Stop Windows Updates From Breaking Your PC

[@curts.8940]

Nice video Brian. I have been using this software to hide updates for over a year now. It has been a life saver. Less headaches is a plus for us that work in IT.

[@Britec09]

Glad it helped!

[@christop_bader]

Been using the Show/Hide application for a few years now when a problematic update comes along its a great tool

[@miak911]

Dear Britec09, I would like to express my deepest gratitude for your exceptional efforts in creating and sharing educational and beneficial videos on your KZbin channel. I have been following your work for a long time and have greatly benefited from the content you provide. I always enjoy watching your videos, which are characterized by high quality and valuable information. Thank you wholeheartedly for your contribution to educating and teaching the online community. Sincerely, Mowaffaq

[@Britec09]

Thanks for the kind words and thanks for the support, I appreciate it Mowaffaq.

[@JackIntoGaming4721]

Wow wish I knew about this earlier; I was able to resize the partition by following a guide on KZbin. Thankfully nothing broke that I'm aware of. (Computer is booting up just fine ect.). But I agree get this and save the hassle of trying to figure it out. Windows really needs to double check their work and make sure their updates don't crash or need resizing that shouldn't be something that a customer has to do.

[@derekp2674]

Thanks Brian, I'll bear this in mind if any of my Windows PCs have problems with any of the latest updates. I'm sure my Linux PCs will be fine - owning a few Linux PCs (and updating them) reveals what a mess the Windows update system is. All of these episodes serve as useful reminders that we must all take responsibility for keeping precious user data backed up. I like to use external USB hard drives for this and prefer to run backups from a terminal session. On Linux I use rsync and on Windows I use xcopy.

[@US_Joe]

As always. thanx for another goody. BTW: I found that if you click on update pauses multiple times, it will accumulate. I set mine for about a month.👍👍👍

[@Britec09]

Great tip!

[@lurkerrekrul]

What the Windows world really needs is for someone to write a tool that allows you to refuse specific updates, permanently. You know, like the way Windows USED to be, before Microsoft decided that your system belongs to them and they can do anything they want with it.

[@OIdiesCentral]

If windows works just fine after a clean installation,you don't need any update because we don't even know what's being installed on the pc or much more importantly,what is being downloaded from it,like all logs,thumbnails and all activities on the pc.I found an hp pc 2 years ago on the street with auto update enabled on it and in add remove table,there was a1000 security update which of course made the pc very slow.Took me a month to delete them all.

[@DeplorableAngus]

You are so right. I tried to shrink the C partition with Minitool. Unfortunately on reboot it hanged. After an hour of nothing happening I did a risky hard reset. I was very fortunate to get back to the Desktop with no issues. I wont try that again in a hurry. Have now taken your advice and hidden the update.

[@Laborkei]

Outstanding... I just hid my Problem... My Windows Update no longer has an error anymore. I am anxious to see when the next update comes from Microsoft that it installs ok.

[@airbossone]

You’re a lifesaver for a lot of MS user. Perfect video as usual. Take care. BTW I use Linux and I like it.

[@Britec09]

Glad to help!

[@brycestewart3181]

I have used FREE partition managers to resize in the past. Partition Magic comes to mind... Look forward to see how you do it. Thx for sharing..

[@B4TS1]

I have sucessfuly resized the partitions on 5 w 10 computers by resizing the partitions and the update worked. Something only advanced users should do

[@Britec09]

I agree

[@shsechas]

I remember downloading the app hide/update from your site. Kept it just in case MS removes it. Thank You!!!

[@MrKentaroMotoPI]

Yeah, Brian🙌 The show hide tool also works on Windows 11. It may give you a deprication notice; just ignore it. It you use Group Policy to block driver updates, they will appear in the tool as hidden updates. And... after you run the tool, the update you hid may show up in Windows Updates for a while, but it will go away.

[@Britec09]

Thanks for watching

[@Sid-Cannon]

Cheers Brian, great to have a heads up about this. I set my friends and family members PC's up to update at least two weeks after MS release the updates for this exact reason. I've made a camtasia video showing them how to hide the update because they're all non tech savvy at all. Plus saved me a headache because without this info I'd have been inundated with WTF messages, even though I packed in being the PC guy many moons ago.

