How to pause and disable Windows 11 updates
by Barbara Krasnoff from The Verge - All Posts on (#5Y860)
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Windows 11 updates, which Microsoft sends to your system regularly, are meant to keep your operating system current. They are, for the most part, a good thing. But as long-time Windows users know, occasionally, an update can go wrong, and so some prefer to postpone updates for a week or two to make sure that there aren't any problems being delivered with the update. In addition, sometimes updates come at an inconvenient time - for example, when you're in the middle of a project with a tight deadline.
You can't stop updates altogether, but you can pause them. There is also a way to disable updates, but it, too, is not permanent. If you want to hold off in case of any potential glitches or would rather put them off as long as possible,...