Windows 10: Manually trigger Windows Update to avoid .net CU previews

Hello everybody,

for some months now, the manual checking of new updates unfortunately leads to receiving available .net CU Preview Updates.
If you keep your fingers off the "Check for updates" button, this is not the case and you get "only" the last CU installed.

Is it somehow possible (via cmd, PS...) to trigger the check for available updates "in the same way" as Windows does it every 17-22 hours?
Especially after e.g. a new installation I want to search for updates and install them, without having to wait for Windows to do this itself.

Thanks and greetings,
Martin

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Windows Update Service: Manual (Triggered) Is that the same as Windows Update Medic Service

I am having issues downloading Windows updates (Feature update to Windows 10, version 1809 amd64 2019-03) where it just continues to initialize and downloads but then starts initializing again for hours. So I went to check the settings as posted below in
order to fix the issue:

• Restart the Windows Update Services: Open the Service Manager and ensure that they are Started and their Startup type is as follows:

1. Background Intelligent Transfer Service: Manual
2. Cryptographic Service: Automatic
3. Windows Update Service: Manual (Triggered)

#1 and #2 above are fine but I do not see "Windows Update Service: Manual (Triggered)" at all. Instead I see "Windows Update Medic Service" set to manual. Is that the same thing and if not- should I have a settings titled "Windows Update Service: Manual
(Triggered)" ? If yes, how to I find where I can add that missing setting into my laptop? Can that cause other issues?

Best,

Lee

 

Difference between the Manual and Manual (trigger start) services

Therefore, Windows 10 Insider Preview has the Windows Update service set to "Manual (trigger start)." How do I set it to "Manual"?

Thanks

Bye

 

Windows 10 Manual Updates Management

I have just installed windows 10. When windows 10 is updating (and only when its updating) there is a chance the system will randomly hang/freeze.

This is very annoying and happens often but, only when updating.

In an attempt to avoid this problem, I have decided to manually download and install updates.

To do so, I have to do the following.

1. Disable Windows 10 automatic updates.
   
2. While windows 10 updates are disabled find and list all the required updates (preferable with a dependency tree of some kind)
   
3. Download the required updates manually.
   
4. Install the required updates manually.
   

I was able to figure out the steps (1) and (3) (and I'm guessing step (4) is a simple execution)

How should I go about achieving step (2)?