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MatthewGreen
Iron Contributor
May 15, 2025

Windows update stuck and it sucks how do I stop them?

Windows 11 did an update and my computer sits there and the marble's just keep spinning saying applying update.
this sucks its been 3 hours of my life I could have been surfing the web and couldn't
I have the the latest updates off.

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    Cammsnen
    Iron Contributor

    You can turn on Windows Update by pressing Win+I and choosing to pause updates for 7 days (repeatable for up to 35 days).
    To completely disable automatic updates: run PowerShell as administrator, type “sc config wuauserv start= disabled” and restart your computer.

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