[@dennislaplant95]

Thanks for the reminder about this Show or Hide Updates troubleshooter. I first used it in 2015 along with the Windows Update Diagnostic troubleshooter.

[@Britec09]

Yeah, great tool

[@FighterPilot1945]

Thanks brian for this help advice and for keeping great channel going in 2024🎉

[@Afurai_]

I used a 3rd-party tool to disable updates completely about a month ago, as I had a feeling M$ would start "accidentally" breaking W10 to get more users onto W11. I rarely doubt they are going to change W10 to be significantly better than 22H2, even after the continued "paid updates" knee bending by M$ It seems that this may be the beginning of that pattern, but hopefully not. I would keep an eye out, fellow W10 users...

[@lebelame]

Aloha ! iwas glad to view this video, even though most of my pc/laptop are Linux & Raspberry, i do own one version of Windows 10. I was not awre of this problem. I followed your easy to follow instructions ... process successful. Mahalo ! Prevention is one important thing i learnt in the military. This is worth ''thumps up & subscrition ''. Good narration.

[@MyBJesus]

You can pause updates for over a month. On Windows update go to Advance Options select Pause Updates> Pause until drop down menu and select the last date. I paused updates until 14 February. I do this all the time.

[@GauBan2501]

I had no issues with increasing my recovery partition to 1gb and re-enabling the windows recovery. But I do understand why others would be better with risking. Best of all Microsoft came out last week saying that they won't be fixing the patch.

[@Flibbles]

In win 10 you can delay updates for up to 31 days under the "advanced options". Or stop automatic updates permanantly with group edit, you can still check manually for updates.

[@raymondbazant6536]

I'm hoping you will let us know when Microsoft sends a correction patch for this problem. I've got on a Microsoft Surface tablet. Thanks

[@tech.curiosity]

Well, it did get it isntalled on my pc without any issue and when i checked my existing partitions, i found that i don't have a recovery partition at all. Maybe update is designed to find another way when that partition does not exist and that what allowed me to avoid the error. Thanks for the video.

[@johnpedersen8387]

Nice tip Brian ;-) Wushowhide can alsow hide drivers that Microsoft will have you to install. Had a laptop that installed an Insyde driver that crashed the wifi on my mothers pc when I upgrated it from Windows 7 to 10.

[@Britec09]

Good tip!

[@findmi2708]

Very thanks, sir And i think i have a lil bit of knowledge about partitioning but only when installing windows OS. Im still a noob when it comes to computer hardware fixing that why i really love your videos

[@teddycaster248]

Hello, I from Eastern Europe, sorry for my poor English. Thank you very much, it very important and interesting theme. I heard what problems with updates happens, and nobody know what to do next. But now, you show the way to avoid danger for PC. I not like how Microsoft make update system in Windows 10. To avoid mistakes I turn off “fast startup” option, because Microsoft recommend to turn it off before installing updates. But I keep it “off” because it impossible to control and knew moment when Windows 10 download and install update, it not give notice about it, and it impossible to “off”(Fast Startup) in right moment. Thank you very much! 🙂👍

[@eddielegs344]

Thx Brian great tool works fine Thanks again 2 pc's same problem

[@edb3332]

First of all, I genuinely appreciate you creating these videos. You are one of the very few individuals who I trust and have learned a lot from. Your videos are awesome, very accurate and reliable. Thank You. Here is a question I am hoping someone can help me answer: For some reason I have two recovery partitions on my C:\ One is 532MB and the other one 12.22 GB in size. Does anyone know why there two recovery partitions on my PC and how can I determine the smaller one is too small and cause for not being able to install the MS Security update?

[@waltergold3457]

I have the same problem with the shoddy update, and I agree Microsoft was fully stupid not only to release it to begin with but also to follow it with a risky "fix." But to be fair, this is the only problem I've had for several years now, the only other event being an update which disabled my ZoneAlarm antivirus, and that of hundreds of thousands of others.

[@hatatfatcat]

Wait! at 7:37 it says you don't need the update if you don't have a recovery partition. Maybe that is why some people don't have an issue with it also?

[@WelshTonyCars]

That's actually quite useful. I could have done with knowing about that tool many times before now as ran into this exact problem many times haha.

[@1kreature]

Too bad they decided to NOT fix this...

