Update Control

Granted, updates are critical as they help address potential security vulnerabilities and fixed annoying bugs. However, when it comes to the OS on your PC, they can also be troublesome, especially when you want to avoid the dreaded crash loop or perhaps if you want to skip an update that can render some your apps unusable.

Update Control is a lightweight utility that provides you with a quick way to manage the embedded automatic updates on Windows 10 so that they do not interrupt your work or other tasks you are doing on your computer.

The program does not require setup or configuration and you can start using it as soon as you download it to your computer. The interface consists of a single window that displays whether the automatic updates are turned on or off along with a short description of what the app is doing.

Functionality-wise, the application is quite intuitive and you can manage the updates by simply clicking the Enable or Disable button. The result is that the app closes the Windows Update and the Update Orchestrator services. As the developer recommends, it is preferable that you do this with an account that has administrator rights.

Considering that you are tampering with the behavior of the operating system, then you may worry about the potential side effects of your actions. You will be happy to learn that the tool does not modify registry keys or files; it simple disables the services that are responsible for the automatic updates.

In the eventuality that you want to have more control over the time when the operating system is doing the updates and ensure it does not affect the installed applications or workflow, then Update Control is a tool that allows you to toggle the automatic updates for whenever it is most convenient.