If you’re a standard, non-technically inclined PC user pushed into Windows 10, there’s no way to cut off Windows Updates even if you don’t trust them anymore.īut angry Windows 7 and 8 holdouts certainly can, and some are. A significant portion of average users won’t have the technical knowledge to roll back to Windows 7 or 8 after a surprise upgrade. That’s likely part of the reason Microsoft’s willing to take this dangerous roll of the dice. Some versions of Windows 10, including Windows 10 Pro, allow you to defer feature updates-though not security updates-which bumps your computer off the consumer update path and onto the Current business branch, effectively delaying new features from hitting your PC for “several months.” How-To Geek has an excellent write-up explaining Windows 10’s deferred updates. If Microsoft pushes out a Windows 10 update, you will receive it eventually. The consumer versions of Windows 10 don’t allow you to disable or manually install Windows Updates.

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