Edit this page Discussion Backlinks Fold/unfold all Rename Page **This is an old revision of the document!** If you don't want to suddenly lose control of your mining rig like these guys you have to disable automatic WindowsUpdate right after installing of the OS. You can do it by running the script BlockWindowsUpdate.bat or by following this GUI oriented how-to. As stated on this page https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/waas-wu-settings In Windows 10, any Group Policy user configuration settings for Windows Update were deprecated and are no longer supported on this platform. So this GUI oriented how-to is here just for history. Please use BlockWindowsUpdate.bat script mentioned above. STEP 1. Open Edit group policy control panel aka gpedit.msc 1. Type gpedit in the search box located at taskbar (or call one by pressing WIN LOGO + S) 2. Click the search item Edit group policy. 3. Click the “Open” action item. attachment STEP 2. Navigate to Windows Update settings 4. Unfold the Computer Configuration item. 5. Unfold the Administrative Templates item. 6. Unfold the Windows Components item. 7. Scroll down the configuration tree. attachment STEP 3. Open Configure Automatic Updates dialog 8. Unfold the Windows Update item. 9. Double click the Configure Automatic Updates item. attachment STEP 4. Apply configuration settings 10. Click the Enabled radio button. 11. Click the pull-down menu and select the 5 - Allow local admin to choose settings item. 12. Click the OK button to close the dialog. attachment STEP 5. Open IP address configuration dialog 13. Double click the Specify intranet Microsoft update service location item. attachment STEP 6. Specify a fake IP address for the update server 14. Click the Enabled radio button. 15. Enter the value http://127.0.0.2 in each edit box 16. Click the Download files with no url in the metadata… checkbox 17. Click the OK button to close the dialog. attachment STEP 7. Open Windows Update alternate locations dialog 18. Double click the Do not connect to any Windows Update Internet locations item. attachment STEP 8. Disable Internet connections for Windows Update 19. Click the Enabled radio button. 20. Click the OK button to close the dialog. attachment STEP 9. Close Policy Editor window 21. Finally, just close the window attachment STEP 10. Open Services control panel 22. Type services in the search box located at taskbar (or call one by pressing WIN LOGO + S) 23. Click the search item Services. 24. Click the “Run as administrator” action item. attachment Log In Detach Close This topic does not exist yet You've followed a link to a topic that doesn't exist yet. If permissions allow, you may create it by clicking on “Create this page”.