Turning off "Update Orchestrator Service".

In the "services list"

"Update Orchestrator Service" (UsoSvc) turns on or off the Windows
update. Vis: "Manages Windows Updates. If stopped, your devices will
not be able download and install latest udpates."

Since my update system seems to be corrupted, should I turn off
(disable) this before attempting a manual upgrade?

Is there any harm in leaving this off for a week or so?

Peter Jason wrote:
In the "services list"

"Update Orchestrator Service" (UsoSvc) turns on or off the Windows
update. Vis: "Manages Windows Updates. If stopped, your devices will
not be able download and install latest udpates."

Since my update system seems to be corrupted, should I turn off
(disable) this before attempting a manual upgrade?

Is there any harm in leaving this off for a week or so?


But it's not a simple Service thing.

USO consists of a Service plus a set of Task Scheduler entries.

A Task Scheduler entry can be used to turn a service back on,
as an example.

*******

If you're on Win10 Pro, have a look at this article. Then
go visit your GPEDIT and see if that policy entry still exists.

https://www.computerworld.com/articl...ws-10-pro.html

If you're on Win10 Home, there's no GPEDIT in there. Instead,
you can inspect the spreadsheet that has a listing of
what Registry entries are equivalent to a GPEDIT change.
This is hardly a substitute and needs further research
on the part of a home user, to use in an emergency.

"Download Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows and Windows Server from Official Microsoft Download Center"

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/down....aspx?id=25250

In the case of a Rolling Release operating system, I don't know
how such a document can be kept updated. Presumably the release
date is a hint as to which OS version it corresponds to.

Paul

On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 03:34:52 -0400, Paul
wrote:

Peter Jason wrote:
In the "services list"

"Update Orchestrator Service" (UsoSvc) turns on or off the Windows
update. Vis: "Manages Windows Updates. If stopped, your devices will
not be able download and install latest udpates."

Since my update system seems to be corrupted, should I turn off
(disable) this before attempting a manual upgrade?

Is there any harm in leaving this off for a week or so?


But it's not a simple Service thing.

USO consists of a Service plus a set of Task Scheduler entries.

A Task Scheduler entry can be used to turn a service back on,
as an example.

*******

If you're on Win10 Pro, have a look at this article. Then
go visit your GPEDIT and see if that policy entry still exists.

https://www.computerworld.com/articl...ws-10-pro.html

If you're on Win10 Home, there's no GPEDIT in there. Instead,
you can inspect the spreadsheet that has a listing of
what Registry entries are equivalent to a GPEDIT change.
This is hardly a substitute and needs further research
on the part of a home user, to use in an emergency.

"Download Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows and Windows Server from Official Microsoft Download Center"

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/down....aspx?id=25250

In the case of a Rolling Release operating system, I don't know
how such a document can be kept updated. Presumably the release
date is a hint as to which OS version it corresponds to.

Paul

I tried to leave it off for a time, to no effect. It switches itself
on again on a restart/reboot.

I'm well into transferring everything over to the new instance of
Win10pro on this same motherboard.

"Paul" wrote

| "Download Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows and Windows Server
from Official Microsoft Download Center"
|
| https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/down....aspx?id=25250
|

Wow! Thanks for that link. Almost 4,500 GP/Registry
settings, cross-referenced and described. I didn't know
such a thing was available.

Mayayana wrote:
"Paul" wrote

| "Download Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows and Windows Server
from Official Microsoft Download Center"
|
| https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/down....aspx?id=25250
|

Wow! Thanks for that link. Almost 4,500 GP/Registry
settings, cross-referenced and described. I didn't know
such a thing was available.

Versions of that have been kicking around for a while.
Probably even available back in the WinXP era.

Paul