Here you will hit the “Stop maintenance” to stop the Windows 10 update in progress. On the right side of Maintenance click the button to expand the settings. Next, click and select the “Security and Maintenance” optionĤ. After opening control panel click on “System and Security” optionģ. Open windows 10 search box, type “Control Panel” and hit the “Enter” button.Ģ. In this method to stop Windows 10 automatic maintenance, follow these steps:ġ. Close the windows once the whole process will be done. A small dialogue box will appear that will show you the process to stop Windows update progress. You can also click on “Stop” link that you can find under the Windows Update option on the window’s top left side.Ĥ. In the next step, you need to click right on “Windows Update” and select “Stop” option from the context menu. From its status, you can check if it is running.ģ. Here to find the Windows Update service you have to scroll down. In the services window, you can see a list of all services that are running in the windows background. Click right on it and then select the “Run as Administrator” option.Ģ.

After typing this in the search box you will find the Services application as a search result. Open the Search windows box and type “Services in Windows 10”. This is the method for stopping Windows 10 updates in services.ġ. As long as you are comfortable with your device being at risk or you intend to allow updates to finish later, you can stop the update in progress.

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