[@mikehawk7307]

Stop windows updates from breaking your PC by installing Linux.

[@Sussy-Baka776]

You are linux user you shouldn't be here this topic is not for you

[@alexanderr.539]

The stupidest advice ever :) Linux is not even a single OS but a whole zoo of often mutually incompatible, unstable and weird OS distros. Desktop Linux is not ready for the masses and it contantly changes, breaking compatibility with no good reason. Linuxes in general have much more problems than Windows does on average, incl. issues with their updates/upgrades as well.

[@FighterPilot1945]

Yep done it years ago no problems...Linux way to go on my pc ,win 10 another pc 🎉

[@Sussy-Baka776]

@@FighterPilot1945 then why are you here ?

[@mikehawk7307]

@@FighterPilot1945 I agree with 100% but I wish the driver issue would be tackled. Right now that is the only problem. The pride of Linux has always been made for old PC’s and just a handful of new PC’s.

[@omjek1096]

Thank you for explaining about the cause of the problem because at first im confuse as that did not happen to me. I have the KB5034122 installed succesfully, and after i check the partition recovery drive, i have 530mb

[@rremnar]

We waited, still no fix. I don't think there will be one.

[@stewartlunney6749]

Thanks as always. Will making a system restore point before letting windows update work, if updating fails and breaks things?

[@jackiedines5229]

Yes please show how to make the partion larger.

[@animalntaz]

Just discover my Recovery Partition on my fairy new laptop is just under 2GB, so I guess there isn't much worry about installing THIS update.

[@johngoard8272]

Thanks Brian and I have an issue with this subject and have to say that why do Microsoft release these updates before they have thoroughly checked and tested them? I am looking forward to seeing your video on making the recovery partition large enough for this to become not such a problem. Having said that I am just wondering when this issue will affect those of us who are using Windows 11?

[@oscs4556]

Microsoft don’t test anything anymore; they fire the entire quality assurance team a long go according to a former Microsoft employee

[@OLDUSAFMedic]

I usually delete WinRE and won't have that problem. I always use my backup image from Terabyteunlimited or re-install from the Windows disk that creation tool makes.

[@Nick41622]

But Brian. I don't think Windows would let you delete the C drive. I tried a few years ago & could not delete it.

[@chenithamihidinu4318]

thank you sir , your video is really help full me, issue has been fixed

[@dougtravins9624]

Good info as always. Ty

[@pazchais]

thanks brain you helped me resolving this update problem!

[@gordonp57]

Thank for another really useful video, I got the tool via "Windows, Computes and Technology" the day afterand it works just as you say, I have a feeling I may be hiding this one a while. You would think MS would have shown this tool, given their record, but no that would have been helpful. Anyway cheers.

[@Britec09]

Been using this tool for years

[@gordonp57]

@@Britec09 MS a very quiet about it, why?

[@gRosh08]

Thanks for sharing. Cheers!

[@Britec09]

Thanks for watching!

[@paulwarner5395]

I assume that when M$ release the fixed patch it will have the same number and be installed correctly?? I surprized that they haven't pulled this update until the fix it instead of suggesting people take the risk of screwing up their PC..

[@DaveBoxBG]

That was good information :)

[@Britec09]

Glad it was helpful!

[@anuraggoel4742]

Thanks mate for helping us out

[@Britec09]

No problem 👍

[@dennislaplant95]

Brian, I think most people would find it easier to resize the Recovery Partition using a partition manager like EaseUS Partition Master Free. Perhaps you could do a video showing how to do it using that program.

[@Britec09]

Video is coming tomorrow

[@louisfifteen]

I'm using Win11 home and get the latest on my elderly Dell gaming laptop. I haven't experienced any issues, not even the slightest. Lucky me I guess.

[@Britec09]

Thanks for sharing

[@louisfifteen]

@@Britec09 You're welcome and thanks for being here warning us from potential dangers and problems.

[@slant757]

Awesome Tool! Now I don't have to delete all the newly downloaded Windows Updates in the "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution" folder to prevent them from installing. Can't pause my system for 7 days because the PAUSE button is grayed out for some reason? And every time I go to "services" and set Windows Updates to disable... it re-enables upon PC reboot. This tool should work out well.... maybe I will join your forum to stay up to dat on these Windows system breaking updates Question.... when would be a good time for users to allow updates to pass? 2-3 months from now?

