Prevent Windows Update From Downloading Updates Using SCONFIG
SCONFIG is a script that comes with Windows Server 2016 allowing us to consult and change several Windows settings. One of them being Windows Updates.
In this tutorial I will set the Windows Updates settings to “Manual”. This will prevent Windows Server from checking for updates, from downloading them and, ultimately, from being a pain in our ass!
To change the Windows Update settings with SCONFIG, just open an administrator command prompt and type “sconfig”. You will be presented with a menu. Type option “5” and press enter.
You will be presented with the current Windows Updates configuration and with the available options. Select option “M” and press enter.
Wait a few seconds and when the tool has finished applying the select configuration, a pop-up message will show up.
And that’s it! Windows Server will now never bug you again regarding updating itself!
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