Windows 10: Microsoft releases tool to hide or block unwanted Windows 10 updates

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  1. labeeman Win User

    Microsoft releases tool to hide or block unwanted Windows 10 updates


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    Microsoft releases tool to hide or block unwanted Windows 10 updates [​IMG]
    Tip How to Hide or Show Windows Updates in Windows 10



    :)
     
    labeeman, Jul 26, 2015
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  2. J W Stuart, Jul 26, 2015
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  3. Linney Win User
    Linney, Jul 26, 2015
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  4. LEE
    Lee Win User

    Microsoft releases tool to hide or block unwanted Windows 10 updates

  5. swarfega Win User
    Can't you hide them within WU, or was that feature removed?
     
    swarfega, Jul 26, 2015
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  6. LEE
    Lee Win User
    . . .Why do you think Microsoft released this too. . .
     
  7. Fafhrd Win User
    Fafhrd, Jul 26, 2015
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  8. Ztruker Win User

    Microsoft releases tool to hide or block unwanted Windows 10 updates

    The tutorial states:

    Seems to me a better choice would be:
    Deleting the driver could leave the device unusable.

    Just a thought.
     
    Ztruker, Jul 26, 2015
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  9. labeeman Win User
    Then WU on the next check would reinstall the bad driver.
     
    labeeman, Jul 26, 2015
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  10. Fafhrd Win User
    Which tutorial are you looking at Ztruker - the one I referenced above Windows Updates - Hide or Show in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums says:
    2. If this is an unwanted installed Windows Update, then uninstall the update.
    3. If this is an unwanted driver that was installed via Windows Update but cannot be uninstalled using step 2 above, then uninstall the driver in Device Manager.
    4. Download the wushowhide.zip file at Microsoft below for the Show or hide updates troubleshooter package.
    5. Save the wushowhide.zip file to your desktop.
    6. Open the wushowhide.zip file and extract (drag and drop) the wushowhide.diagcab file to your desktop.
    7. Double click/tap on the extracted wushowhide.diagcab file to open it, and click/tap on Advanced.
    8. Check the Apply repairs automatically box, and click/tap on Next.
    9. Click/tap on the Hide updates option.
    10. Check the box of any available updates that you want to hide, and click/tap on Next.
    11. The selected updates are now hidden. Click/tap on Close when finished.
    (Images removed )

    Without the update uninstalled, it will not be available on the updates list for download so that the Microsoft Utility can hide it.

    Once hidden it will not be reinstalled.

    Roll back is ok, but not always available if the driver is the first one for that device installed, and any device driver available for rollback may not be a good one either (on the other hand it could be OK).

    Once you have uninstalled a driver, you normally need to reboot for the removal to take effect. If Windows cannot find a driver for a device on reboot it goes back to the driverstore, and reinstalls it!
    It says here and here that using Device Manager you must also delete the package from the driverstore:

    Deleting a Driver Package from the Driver Store

    On the Confirm Device Removal dialog box, click the Delete the driver software for this device option to delete the driver package that was used for the device.
     
    Fafhrd, Jul 26, 2015
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  11. Keep up the good work Microsoft. *Smile Anything else we won't be able to change or loose control of? *Smile I'm curious.
     
    heyyahblah, Jul 27, 2015
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  12. Ztruker Win User
    Good point labeman and Fafhrd. I was referring to the link Lee posted.
     
    Ztruker, Apr 4, 2018
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