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Why not just use the registry to pause the updates until say 2050?

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings]
“PauseFeatureUpdatesStartTime”=”2015-01-01T12:00:00Z”
“PauseQualityUpdatesStartTime”=”2015-01-01T12:00:00Z”
“PauseUpdatesExpiryTime”=”2050-01-01T12:00:00Z”
“PauseFeatureUpdatesEndTime”=”2050-01-01T12:00:00Z”
“PauseQualityUpdatesEndTime”=”2050-01-01T12:00:00Z”

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UpdatePolicy\Settings]
“PausedQualityStatus”=dword:00000001
“PausedFeatureStatus”=dword:00000001

Well, I only discovered it by accident, I wanted to find some light weight Windows 10 for a VM, so I tried some gaming Lite ones, and one of them had the option to pause updates until 2050, so I dug deeper to find out how he does it. I’ve been using it ever since.

Why not use the registry trick to pause updates until 2050 (or whenever)? That is what I do on my one Windows 10 Home laptop.

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings]
“PauseFeatureUpdatesStartTime”=”2015-01-01T12:00:00Z”
“PauseQualityUpdatesStartTime”=”2015-01-01T12:00:00Z”
“PauseUpdatesExpiryTime”=”2050-01-01T12:00:00Z”
“PauseFeatureUpdatesEndTime”=”2050-01-01T12:00:00Z”
“PauseQualityUpdatesEndTime”=”2050-01-01T12:00:00Z”

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UpdatePolicy\Settings]
“PausedQualityStatus”=dword:00000001
“PausedFeatureStatus”=dword:00000001

 

And then unpause using this registry:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings]
“PauseFeatureUpdatesStartTime”=-
“PauseQualityUpdatesStartTime”=-
“PauseUpdatesExpiryTime”=-
“PauseFeatureUpdatesEndTime”=-
“PauseQualityUpdatesEndTime”=-

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UpdatePolicy\Settings]
“PausedQualityStatus”=-
“PausedFeatureStatus”=-

 

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