• Help me test a method for blocking Windows 10 forced updates

    Posted on March 8, 2016 at 06:58 CST by • Comment in the Forums

    Check InfoWorld Woody on Windows for details.

    If you’d like to join in, here’s what to do:

    Step 1: Go to KB 3073930 and download Microsoft’s Wushowhide tool. (Click the link marked Download the “Show or hide updates” troubleshooter package now.) Drag the downloaded file, Wushowhide.diagcab, to any convenient location. I put mine on the desktop.

    Step 2: Wait until this afternoon – after the cumulative update is released. Watch @gabeaul or @woodyleonhard on Twitter, or check AskWoody.com for the go-ahead.

    Step 3: When the patch is out, but before your machine has a chance to swallow it (presumably on Tuesday afternoon or evening), double-click on Wushowhide.diagcab to run it. Click the link marked Advanced. Uncheck the box marked Apply repairs automatically. Click Next.

    Step 4: Wait for Wushowhide to look for all of the pending updates on your machine. When it comes up for air, click Hide Updates. There should be a box marked “Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems (KB xxxxxxx)” or something similar. Check that box, click Next, and “X” out of Wushowhide.

    Then wait. Let’s see if Wushowhide can delay a Windows 10 forced update before it happens – and if there are any unforeseen complications. Watch here and join in the reporting.

    NOTE 1: After talking with a few people, I want to emphasize that this change is completely reversible. Just wait overnight and confirm, on Wednesday, that the new Cumulative Update wasn’t installed. If you then feel comfortable installing the CU, simply re-run Wushowhide and use the program to unhide the update.

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