I have Win 10 running on a VM on Hyper-V, on my server (Windows 10). I disable the Windows update from the services on the virtual machine. The server where the virtual machine is installed must restart itself every 2 days. After restart, the windows update settings on the virtual server has automatically changing as Manual.  I couldn't figure why is doing this. How can I completely disable to windows update on virtual server ?
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We've upgraded some machines to Windows 10 and realized there were some updates which updated as required. However, I realized there was no option available to stop the download similar to that on Windows 7 and 8.1. The only way I could stop the download was to stop the Windows Update service.  My question is does anyone know of a way to stop auto updates or is stopping the service is the only solution?
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Is there a way we can disable automatic driver update for a specific device in Windows 10? The updated driver for that device (Intel Management Engine Interface 11.x in particular) causes problems on some laptops during. The version 9.x works perfect.  I don't want to disable automatic driver installation for all devices.
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This morning I upgraded my system to Windows 10 2004, the upgrade went smooth and was through Windows Update. I am using Hyper-V as my virtualization program for virtual machines and to provide extra layer of protection to the system through core isolation. After the upgrade, I noticed that a new Virtual Switch was created with the name &quot;vEthernet (Ethernet)&quot; where &quot;Ethernet&quot; within the parentheses is the name of my primary network adapter. Also noticed this behavior has a specific pattern of creating new vSwitches correspond to the adapters you have, e.g. if you created a new Virtual Switch and restarted the system, a new additional switch will appear with the name &quot;vEthernet (your-new-switch-name)&quot;. Tried to remove Hyper-V and reinstall it but no luck. I am aware of a similar  on SuperUser but has no answers on it. Any clues for the root of the problem?
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My server rebooted and I am not sure why.  Is there a way to find out, e.g. perhaps someone did it manually, or as a result of a windows update or a blue screen?  I've looked in the Event Viewer, but I am not sure what to look for - there are million items there.
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So windows 10 has this annoying habit of downloading updates over WiFi connections not marked as metered connections.  I have to connect to a limited WiFi hotspot, and by the time I set the connection to metered, some updates had already started downloading. So I went to services.msc and stopped windows updater.   Now when I go to Settings->Update and Security->Windows Update, It says "Updates are ready to download". That is just fine, but when I click on "Details" of the updates, some updates still shows 'Downloading'. My bandwidth is not getting used up by this, but a process called "From Microsoft Download/Upload host" is constantly using high amounts of my CPU power, causing heating and battery drain.  How can I solve this problem? I believe totally cancelling all ongoing updates will solve this, but don't know how to do it.
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I'm getting really tired of unchecking the same Windows Update candidates so save hundreds of MB's of dowbloads, especially for programs I never use, that are in fact not even installed, and those I don't wish to update.  Is there any way to permanently, or until another explicit change, to turn off certain updates?  There is an option called 'Hide update', but that unsettles me a bit.
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I am on 14.04 and just did an update on one of my web servers. I am using the GUI. I ran the updates and it broke my VM.   I am new to Ubuntu and Linux in general so please bear with me.   I was able to get the VM to load by selecting a previous kernel on the boot loader.   My question is, how do I revert back to that kernel so that this VM does not boot into it every time the machine is restarted?
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It's been a time I didn't follow the list of which Windows 7/8/8.1 KBs I must skip since I don't want the unfinished Windows 10 at all. Moreover, I will still consider Windows 10 unfinished (-> unstable) until they release Windows Server 2016  The KBs list up today is scattered all over the Internet, and I am fearing to miss a single one of those.  As far as I know, some of the newer KBs are even old rebranded ones or re-re-re-pushed again and again. The goal is also to not use any external software or post-installation removal tools since I also intend to deploy a script that will block those KBs.  So the question is: can you tell me all the KBs you know that I must avoid?  Any details that can prevent "Telemetry", the "Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program" or prevent the resetting of Windows' settings about updates and privacy concerns is good too ! (Since they are even linked)   In case some cumulative updates (updates that regroup a pack of old ones) contains one of the listed KB, this is still relevant for the question here.  Remarks  There is of course other ways to disable the updates, which are still appreciated here but do consider that they represent a secondary objective of this post. Same applies for saying it's not the correct method to do it, and I do know the list will endlessly get longer.  The reason is that I still prefer doing it manually since I don't even want the files at all in my system. Furthermore, some of these updates had been re-pushed again and again for at least six times ! This is in fact due to the problems that those updates had caused and I don't want any risks to jeopardize my systems because Microsoft have plans for users with our without their consent by doing "Betas To Manufacture".  related:
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Today is the End of Life for Windows 7. Of course MS will not release new updates or patches for Windows 7 anymore.  If I install a new PC by a Windows 7 disc from scratch, I would expect I will not be able to download the Windows Updates. When I open "Windows Update" and check for updates, I would expect nothing will be found. (Correct?)  However in the MS website, there is a . It seems that we can download all the updates from there. As we all know Windows XP was EOL years ago. We can still find Windows XP updates from there.  Let me assume that the Microsoft Update Catalog contains ALL the updates and patches for Windows 7 now. (Correct?)  And let me assume that the Windows 7 updates and patches will still be available (for a few years) in the Microsoft Update Catalog even after Windows 7 EOL. (Correct?)  As MS is actually still hosting the update files in their server (the Microsoft Update Catalog), why MS does not keep steaming those OLD updates and patches to users through the OS built in "Windows Update" service?
