The fact that for Windows itself, and for the drivers installed in its environment or some applications, automatic search and installation of updates is activated by default, apparently everyone knows. The trouble is that updates can be installed at the most inopportune moment, loading computer resources or making it difficult to work on the Internet. Unfortunately, the updates themselves for the seventh modification of Windows very often turn out to be clearly unfinished and even lead to blue screens. What do you think, what can be advised to the average user so that he can simply disable the auto-update of Windows 7 and all related software components? Let's think about this issue and try to consider the simplest and most affordable methods that allow you to perform the required operations without having special knowledge in the field of fine-tuning the system.
Basic methods for deactivating automatic updates of the system, drivers and programs
Methods that allowquickly turn off the automatic search and installation of all kinds of updates, you can count quite a lot. It would be possible, of course, to make the required settings in the registry, but for an ordinary user, this technique may seem rather complicated, so let's turn to simpler methods that allow you to disable the auto-update of "Windows 7 Basic" and other modifications in relation to both the system itself and drivers, and installed user applications.
In particular, it is for the operating system itself that the easiest way to deactivate the installation of updates is either through the "Update Center" section, which is located in the standard "Control Panel", or by deactivating the main and related services responsible for all these actions systems. If we are talking about user programs, basically the technique comes down to disabling the corresponding modules in the applications themselves or excluding them from the list of applets that start with the system and monitor the release of new software versions. But for maximum simplification of actions, you can also use third-party applications that allow you to perform all the required operations no less efficiently.
How to disable auto-update "Windows 7 Ultimate" or any other version: basic technique
The first and easiest method of deactivating the installation of updates is to call the "Control Panel" and go to the "Update Center" section, where in the settings you should select the item "Never check for updates" from the list of actions with important updates. updates", and a little lower uncheck the boxpoint of receiving recommended updates.
Immediately note that the confirmation buttons are marked with an administrator access icon, so if you do not have such rights, nothing will work.
Note: some users additionally advise disabling the installation of updates for other Microsoft products, but they completely forget that when the Update Center itself is deactivated, their search will be terminated automatically.
Complete stop of update services
You can also simply disable Windows 7 auto-update by completely stopping the system services responsible for these actions. You can get to the desired section through the Run console, in which the services.msc command is entered. And here you should be very careful. Simply deactivating the "Update Center" will not do anything. That is why it is recommended to disable the four main components:
- directly "Update Center";
- windows installer;
- windows module installer;
- delivery optimization.
Enter parameter editing by either double-clicking or through the RMB menu, after which the selected service is stopped by pressing the corresponding button, and the disabled value is set in the startup type (not vice versa!). Next, you just need to save the changes, and the system does not need to be rebooted.
Additional utilities
In principle, if yousome important update packages are still needed, and you don’t want to install related or failed updates, you can simply exclude unnecessary ones from the list. It would be advisable to also delay the installation, but this is not the best method. In this situation, the easiest way to disable Windows 7 auto-update for user-selected packages is to use a special portable program from Microsoft called Show or hide updates. In the program, you just need to follow the instructions of the "Wizard", mark unnecessary ones in the list of found packages and activate their hiding.
How to disable auto-update drivers in Windows 7: ways
As for the drivers, then actions with them should not cause any particular difficulties.
To deactivate the installation of control software updates, it is enough to use the "Control Panel", go to the devices and printers section, call the update installation settings menu, instead of automatic installation, activate the item to provide a choice to the user, and then check the item for prohibiting the installation of driver updates from " Update Center.”
Similarly, in Windows 7, you can disable auto-updating of control software by configuring group policy settings (gpedit.msc), where you can find the "System" folder through the computer and administrative templates section, go to the device installation directory and in the last section restrictions for the installation prohibition itemthe driver shown in the image above, set the enabled (!) state.
Additionally, you should set a ban on the request to search for drivers in the "Update Center".
Methods to disable automatic installation of updates for applications
Finally, let's see how to turn off automatic software updates in Windows 7. First of all, you should check the autoload section in the system configuration (msconfig), where you need to disable all updater modules, and with a subsequent reboot. You may also need to check the settings of the installed applications themselves.
In many of them, among the parameters, you can find the activation item for monitoring the release of new versions. But few people know that sometimes such tasks need to be excluded from the Task Scheduler. He has the most problems.
Therefore, in order not to waste time, use some optimizer program that has a scheduler control point (for example, CCleaner) and deactivate unnecessary tasks with it. However, for the complete deactivation of absolutely everything that was described above, utilities like AVZ or Windows 7 Manager are a good fit. By the way, by deactivating all update services, sometimes you can significantly improve system performance and achieve a more comfortablework on the Internet. But you still need to update the drivers! To do this, it is better to use automated applications like iObit Driver Booster.
