Should you completely turn off updates in Windows 10?

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Veln2021-02-28 15:05:19

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Veln, 2021-02-28 15:05:19

Should you completely turn off updates in Windows 10? Somewhere they write that there is not much benefit from them, but somewhere that in no case should this be done. I would like to know the opinion of the habr community

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Sergey Gornostaev, 2021-02-28
@sergey-gornostaev

Software that is not updated is vulnerable software. If it is acceptable for you not to close the holes, you can turn it off.

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Yan, 2021-02-28
@Slayer_nn

You should not turn it off
But if the update interferes with comfortable work
You can set up a manual update
And if you are not interested in vulnerabilities, then disable it altogether

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antonwx, 2021-02-28
@antonwx

It is possible and no super-problems and super-holes, as a rule, arise because of this, as people love to yell about it. Whether it is worth it for you, decide for yourself, and I will help you by listing the pros and cons of disabling updates.
Plus turning off updates is stability. Due to updates, drivers often crash, bsodes pour in, the system starts to slow down, plus downloading and installing takes quite a lot of resources - and just imagine that if while you sat down to play, Windows decided to download updates and what you have because of this could be brakes.
Cons of disabling updates - you will not have new features of Windows, new settings.
As for holes, critical holes like eternalblue appear very rarely and they can be tracked and patched manually. So it's up to you.

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Viktor, 2021-02-28
@nehrung

When many years ago MS presented to the public the then new "top ten", its concept was briefly explained as follows - "Windows on demand". For those who wanted more details, it was explained that there would no longer be a need to upgrade to Windows-11, 12, etc., as the constant stream of updates will keep the OS available at all times up to date.
The term "Windows on demand" has long fallen into disuse, but the concept hasn't changed. If you disable updates, then after a while your OS ceases to differ from Win7 or Win98 (not in appearance, but in essence). Do you need it?

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Maxim Siomin, 2021-02-28
@MaxSiominDev

What for? Why do people turn off updates? What's the point, someone explain to me

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Ruslan, 2021-03-14
@msHack

I'm a part of the Windows insider program, it's a beta testing program, there are updates every week, they constantly add something new, they recently updated the drivers and added news