Windows Update Blocker allows you to have control over automatic Windows updates.

This tool is useful since Windows offers no option for turning off Windows Updates within the control panel or settings app in Windows 10. As we know you can alter the update action in Active Hours but if you simply want to take back the power and do it exactly when you want then this might be the easiest solution for that. That said, allowing Windows to auto-check and then auto-update is the most convenient way to receive all the important/critical updates to your OS.

Windows Update Blocker is designed as a simple alternative to going in and manually opening the Services manager, then locating the service and changing its startup parameter and status, conversely if you want to receive updates you would then need to enable those services again. With this easy-to-navigate tool, it is all done for you.

Optionally, you can easily start or stop Windows Update via the services: