Windows 10: Can I cancel updating windows once it has started?

I only use windows for gaming, I keep it in a secondary drive and sometimes spend several months without booting into it.

Yesterday I decided to play a game and after a few hours I got prompted to restart for updates. I barely managed to save and it restarted. I gave it about 2 and a half hours and it got to 13%. I basically don't have the time for this. I had to shut down. It seems like I'll have to wait until I can spend an entire day not using my PC for work and just letting windows update. I guess I'll no longer be able to enter windows since this update process will start again unless there's a way to cancel it. Is especially infuriating because I spent so my time yesterday creating characters are merely preparing to play a game

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Windows Updates failed to instal

I'm not sure how differant XP media center Edition is but you could clear the history \ cache if these folders are there.

Step 1 Register DLL files.

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By trying this step, we can check if the update engines are working properly.



1. Close all instances of Internet Explorer.

2. Click Start and Run, type "Regsvr32 atl.dll" (without quotes) in the Open box and click OK.



Note: There is a space between regsvr32 and atl.dll



3. Similarly, one by one, register the files listed below:



Regsvr32 msxml3.dll

Regsvr32 wuapi.dll

Regsvr32 wuaueng.dll

Regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll

Regsvr32 wups2.dll

Regsvr32 wucltui.dll

Regsvr32 wups.dll

Regsvr32 wuweb.dll

Regsvr32 qmgr.dll

Regsvr32 qmgrprxy.dll

Regsvr32 jscript.dll



Note: If you encounter errors while registering any of these files then skip that file and continue with the next one.



If the issue persists, let's move on to the steps below to verify Windows Update services and temporary folders.



Step 2 Verify the relevant Windows Update services.

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1. Click Start->Run, type "services.msc" (without quotation marks) in the open box and click OK.

2. Double click the service "Automatic Updates".

3. Click on the Log On tab, please ensure the option "Local System account" is selected and the option "Allow service to interact with desktop" is unchecked.

4. Check if this service has been enabled on the listed Hardware Profile. If not, please click the Enable button to enable it.

5. Click on the tab "General "; make sure the "Startup Type" is "Automatic" or "Manual". Then please click the button "Stop" under "Service Status" to stop the service.

6. Then please click the button "Start" under "Service Status" to start the service.

7. Please repeat the above steps with the other services:



Background Intelligent Transfer Service

Event Log

Remote Procedure Call (RPC)



Note: Event log service is enabled on all of the hardware profiles; this service does not have an option to enable or disable on certain hardware profile.



If it still does not help, let's proceed to step 3.



Step 3 Reload the Update temporary folders.

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One possible cause is that the temporary folder for Windows Update is containing corrupted files. Let's erase all the files there to get the system clean.



1. Click Start, Run, type: cmd and press Enter. Please run the following command in the opened window.



Net stop WuAuServ



2. Click Start, Run, type: %windir% and press Enter.

3. In the opened folder, rename the folder SoftwareDistribution to Sdold.

4. Click Start, Run, type: cmd and press Enter. Please run the following command in the opened window.



Net start WuAuServ



Please test the Windows Update website and let me know the result. If the issue persists, to clarify the issue and provide more accurate troubleshooting steps, please assist me in collecting the following information.

 

HyperSLI (Enabling SLI on non-sli motherboards)

To turn off windows updates in windows 7 follow these steps:

Click the start button, in the search box type in 'windows updates', click on 'windows update'
in the search results list, in the left side of the windows update window click 'change settings'
then in the option bar select 'Never check for updates'.

 

Canceling windows 10 updgrade screwed up with windows update

Hi Huillam,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I understand that you want to cancel Windows 10 reservation. We will assist you with it.

I suggest you to follow the instructions provided below and hide the
KB3035583 update.

• Go to Start button and type Windows Update.
• Click on Windows Update.
• Click on View Installed Updates, on the left side of the window.
• Click on Installed Updates.
• Search for KB3035583 update and uninstall this update.
• Perform the steps again and search if the update is still available.
• If yes, right click on it and click on Hide update.

Note: If you want to upgrade to Windows 10 later, first you have to unhide this KB3035583 update.

Hope this information is helpful. For any further query, feel free to contact us.

Thank you.