Windows 10: Hide or Show Windows Updates in Windows 10

That app can be a bit confusing as it picks up history from somewhere. Mine shows all the updates I've turned down since the system was Win 8.1 (I upgraded).
Also if you block a new one it takes a few minutes for that to communicate with the Windows Update app.

 

Thanks, Brink *Smile

Yes - I mean ending the process in Task Manager. Cause that's what I'll have to do every day I want to stop downloading the un-needed Office XP Servie Pack 3 Update (I use a reg. vers. of MS Word 2002) - as this - as I understand from reading other threads on this problem - is my only hope being a Win10 Home user. This to not get stuck-up when WU is downloading the Office XP Service Pack 3 update over and over again every bu... time I start my darn puter!!!

Honestly - I wish I never upgraded to Win 10, as I like to know and to control what Update does and does not update --- yikes !!!! *Sad
Do you know ... would going back to Win 8.1 cause me any problems when having upgraded from 8.1 to Win 10 ?
Many thanks in advance
/Bo

PS: I get this WU error every time WU tries to update Office XP Service Pack 3 (of which I only got Word 2002), so I can't ever update it no matter what due to the error.
And I don't trust myself in doing what I might have to do "within my PC's heart/backbone" in getting rid of this WU error.

 

Bo,

Are you able to hide the update to prevent it from showing up in Windows Update?

 

Brink,
Nope .... I can not hide it. But I stopped the Windows Update process - called "wuauserv"- in Task Manager, and it is still "Stopped" after re-booting - this being the easiest way to deal with my problem just now as mentioned earlier.

 

*Thumbs

It'll eventually automatically start the next time Windows checks for updates though unless you disable the service.

 

Are you sure?
Cause I'm almost certain, that other processes I've stopped earlier (mind you in Win 8.1) never returned or got active again untill I myself startet them in Task Manager ...

 

Most wouldn't, but Windows Update has a Automatic Maintenance task that will automatically start it again when scheduled.

 

I'd like to know how to disable it, so if you got a minute or so to explain, I'd be delighted to listen *Smile cause that's really what I wanted to do. Well, unless it's too complicated to explain(?), that would be great *Smile
Early mornin' here - nighty folks.

 

No problem. OPTION FIVE in the tutorial below can help show you how to. *Smile

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/8...a.html#option5

 

this is very helpful. My computer keeps want to install updates for programs that I don't even use, have, or uninstalled. Such as outlook, Skype for Business, one drive, and onenote.

 

After clean install of Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows found and installed my laptop’s camera as “HP Universal Camera Driver”.

As the camera was not working, I followed the recommended by HP step 4 (HP Notebook PCs - Fixing Webcam After Changing the Operating System | HP® Customer Support) and the Microsoft USB Video Device was installed as “HP Webcam [2 MP Fixed]” and everything was working properly…. until yesterday’s Windows updates (that brought the OS to 10586.104), when the update reverted the camera to “HP Universal Camera Driver” and of course it was not working.
I noticed that if I change it back to “HP Webcam [2 MP Fixed]” as above and try to update the driver online, it is always coming back as “HP Universal Camera Driver”.

I found the latest Realtek driver for the “HP Webcam [2 MP Fixed]” and installed it to prevent the update, as this is a fairly new driver (Oct. 2015), but again if I update the driver online, it reverts to “HP Universal Camera Driver”.

I run the wushowhide.diagcab, but it does not show the camera driver, apparently because there is no update yet.
How can I hide the camera from updating?

If I go to the Group Policy Editor at:
Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Device Installation > Device Installation Restrictions > Prevent installation of devices that match any of these device IDs
it will disable the update, but Windows Update will still be downloading the driver package, it will attempt to install it, and then fail. And it will just create a lot of failures in the Windows Update log.

Is there any other way to prevent update of the camera driver?

Dimitri

 

Hello Dimitri, *Smile

You might also see if turning off automatic driver installation may help.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...dows-10-a.html

 

Thanks Shawn *Smile
I have already considered this option, but it's a global setting... and I was thinking to just stop the updates of the problematic device and not all of them.

 

I am really happy with this especially now with the combination of the GPedit of Windows updates
This all will help over @ The Windows 10 Insiders...thanks again Brink.*john*Wink

 

I think that even if it's a global setting, drivers that haven't been hidden with the wushowhide tool will still be installed through windows update regardless of the device driver settings. At least that's my conclusion after studying how all factors work. The safest bet IMO is to disable automatic updates and run a monthly manual windows update, but always first start with the diagcab tool to prevent eventual newer drivers than those already hidden. That's what I do.