Temporarily disable windows updates

[Susan_773]

Server 2016. Desktop is frozen. All I have is an unelevated CMD.

I have some stuck services and need to reboot.

There are some pending windows updates. Set to auto download but manually install. I did not start the manual install.

For this reboot, I would like to avoid the added complication of windows updates.

Would remotely disabling the windows update service temporarily disable windows updates for that reboot? I do not want them to start automatically when I issue a shutdown /f /r.

Thanks

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