changes to "install automatically" and then proceeds to do so. Anyone know how to prevent this?

 

[johnherman]

I diable Windows Update using Services. Then, when I want to do an update, I enable Windows Update and start the program. When the update is done, I once again disable Windows Update.

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[Dooda]

Thanks John. I was hoping someone would have a registry tweak, but it seems there is no dependency on registry settings. I may have to set an alarm to remind me to do updates, and perhaps build a script to do the disable/enable as I'm bound to forget it.