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I am running a critical research program on a Windows 7 PC that needs to run uninterrupted for several months. I have had to re-initialize the entire experiment several time due to unexpected restart. Windows Update is disabled, and I have removed automatic updating from all background programs that have an option for it, but I am still getting restarts at random intervals that completely destroy my experiment.   Is there some way to prevent any and all restart requests?
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For the last week whenever I shutdown my Windows 7 Home Premium laptop, I get the yellow shield telling me I have updates (both updates are shown below my question). I shutdown the system, the updates download and install. The next time I shutdown my system, the exact thing happens again, with the same updates. So far I have run the Microsoft Mr. Fixit tool no success, uninstalled and repaired both the .NET Framework 4 extended and the .NET Framework 4 Client Profile, with no success. Any suggestions? First update:  Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 on XP, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2 for x64 (KB2600217) Download size: 32.2 MB You may need to restart your computer for this update to take effect. Update type: Recommended This update addresses stability, reliability, and performance issues in Microsoft .NET Framework 4. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
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Hi I installed Docker for Windows which enabled Hyper-V on my windows 10 machine. Unfortunately this caused Virtual Box to not work anymore, therefore I removed Docker again, but Hyper-V is still activated.  If I try to disable Hyper-V with any of those ways:  on the reboot it will first try to apply the changes and than say that the changes couldn't be applied and reverts, so Hyper-V is activated again.  Has anybody an idea what could be the issue here?
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I installed Windows 7 fresh and installed SP1. Now, when I try to check manually for Windows Updates it just hangs on the Checking for updates screen.    I tried running the tools in , but this did not fix the issue either:  No matter what I do it just hangs on the "Checking for updates..." screen and goes no further.
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This questions has been answered previously, e.g. , but all the answers I've seen require using a dropdown in Settings> Update &amp; Security> Advanced Options.  On my version of Windows 10 Pro, there is no such dropdown:    How can I prevent automatic restarts?
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I don't like getting online results when searching in my dashboard, so I went to System Settings &gt; Security &amp; Privacy &gt; Search, and I turned the setting off:    But when I restart my machine, the setting is always reset to:    So how can I permanently disable it without it turning on again after a restart?  Information Update:  I have had a look at the post that this has been marked as a possible duplicate of, and I don't think that my question really is a duplicate of it, as the other question is asking about how to set it globally, and I am not, I am only wanting to set it for one user, so the fact that it is not global is not the problem, the problem is that it is not sticking for that one user, and just resetting to its default state after a restart. In fact, I don't want it to be set globally, and the answers from the other question only really explain how to do that.    OS Information:  Description:    Ubuntu 15.04 Release:    15.04   Package Information:  unity:   Installed: 7.3.2+15.04.20150420-0ubuntu1   Candidate: 7.3.2+15.04.20150420-0ubuntu1   Version table:  *** 7.3.2+15.04.20150420-0ubuntu1 0         500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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Suppose you have a fully virtualized VMware infrastructure: ESXi, vCenter, vMotion, HA, DRS, the whole package.  Inside, you have lots of VMs, which at any given time may reside on one host or another (that's the whole point of clustering, isn't it?).  You experience a power loss, and, one way or another, you manage to shut down gracefully all VMs and all hosts; let's not delve into this for now, let's just assume your UPS software can handle it. Or, at least, let's assume the shutdown was not so graceful, but everything is still able to come up again once power is restored.  Power comes back, and your hosts restart.  Your environment is quite complex, and it has natural dependencies between VMs: domain controllers should start first, an application server can't start unless its back-end DB server is already up and running, and so on.  We all know (or should hopefully know) how to configure automatic VM startup and how to specificy a VM startup order and delay on a single ESX/i host.  But how to do this across a whole datacenter?  Is there any way to tell vSphere "start these VMs in this global order, regardless of the physical host they are running on"?  Bonus points: if vCenter itself is running on a virtual machine, how does this change things?
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Windows 8.1 "installed updates" is one of two confusingly similar screens that let you view installed updates. It is the only non-useless one, because you can actually uninstall from this one. However it seems that there is some mandatory category groups that can not be removed, like "Microsoft Windows" and "Microsoft Visual Studio 2010", and so on. Hundreds of these categories.  Clicking on the "installed on" column only sorts items within their existing groups, making the sort feature useless for finding what was installed on what day, as you now have to consult each of 200 "group" sections and you can only sort INSIDE the groups. How do I turn off this "grouping" feature within Installed Updates, or otherwise see the most recently installed updates, by date, across all the categories or groups?  There is an Organize button, which is tantalizing, but the Organize button contains no way to hide the category names.    How can I see the most recent day (today, yesterday, 3 days ago) that any update was installed regardless of categories that they are sorted permanently into?  Known Workaround: Use the otherwise worthless "View update history" window instead.  (Review your windows update history). Then obtain a piece of paper and a pen, and write down the meaningless 10 digit KB number, then go find the meaningless 10 digit number in the other screen, and remove it.