Can Windows be shut down without installing updates?

Rodion15 · Sep 12, 2014

When I'm in a hurry to shut down my PC and I only see "Shut down installing updates" and "Restart installing updates", is there some way to do it bypassing the update?
I've tried command line: shutdown /s but it doesn't work (it updates before shutting down).
Likewise, Alt+F4 (from the desktop) only offers shutting down or restarting and updating.

TechyInAZ · Sep 12, 2014

I've also had this issue and figured it out.

Manually log out of your user account, then at the welcome page go down to the menu with shut down options and their will be a shutdown and shutdown with updates, or something like that.

You using windows 8 or 7 (assuming 8 because of the tag you put in)? Because I believe this worked in windows 8 but I forgot.

prit87 · Sep 12, 2014

Go to control panel / system and security/ windows update/change settings/and select the option check for updates and let me choose whether to download and install them/press ok to exit.

Rodion15 · Sep 16, 2014

TechyInAZ :

Thanks for your answer but that doesn't work for Windows 8.1, I already tried. When you log out and click on the power options, your only choice is "Shutdown and update" or Restart and update"

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