[@francoisdubois80]

This is gold!!

[@Britec09]

Thanks

[@MichaelMcAllister]

The default option to pause updates is for 7 days, but the user can choose that option in seven-day increments-for approximately 30 days. The downside is it pauses ALL of the updates. I wish Microsoft built the Hide Updates Tool into the OS. I find the all or nothing approach to be rather annoying.

[@Britec09]

That is correct

[@basspig]

I only allow one of my PCS to have internet access and that PC is the one that's always having problems with these windows updates. My other PCS are still running 1809 windows 10 and run smoothly without any issues.

[@DevilbyMoonlight]

Nice one Brian!

[@Britec09]

Thanks!

[@dennislaplant95]

On my Windows 10 Pro, I have Advanced Options in Windows Update where I can select to pause updates for up to 35 days.

[@markwilson5262]

my windows 10 has this error due to update will further updates no longer become available or can i carry on as normal ?????????????? HELP

[@claudest-gelais8456]

@markwilson5262 If you haven't paused the updates, all future updates will continue to install regardless. Except for this problematic one. Just use the Show/hide tool Brian suggested to hide it.

[@jakejones9502]

I have that issue, I will watch tomorrows vid . Thanks

[@Britec09]

about 2pm UK time

[@larryvaughn8019]

THANK YOU Britec09!🙏😊

[@Britec09]

You are so welcome

[@billyguthrie3176]

Awesoome tool if only it could find already installed updates that were bad and fix or remove them. I imagine a tool that could do that would be highly sought after. This update tool your showing us being able to detect bad updates before they install begs the question why mocrosoft didn't run this tool on all their updates before they push them out to users, wouldn't that make more sense?

[@theexiles100]

Does this program run in the background all the time, or only when you start it up?

[@claudest-gelais8456]

Only when started. The change is permanent. Meaning it will permanently hide the update until you unhide it again.

[@D.von.N]

What if you installed an update and it causes issues? I am not getting it. Does this tool reverse the update as well or do I need to keep making the system restore point before each such update? Or should the Windows do such restore point itself before updating by default? My brain understands you use this tool just to quarantine an update you know or suspect to have issue. How do I know when it was fixed so I can go ahead? Btw, I am an average user but after battling with other PC issues and being a little familiar with running various commands, following their advice to increase the recovery partition went smoothly in my case. Just I still ended up reinstalling the whole pc and any new updates went well, too. I just had a couple instances when the CPU went crazy afternew installation, but after a brief investigation what the pesky process was, it just needed to update an audio driver I found on the manufaccurer's website. Done.

[@DestructiveBurn]

The fact you need to resize it is 100% ridiculous. There should never be an alternative to the problem. They should fix it on their end by doing the update in parts or cancelling it completely. The fact they released an update larger than the recovery partition just shows how stupid they are on not remembering the default partition size they set for Windows 10. I am tired of their incompetence of low-quality updates. I am glad they will stop updating Windows 10 soon. Sorry but not sorry I rather have an insecure OS than a crap tastic update that may brick my OS.

[@DKanon]

I have always wondered about sequencing updates. If you defer an update and then install more recent updates, will going back and installing old, repaired MS updates overwrite and corrupt new code? Is installation order important?

[@Jaystuntin00]

Thank you very much sir

[@markclark787]

The Windows RE image was not found?

[@n1kkri]

I don't have a recovery partition. Hiding the update sounds like something I should do ?? My laptop with Windows 10 currently is not giving me an error so I should assume it has not downloaded and installed the update yet?

[@FromTheWombTotheGrave]

for me actually upgrading to win11 fixed my blue screen/random restart problems

[@theprior46]

Can you elaborate please on how to use this because if an update starts to download automatically how can you run this app to stop it installing when the install process is automatic? I've not seen a function to hide an update when it has begun fetching. I need more specific instruction please if possible

[@OlettaLiano]

I turned off updates seven months ago when I heard about all the, "new bloatware features" were coming.

[@Britec09]

I will pause them, but I never turn them off.

