In the latest Windows 10 Pro version, the option to postpone component updates (upgrade to a new version of Windows 10) disappeared from the options, in the home version this option did not exist before. However, in case you have the Pro version of the system installed on your computer, you can specify the target OS version in the registry, and Windows 10 will not update to newer versions.
This instruction on exactly how to specify the correct version of Windows 10 Pro using the appropriate registry settings, thereby disabling updates to newer versions every six months.
How to disable Windows 10 Pro updates to new versions
All necessary parameters can be set using the registry editor:
- Run the registry editor (Win+R, type regedit).
- Go to the following registry hives HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate
- If the partition doesn’t exist, create it (right click on the “Windows” partition – create partition).
- In that section create a DWORD parameter (32-bit, even for 64-bit Windows) with the name TargetReleaseVersion and specify the value 1 for the parameter.
- Create a new string parameter named TargetReleaseVersionInfo and specify the version number. For example, 2004 or 1909 if you don’t want to receive the following updates of Windows 10 components.
Please note: the function is supported starting from version 1803, and you can specify either the current or a newer version of the system as the target version, but not one of the previous versions (for example, if you have version 2004 installed and the target version is specified as 1909, there will be no effect).
Done, from now on the system will not receive updates to versions higher than specified. If you need to undo the changes, just delete the registry settings you created.
If you don’t want to change registry settings manually, just create a reg file with the following contents and import it into the registry:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate] "TargetReleaseVersion"=dword:00000001 "TargetReleaseVersionInfo"="2004" This file sets the version of Windows 10 2004 as the target version (you can change the target version parameter to whatever you need).
