[Feature Suggestion] Toggle Button to Turn On and Off Windows Update Connection to Microsoft

[XSpark0]

So i don't have to look through the list of apps/services in Portmaster to figure out which ones are responsible for connecting Windows Update to Microsoft for downloading updates every time.

Windows Update toggle button like in Simplewall will allow me to simply toggle on the button in Portmaster whenever i want to manually check for Windows Updates, rather than having to shutdown Portmaster every time i want to manually check for Windows Updates.

I have switched from Simplewall to Portmaster and would like to have this small Simplewall feature in Portmaster Global Settings.

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[XSpark0]

Since i have set the Default Network Action to Block in Portmaster which is how i prefer it, this also blocks Windows Update which is good for control until i want to manually check for Windows Update. Unblocking Wuauserv and BITS allows me to check for Windows Updates but it wont download Windows Updates for some reason until i shutdown Portmaster.

This is why it would be nice to have Windows Update Connection toggle button in Portmaster Global Settings which will let all the Windows Update Services and Servers passthrough and once i am done with Windows Updates, i can toggle the Windows Update Connection button in Portmaster Global Settings so its back to blocking Windows Update stuff until i toggle it again when i want to manually check for Windows Update.

[vdavide]

It would be a great feature

[msebastian100]

yes that would be a good function