[@OlettaLiano]

@@Britec09 I simply don't want all the fluff garbage they're trying to push on me. And I certainly don't want untested updates on my PC. Microsoft got rid of their beta testers, and are using the public to do their beta testing. I've never had a virus break my OS, but MS Updates has done it twice.

[@kimpag647]

Windows show and hide updates is not available on Microsoft now

[@tomowens7499]

my computer was trying to block this file saying 'this type of file will harm your computer'. i got it downloaded elsewhere and moved it to the computer, ran it... there is a large list of files trying to install! do i 'block' all of them? how do i tell which is the one that keeps failing to install?

[@cazaneugen4373]

Can i use this on windows 11?

[@VladiatorX]

For me it still creates the same 529MB recovery partition and leaves 250MB of unallocated space. I just merged the 250MB back to primary and fk it.

[@nomelkondis4064]

Britec09 thank you friend this program fix that problem with error update my windows have some days now , you help me to much brother there thank you

[@KathyBGood]

thank you!

[@Britec09]

You're welcome!

[@a7h7z]

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[@charginginprogresss]

That diagcab tool is deprecated, and won't work from 2025 on, sadly. Resizing the partition is the only way

[@Britec09]

coming tomorrow

[@dallas88b]

Simple. Don't use Windows at all.

[@_hammadsaeed]

Not working! It says "We disabled this troubleshooter because it won't work on this PC"

[@tinasmith1391]

It sure would be nice if MS fixed this update or just removed it from the list already. I'm so tired of seeing it.

[@dennislaplant95]

I defer Windows 10 Pro updates by using local Group Policy: (Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > Windows Update for Business > Select when Preview builds and Feature Updates are received or Select when Quality Updates are received) I defer Windows 10 Home updates by using Registry Edit: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate] "DeferFeatureUpdates"=dword:00000001 "BranchReadinessLevel"=dword:00000010 "DeferFeatureUpdatesPeriodInDays"=dword:0000002d "PauseFeatureUpdatesStartTime"=""

[@johnsenchak]

I had a issue with that Windows 10 update

[@Douglas_Blake_579]

I found an even better way ... I just blocked automatic updates outright.

[@thisoldminer]

Yes I have updates stopped for 4 months.

[@3D_Printing]

Take a look at how much Edge uses, even if you don't use Edge

[@markanderson2155]

Funny thing is my partition is over 500mb and it still won't install and still says it's under the 250 mark. Go figure.

[@Britec09]

Probably full

[@markanderson2155]

I think they really need to fix that, at this rate it sounds like a recovery partition is going to be over a GB. It said at least 250 it didn't say additional 250mb, so I am confused. With these updates you would think they would automatically adjust it or fit within and not make someone manually adjust their partition table which can lead into issues. Or at the very least be more clearer on their details.

[@computersrepaircotesaint-l7407]

thx Brian.

[@peterharband326]

Thanks bud.

[@Britec09]

No problem 👍

[@JediBuddhist]

Perfect.

[@aravindraja8034]

This did not help me if someone can create a exe to to do what Microsoft wants us to do would be helpful

[@tiredoldmechanic1791]

I have my computer set to pause updates for a month.

[@collinstanton]

Muted out of place commercials.

[@michelwong1]

👍👍👍👍

[@Britec09]

Cheers

[@wmcomprev]

"w-us-how-hide" is actually "Windows Update Show Hide"

[@Britec09]

That is correct

[@easycretor]

I know how to do it! Why the hell do I have to do it. I worked on Microsoft and Linux software systems for years. Why can't they fix the damn software. Re-mind's me of computer games who fixes them the modding community does. It only affects my gaming rig in the sense that it doesn't update. But I don't use it for anything else it's custom built just a play computer games. That's why I have spent fortunes on video cards over the years. I run everything else on Apple or Linux.

[@747Durango]

Why do you have "Get updates as soon as available" set to ON? In the previous video you railed about how stupid that was.

[@Britec09]

Testing

[@gobravo123]

Just disable updates via 'service'.

[@Britec09]

Then you won't receive any other updates

[@gobravo123]

@@Britec09 Well, at least until Microsoft would let us choose what update you want to install (Like in Win9x to 7).

[@Grunfeld]

@@gobravo123 I'd like to disable updates on my last remaining Windows machine; I don't need them. Any pointers for how I'd be able to disable the "service"?