Windows 11 and 10 offers less UI control over the updating behavior of the operating system than previous versions of Windows , There is no option to turn off Windows Updates using the Control Panel or Settings app in Windows 11 & 10, it checks for updates automatically and install any updates they find, whether you like it or not. This new feature is actually pretty convenient for most users. If you want control over the update process you can disable the Windows Update service . This requires that you open the Services manager, locate the service and change its startup parameter and status. You would then have to enable the service again whenever you want the operating system to check for updates (It does not look so easy).
Windows Update Blocker is a freeware that helps you to completely disable or enable Automatic Updates on your Windows system , with just a click of the button . This utility is portable, which means that you are no longer required to go through the installation process and no leftovers will remain on the HDD after its removal. if you place the program file to an external data device, you make it possible to take Windows Update Blocker everywhere with you and use it on any computer you come in contact with, who has things configured just right, and doesn’t want to take the chance that an update might mess up their system. This utility is for that person.
How it works
After downloading, extract Windows Update Blocker to your desired location, then run it
service status icon will show your windows Update service status , if you want to block Automatic Windows Updates Choose “Disable Service” And click “Apply Now” Button , Protect service setings can prevent Uncontrolled change (Recommended).
How to block any other service and protect the settings
Windows Update Blocker New version allow users to add any other service into Wub.ini file to block it , first please edit Wub.ini file and add your desired service name under the “dosvc=2,4” line , for example if you want to block “Windows Update medic Service” Please open services and find it
then click on it and copy the Service Name
Write or paste the service name under the dosvc=2,4 line
Finally open Windows Update Blocker and use “Apply now” button. If you want to delete recently added service after a while please follow these steps:
1. Open Windows Update Blocker and choose enable service option then use Apply now button.
2. Delete your desired service line from the Wub.ini file
3. Now you can choose disable service and Protect service settings options
Service List Options
Under Menu button there is a “Service List Options” choice if you click it , Service List Options popup window will be open. With this GUI you can easily control services which added to Wub.ini [Service_List] section. You can add Maximum 25 service to Wub.ini. Wuausrv service showing only for informational purposes therefore you can not edit it.
NOTE: If the windows update service doesn’t start or if there is a problem even though you have enabled windows updates, please restart your system and try again. When windows updates are turned off, some windows processes or programs may try to open and repair Windows updates, resulting in windows update being damaged. Please use the Windows Update Troubleshooter from Microsoft if the updates do not open after restarting the system.
Windows Update Blocker supports Command line options to automate Windows Update Blocker tasks :
NOTE: Wub software does not block Microsoft defender updates.
Supported operating systems: Windows 11 , Windows 10, Windows 8.1 , Windows 8 , Windows 7 , Windows Vista ,Windows XP (32\64-bit).
Supported languages: English , Turkish , German , Hebrew , Slovenian , French , Russian , Portuguese , Italian , Polish , Spanish , Czech , Ukrainian , Greek , Hungarian , Chinese Simplified , Chinese Traditional , Portuguese (brasil) , Thai , Arabic , Korean , Vietnamese , Japanese , Indonesian , Persian , Swedish , Thai , Georgian , Danish (Dansk), Albanian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Serbian , Uzbek , Tajik , Abkhazian , Romanian , Slovak , Sinhalese, Macedonian , Croatian , Lithuanian ,Turkmen , Dutch (Nederland) , Dutch (Didier)
File: Wub_x64.exe │ Virustotal
MD5: 9d6778f7f274f7ecd4e7e875a7268b64
SHA1: 452fa439f1cc0b9fcc37cf4b8cfff96e8cc348aa
File: Wub.exe │ Virustotal
MD5: 82aff8883099cf75462057c4e47e88ac
SHA1: 68e2939f59b3869e9bd3ecc4aca3947649631bf8
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@Paul
Thanks. Do you have a link(s) to the Reddit post where you got that from? Thanks.
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Best settings (from Reddit):
[Service_List]
; 2=Auto
; 3=Manual
; 4=Disabled
dosvc=2,4
WaaSMedicSvc=3,4
UsoSvc=3,4
BITS=3,4
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Best settings (from Reddit):
[Service_List]
; 2=Auto
; 3=Manual
; 4=Disabled
dosvc=2,4
WaaSMedicSvc=3,4
UsoSvc=3,4
BITS=3,4
This program doesn’t remain in the background and doesn’t start up with the computer, You don’t have to click apply in every session. There is no active process in task manager , use it once and forget
Does this program remain in the background and automatically starts up with the computer or do we have to click apply in every session? because I can’t find the process active in the task manager or anything. Thanks in advance and great little software.
Thank you developer 🙂
thank you so much for this
MS has no business telling me to update.I’ll update when i feel like it.
Thank you Diego
Just wanted to say thanks, this application is GOD. I wouldn’t use Windows 10 at all if this didn’t exist
Yes you are correct
“…if you want to block Automatic Windows Updates Choose “Disable Service” And click “Apply Now” Button…”
Am I correct that if I want to temporarily disable WUB all I have to do is uncheck Disable Service and click apply now and it’s as if I never “installed’ the program and then when I want it “back on” I just follow the instructions above. This is assuming that I have not changed the ini file. Thank you
For years I’ve had to manually go into my Windows OS to block auto-updating, which in the past wasn’t too difficult being I’m a computer engineer, but now Microsoft has worked around our ability to do such, especially when working in an Enterprise environment. Our engineers go right past my registry hacks, et.al. and turn that POS right back on. With WUB, they haven’t been able to do it for over a year. This, my friends, is like winning the lottery. I LOVE YOU!! 😀
In windows, there are many things which people are not aware of that and Windows Update Blocker is one of that but here it is very very nicely described this function which is very useful for the windows users.
Excelente aplicación, muchas gracias por tan grandiosa pagina. Me pasó algo hace poco, un equipo con las actualizaciones bloqueadas con esta aplicación y no sé como se actualizó y me elimino todos los programas y configuración, hay alguna manera extra de proteger el servicio o la aplicación?. gracias.
I had trouble understanding the gist of Giuseppe’s October 19, 2018 below. Could someone possibly try explaining it another way. In any event thanks for posting Giuseppe.
In our test systems we did not find such an error but will check it, thanks
But the ‘Restore’ tabs of each service also handle restart attempts and other values that should be reset to make sure that everything has been permanently blocked. After using this tool (as before) it is not possible to do it either manually. Obviously it would be better to be able to act in some way on them too. However, congratulations, it is already a good solution to the problem that could become definitive.
After runing the exe file , it will be created automatically