How to stop windows auto updates

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Good day, how can i stop these on nethserver: windows auto updates, and some url links

2

Good day… would you please elaborate a bit more your setup and your goals? :slight_smile:

3

windows keeps updating, is it possible to stop it with nethserver?

4

I should say yes, neverthless I never tried to stop it.
Moreover, IMVHO disable updates means disable "also security updates, which I don’t think it’s the best idea.

Consider also that Windows 10 can “share” installed updates among LAN.

5

thanks, what do you think i can do to stop it?

6

Content Filtering
https://docs.nethserver.org/en/v7/web_proxy.html#content-filter
(this leads to Proxy)
nDPI
https://docs.nethserver.org/en/v7/firewall.html?highlight=ndpi#deep-packet-inspection-dpi
(this leads to firewall)

Again, I don’t advise or suggest to block windows updates.

7

okay, thank you.

8

With Windows 10 Pro, you can set a Group Policy to prevent downloading or installing updates. If you’re in an AD environment (which could be managed by Nethserver), you can push that setting to connected computers. But I wouldn’t rely on any form of web-blocking technology for this.

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I would go with danb35 solution :slight_smile:

GPO are a good way to stop this.

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thanks, GPO work perfectly.