Windows 10: Cant stop or disable windows update ( greyed out ) keeps downloading

I am used to stop background intelligent transfer service, delivery optimization and windows update every time I turn my computer on, but now since few weeks windows update and delivery optimization services are greyed out,

Also when i try using the task manager to stop the service i get the error
The operation could not be completed
Access is denied

Till yesterday the network usage in Service Host: Local System stoped when i stop and disable the Backgroud Intelligent Transfer Service at the start (this was using the network at full speed too) but now Its not enough and I cant even stop the other services

I tried running task manager and services as administrator but they are still greyed out,

Im on a limited internet connection, I dont have much data to spare

:)

 

Disable Offline Map downloads and updates


Yeah, that disables the auto download and update....which is good. I'm trying to take it a step further by greying out the options for offline maps altogether.

With that GPO set users can still manually download...

 

[Windows 10] hide/prohibit install of specific Windows Update

I have never intentionally used windows to provide my device drivers (except for older printers without Vendor drivers for clients). I only manually update from the vendor websites. Will just have to make a list of things to disable/remove if I finally decide to load it up on a machine.

 

Windows 10 forced download

To stop the download, uninstall the KB3035583 update (under "Control Panel > Windows Update > Installed Updates").


To get rid of the C:\$Windows.~BT folder:

• Right-click on your C: drive.
• Select "Properties".
• Click on [ Disk Cleanup ]
• After the initial scan: If you have a [ Clean up system files ] button, click it and wait for the second scan to finish.
• Scroll down the list and look for "Temporary Windows installation files" (its size should be in the gigabytes range); check the box.
• Click on [ OK ] to start the clean-up.