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The application tries to get a better way to interrupt what Windows 10 Update is trying to do. The basic things like setting a group policy or disabling services are broken down into 3 parts: (1) Group Policy, (2) Disabling Services, and (3) Blocking URLs.
1. Group Policy
A user in Windows 10 Home edition does not have access to the Group Policy Editor, but they can still set it via the registry. This application will make those updates for a user, because who can remember where those settings are. This setting should be sufficient to block most automatic updates, but with some security updates, Microsoft will push those down regardless of these settings.
Group Policy Options:
Enable Automatic Updates: Allows updates to function as normal.
Disable Automatic Updates: Disables automatic updates.
Notify of Download and Installation: Provides notifications for download and install. Should function similar to older version of Windows that -had this option.
Automatic Download, Notify of Installation: Will automatically download updates but provide notification before installation.
2. Disabling Services:
When in doubt, a user can disable the Windows 10 services that run the updates. There are two that seem to control everything: Windows Update Service and Windows Module Installer. On own, a user can disable them and things will be ok, but Windows has a couple tasks that will turn those back on. Some are set at an interval, some are set at startup. There is also a third: Windows Update Medic Service. This is a new service that Microsoft uses to turn on all the Windows Update stuff. It looks like this came out with an October 2018 update, and as over version 2.0.0, support for disabling the Medic service is also supported. When disabling a service through this app, it also renames the underlying service file so that it is not possible to run the service.
If a user were running an older version of Wu10Man, do not worry, the new versions will still restore user settings as needed.
3. Blocking URLs
There are also a number of URLs that have been identified as being used by Windows Update. That list is included in the app config file so a user can alter it if need be. A user can set which URLs to block individually or as a group. This updates the host's file at C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
NOTE:This application does need administrative access as it is trying to write to the registry, alter services, and change the host's file. As a result, some anti-virus software may also pick this up as potentially hostile.
What is new in version 2.0.0:
- Updated UI to allow for easier future changes to functionality;
- Changed Windows Service functionality to rename system files instead of trying to block via credentials;
- Backwards compatibility is maintained to undo credentials changes;
- Added support for disabling new Windows Update Medic Service which was voiding previous versions;
- Fixes #7 (Windows Update Service getting re-enabled).
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File: Wu10Man_2.0.0_2.msi
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: 0/59MD5: C19F0F73E20B719D0561A7F247B47411
SHA1: 709CA8B20A3808DBF2555C3B83F7EDD2DBDAC88A
SHA256: B301DEC8743214250ED158C1D80A229DA56CFE871D19D9F6876A99238B6DA070
File: Wu10Man_2.0.0.Portable.zip
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: 0/62MD5: 65847A0E8C8F66C09930DFBB196F9497
SHA1: E110055C71627B2AB45961B52F0F1C9933EC5C17
SHA256: 5720F737B34BCB7062B7AE2052C8E65368E77DC6E105704E2D2AE4C62037E460
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