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How do I stop updates from installing on shutdown?
Hi,
My setting for Windows Updates is "Download updates but let me choose whether to install them". When I get updates and shut down my PC, I get the exclamation mark icon next to the "Shut down" button indicating that updates will be installed on shutdown. How do I shutdown my PC without installing the downloaded updates?
In the past, I would go to the Windows Update window to see what was downloaded and uncheck the updates that had a tick in the checkbox. This worked until today i.e. updates that weren't ticked, weren't installed.
I had IE9 downloaded for quite a while now and I always unchecked it from being installed as I wasn't ready to use it yet. Today, I did the same thing but the exclamation mark icon on the "Shut down" button wouldn't go away. I tried several times to uncheck it on the Windows Update screen but the icon on the "Shut down" button wouldn't disappear. In the end, I thought I risk it and shutdown the PC. It then proceeded to install IE9!
I thought that by going to the Windows Update window and unchecking the checkbox against the downloaded updates meant that they won't be installed when the PC is shutdown. In XP, there used to be a shutdown but don't install updates option when shutting down the PC. Is there an equivalent on W7 as I can't see it.
Thanks.