StopWinUpdates Changelog

What's new in StopWinUpdates 2.9

Jan 17, 2023
  • Seprated hide windows update setting from disabling update since "view uninstalled updates" moved to windows update tab in win11 (After you unhide windows update in settings, open control panel then "Programs and Features" then view uninstalled updates)
  • Added option to hide or unhide windows update and delivery optimization from settin

New in StopWinUpdates 2.8 (Jan 6, 2021)

  • Windows update service set to manual by default
  • Store and Edge and Defender are working
  • Windows update page in settings will show a blank page in Windows 10 1607 or older it's normal
  • Disabling update will auto hide Windows Update page in settings so it will now open Windows Defender (Security) instead in Win10 1703 or newer
  • If you used any tool to disable updates, you must use same tool to enable it, to reset the permissions!
  • You need to restart after enable or disable updates
  • Option to disable or enable Auto Update Store Apps (Win10)
  • Option to Set Windows Defender (Security) to Update Every 6 Hours (Win8.1/Win10)
  • Option to Disable or Enable Automatic Device Driver Installation
  • Disable or Enable Auto Downloading Language Related Components (Win10)

New in StopWinUpdates 2.7 (Mar 24, 2020)

  • Added More registry to disable Automatic Device Driver Installation
  • Separated Delivery Optimization from windows update option
  • Fixed Windows update tab in settings don't hide while Delivery Optimization is not checked

New in StopWinUpdates 2.4 (Oct 4, 2018)

  • Disabled windows update task "Scheduled Start"
  • Disabled Delivery Optimization option in RS5 and newer

New in StopWinUpdates 2.3 (Aug 27, 2018)

  • Windows Defender task will be created in Microsoft location so the task can still
  • exist when creating a new

New in StopWinUpdates 2.2 (Jul 16, 2018)

  • Added more registry to disable Automatic Device Driver Installation

New in StopWinUpdates 2.1 (Jul 9, 2018)

  • Added option to disable or enable automatic offline maps download

New in StopWinUpdates 2.0 (Jun 4, 2018)

  • Fixed Defender auto update not working

New in StopWinUpdates 1.9 (May 28, 2018)

  • Windows update service set to manual by default
  • Store and Edge and Defender are working
  • Windows update page in settings will show a blank page in Windows 10 1607 or older it's normal
  • Disabling update will auto hide Windows Update page in settings so it will now open Windows Defender (Security) instead in Win10 1703 or newer
  • If you used any tool to disable updates, you must use same tool to enable it, to reset the permissions!
  • You need to restart after enable or disable updates
  • Option to disable or enable Auto Update Store Apps (Win10)
  • Option to Set Windows Defender (Security) to Update Every 6 Hours (Win8.1/Win10)
  • Option to Disable or Enable Automatic Device Driver Installation

New in StopWinUpdates 1.8 (May 21, 2018)

  • Fixed when enable updates value only in registry being deleted not the key
  • Added one more registry

New in StopWinUpdates 1.6 (May 17, 2018)

  • Fixed in Win10 1703 or older store apps download/update didn't work