{"id":1672,"date":"2015-02-05T14:22:27","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T14:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/?p=1672"},"modified":"2023-08-11T19:09:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T13:39:00","slug":"change-windows-update-settings-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/change-windows-update-settings-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change Windows Update Settings in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Are you searching on the web &#8211; How to change <strong>Windows Update Settings<\/strong> in Windows 10? If &#8220;yes&#8221; then don&#8217;t worry, you are going to get all the appropriate information regarding your search from this tutorial.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you have recently <a title=\"upgrade to Windows 10\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/upgrade-to-windows-10-build-9926-windows-8-8-1-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upgraded to Windows 10<\/a> from the previous version of Windows then one most important thing you need to know that: In Windows 10 technical preview build 9926, the Windows Update settings are locked to &#8220;<strong>Install updates automatically (recommended)<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It means, your computer will be automatically upgraded to the upcoming Windows version or new build. Even, Microsoft hasn&#8217;t provided any option to change this behavior (Windows Update settings).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/change-windows-update-settings.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1673\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/change-windows-update-settings.png\" alt=\"change windows update settings\" width=\"580\" height=\"303\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/change-windows-update-settings.png 580w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/change-windows-update-settings-150x78.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/change-windows-update-settings-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But thankfully, a simple solution is available to <strong>change Windows Update settings<\/strong> in <a title=\"Windows 10 build 9926\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/download-windows-10-technical-preview-iso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows 10 build 9926<\/a>. So, if you want to change the\u00a0update settings from &#8220;Install updates automatically (recommended)&#8221; to anything else then follow the below-mentioned step by step guide. Here&#8217;s how:<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eee; padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px; margin: 2px 2px 15px 0px; border-left: 10px solid #39B54A;\" align=\"justify\"><strong>You might also like to know: <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/check-for-updates-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Check for Updates in Windows 10 <\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica;\">How to Change Windows Update Settings in Windows 10<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (1):<\/strong> First of all, open <strong>Registry Editor<\/strong>. To open registry editor, press <strong>Win+R<\/strong> keys and type <strong>regedit<\/strong> inside the Run dialog-box then press <strong>Enter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (2):<\/strong> On the Registry Editor, navigate to the following Registry keys:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier;\">HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\WindowsUpdate\\Auto Update<\/span><\/strong><\/pre>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (3):<\/strong> In the right pane of Registry Editor window, create a new DWORD value named <strong>AUOptions<\/strong> and inside the <strong>value data<\/strong> box, enter one value according to your need from the following values:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1<\/strong> = Never check for updates<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2<\/strong> = Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3<\/strong> = Download updates but let me choose whether to install them<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>4<\/strong> = Install updates automatically<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For example a screenshot is given below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/windows-update-settings.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1674\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/windows-update-settings.png\" alt=\"windows update settings\" width=\"688\" height=\"443\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/windows-update-settings.png 688w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/windows-update-settings-150x97.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/windows-update-settings-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/windows-update-settings-660x425.png 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (4):<\/strong> Once completed, click on <strong>OK<\/strong> button and close the Registry Editor window.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (5):<\/strong> Finally, <strong>Restart<\/strong> your computer. That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thus, you can easily change Microsoft windows update settings in Windows 10 (build 9926) from &#8220;Install updates automatically (recommended)&#8221; to other option.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Feel free to ask or share your views with us through comments. 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