Microsoft Admits It Updated Some Windows 10 Computers To Newest Build Despite Users Telling It Not To Do That (bleepingcomputer.com)

Catalin Cimpanu, writing for BleepingComputer: The admission came in a knowledge base article updated last week. Not all users of older Windows versions were forcibly updated, but only those whose machines were running Windows 10 v1703 (Creators Update). This is the version where Microsoft added special controls to the Windows Update setting section that allow users to pause OS updates in case they have driver or other hardware issues with the latest OS version. But according to reports, a Microsoft snafu ignored these settings and forcibly updated some users to Windows 10 v1709 (Fall Creators Update).

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Tame Windows Updates, the sure way

[Rashkae]

Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services -> Windows Update -> Properties -> Change Startup to "Disabled". Reboot

Don't forget to re-enable periodically to catch up on updates, also will be needed for some Hardware drivers that download from Microsoft. Avoid IE or Edge Browsers, and use 3rd party AV. Job done, and system downtime is drastically reduced.

Re:Tame Windows Updates, the sure way

[Attila Dimedici]

That did not work in this case. Windows 10 has a nice little "feature" which allows it to obtain updates via peer to peer. We had multiple Windows 10 computers which, while set to look to our WSUS server rather than to Microsoft's servers for updates, downloaded the updates from other Windows 10 computers on the Internet. We have since modified Group Policy to stop them from doing that.