Win update ....

[JaredKaragen]

Block Windows Update on Router levels... with URL blocking... problem solved! Google it

https://www.mstoic.com/how-to-block-windows-updates-at-router-level/

If you block one update server;  there are countless other web aliases that the os can try....   and it will continue to try if there's an internet connection.... endlessly until it finds one.

you get tired of adding aliases to that list after ~200+.

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I agree that letting microsoft doing the updates even with P2P isn't perfect, and for some people it doesn't work as intended (damn m$ randomness), the method i described work for me but may not for others.

Hence why i listed other solutions like :

http://www.portableupdate.com/

You prepare the offline bundle of update you want, and you can deploy it through all your hardware with just a copy of one folder and you can even script the portableupdate exe to be silent and apply update using the windows update engine as if it was done by the internet service, it's a great tool. And you can safely disable the normal windows update from the GPO (or registry but it's the same as touching the GPO's) to not be annoyed by any unwanted update time.

Cheers.