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This can be turned off... You can use the group policy editor to set it up like windows 7. I just did this on my dev machine this weekend after being bit by it
by bkmartin 10y ago
This can be turned off... You can use the group policy editor to set it up like windows 7. I just did this on my dev machine this weekend after being bit by it. Now I get notified of the updates available and can choose to install them at my whim. No more coming back to a rebooted machine and all my development windows, webservers, etc are no longer running. I have windows 10 pro, so I cannot speak to how this works in Home, but I would be surprised if a developer was using the Home version anyway.
- tsomctl 10y agoI just disable the Windows Update service. Every couple of months, when I feel the need to clean up all my open pdfs and Chrome tabs, I'll enable it and restart.
- flipchart 10y agoDoesn't work in Home edition (edit: the group policy editor is not available). Cheaper laptops (which are still fine for lighter web dev) come with Home edition so there are a few people (me at least) who do have to live with the forced updates
- AlexeyBrin 10y ago> Cheaper laptops (which are still fine for lighter web dev) come with Home edition so there are a few people (me at least) who do have to live with the forced updates Recently I bought a pretty expensive ASUS laptop, 2K and it comes with Home edition. At this point I can buy an upgrade license from MS for about $100 or buy a full retail Windows 10 license for > $200.