This may be sorted with the very recent release of v1.3 but I personally don’t know.)
Windows 10 updates restart options greyed out update#
Takes seconds to download and implement... and can be disabled again within seconds (but, in my experience of v1.2, very occasionally requires a restart of Windows for the re-enablement of Windows Update to take 100% effect so Settings > Update & Security doesn’t just hang. The easiest way I know is to use something like Sordum’s Windows Update Blocker. How can the whole Update mechanism (WinUpdate, Orchestrator, Update Medic…) be disabled? PS – Have you used any third-party utility (O&O ShutUp10, Windows Update Blocker, etc.) to ‘control’ Windows Update, either in 1903 or 1809?
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Post back with the values for DelayedAutoStart and Start (and Type, just in case). From your description in the OP it sounds like the Start entry has been set from 2 to 4, i.e. In the *right*-hand pane, check the values for the DelayedAutoStart and Start entries. When the Registry Editor opens, navigate in the *left*-hand pane to the following key and click on it to select it: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesUsoSvcģ. (In this respect 1903 is much improved, IMO).Ģ. In the Cortana search box type regedit then, when it’s found, choose Run as administrator in the *right*-hand pane. All you are doing at this point is checking 2 values.ġ. However, if it’s also disabled then something has changed the service’s Start and DelayedAutoStart properties… and to check you need to use the Registry Editor: So, it being greyed out is now normal for 1903.
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Whilst in 1809 you would get an error if you attempted to change the service’s properties, in 1903 it’s greyed out completely so you can’t even attempt to fiddle with it: More recently has taken to protecting the service so it cannot be changed in the Services management snap-in ( services.msc) even if logged in as a member of the ‘Administrators’ group. The Update Orchestrator Service is supposed to be set to Automatic (Delayed Start).