[wubbfindel]

If your using Windows 10 Professional or above, you can change the Local Group Policy to prompt you for both downloading and installing updates.

For lower versions (like "Home"), there is a way to tell it that your connection is "Metered" and then updated won't be downloaded automatically; but that's not an official method to prevent updates.

[pritambaral]

For public information: Wired connections cannot be set as "metered". Only wireless ones.

[verbify]

Also for public information: There are hacks that allow wired connections to be set as metered:

http://www.windowscentral.com/how-set-ethernet-connection-me...

[wubbfindel]

I didn't realise that, thanks.