{"id":1542,"date":"2019-04-08T12:35:56","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T12:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technology-solved.com\/huntsville-al\/?p=1542"},"modified":"2023-12-20T13:55:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T18:55:50","slug":"microsoft-abandons-windows-10s-constant-forced-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technology-solved.com\/huntsville-al\/microsoft-abandons-windows-10s-constant-forced-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Abandons Windows 10\u2019s Constant Forced Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1678 aligncenter\" src=\"\/huntsville-al\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/04\/ximg_5b2d86d471d92.png.pagespeed.gpjpjwpjwsjsrjrprwricpmd.ic_.vCNDi_IDms-300x138.png\" alt=\"Windows Update Screen\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has made a major announcement today: Windows 10 will no longer automatically install those big feature updates every six months. Home users can pause smaller updates, too. In fact, Windows will even let you pause updates after checking for them!<\/p>\n<p>This is huge. It\u2019s Microsoft\u2019s\u00a0biggest change in Windows strategy since the company released Windows 10. Microsoft is giving up on \u201cWindows as a service\u201d that is automatically updated outside of your control.<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"><ins id=\"aswift_0_expand\"><ins id=\"aswift_0_anchor\"><\/ins><\/ins><\/ins><\/p>\n<h2>Here\u2019s What\u2019s Changing in Windows 10<\/h2>\n<p>In a blog post on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windowsexperience\/2019\/04\/04\/improving-the-windows-10-update-experience-with-control-quality-and-transparency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official Windows blog<\/a>, Microsoft\u2019s Mike Fortin explained what\u2019s changing with Windows Update:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Starting with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/402569\/everything-new-in-windows-10s-april-2019-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 2019 Update<\/a>\u00a0(previously called the April 2019 Update), you will see a notification that the update is available when Microsoft thinks it\u2019s ready for your PC. However, it\u2019s your choice when\u2014and whether\u2014to install it. Windows 10 won\u2019t just start downloading and installing it without your say-so. You\u2019ll have to click \u201cDownload and install now.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>When you click \u201cCheck for Updates\u201d in Windows 10, you can choose whether you want to install the resulting updates or pause updates for up to 35 days. This pause feature is new to Windows 10 Home, and was previously only available in Windows 10 Professional. Previously, Windows automatically installed updates right after checking. And yes, this applies to smaller security, stability, and driver updates, too. (You can only pause seven days at a time, but you can pause up to five times in a row.)<\/li>\n<li>Windows 10 will still automatically install a feature update when your current version reaches \u201cend of service.\u201d This happens about every 18 months\u2014see the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/lifecycle\/faq\/windows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows lifecycle fact sheet<\/a>. That means, if you were using Windows 10\u2019s Fall Creators Update (1709), your PC would be about to install a feature update\u2014but you wouldn\u2019t have had to install the last few feature updates. (So yes, some forced feature updates remain\u2014but only once every 18 months or so, after a lot of testing.)<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft promises to put more work into testing feature updates. For example, Microsoft says it \u201cwill increase the amount of time that the May 2019 Update spends in the Release Preview phase.\u201d That should be easy, as the bungled October 2018 Update\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/recover-lost-files-on-windows-10-61f5b28a-f5b8-3cc2-0f8e-a63cb4e1d4c4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spent no time in Release Preview at all<\/a>\u00a0before release! Unfortunately, this forthcoming update already has\u00a0a blue screen bug\u00a0that won\u2019t be completely fixed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Microsoft Surrenders and PC Users Win<\/h2>\n<p>Microsoft is giving us\u2014and PC users\u2014a lot of what we asked for here! We said\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/395121\/windows-isnt-a-service-its-an-operating-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows wasn\u2019t a service<\/a>\u00a0and Microsoft should give PC users more choice. We called for Microsoft to test updates more thoroughly\u00a0than the botched October 2018 Update, which\u00a0deleted some people\u2019s files\u00a0and had other bugs. We\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/369656\/dont-click-check-for-updates-unless-you-want-unstable-windows-10-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">warned people not to click \u201cCheck for Updates\u201d<\/a>because Microsoft\u00a0would treat you as a \u201cseeker\u201d and force updates on your PC before they had gone through testing. We said Home users should\u00a0get more control over updates, including the ability to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/394928\/how-to-pause-windows-10-updates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pause updates<\/a>\u00a0when desired.<\/p>\n<p>We haven\u2019t been the only ones calling for Microsoft to slow down, of course. It feels like everyone covering Windows has done so at some time or another\u2014for example, see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thurrott.com\/windows\/windows-10\/204359\/microsoft-makes-major-changes-to-windows-10-updating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Thurrot\u2019s take<\/a>. Now, Windows 10 is finally changing for the better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has made a major announcement today: Windows 10 will no longer automatically install those big feature updates every six months. Home users can pause smaller updates, too. In fact, Windows will even let you pause updates after checking for them! This is huge. 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