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Yes, it's especially good when it kicks you out of the Internet connection, decides to restart your laptop while you're rendering a video, or you're in the midd

• croon 10y ago
  I definitely have my issues with it as well, but if you have Pro you can customize quite a few update options in Group Policy Editor, and even if you're on Home you can at least set "Active hours" to when you're using your computer so that it updates outside of that. Unfortunately it's limited on an amount of hours, so still kind of forced, but I've learned to accept it.
  • RossBencina 10y ago
    Forced reboot can be completely disabled (current uptime here is 75 days). Perhaps I tried other things earlier, but this is what finally resolved it for me: https://superuser.com/questions/973009/conclusively-stop-wake-timers-from-waking-windows-10-desktop/973029#973029 https://superuser.com/questions/973009/conclusively-stop-wak...
    • croon 10y ago
      Not that I need my computer up for more than a day or two at a time, but that does sound excellent, thanks for the link!
  • dspillett 10y ago
    Some of those GPE tricks stopped working in the Anniversary Update. Any remaining ones may follow in future updates.
    • ntauthority 10y ago
      Disabling the Windows Update service and only enabling it when knowingly wanting to install an update (or Store application) has worked ever since XP, and is unlikely to ever cease working.
      • dspillett 10y ago
        > unlikely to ever cease working. I remember people saying that about the GPE methods a few months ago...
  • TeMPOraL 10y ago
    Last time I checked, the "Active hours" setting rudely informed me that I spend too much time in front of my PC. Said hours can't span more than 8h, or something like that.
• rjsw 10y ago
  You can disable automatic updates by marking your internet connection as "metered". Works for wired connections as well as wireless but you need to use the registry editor for wired ones.
  • dnzm 10y ago
    While this might work, it's a dirty hack that really, really shouldn't be necessary.
  • r3bl 10y ago
    Why should I know such weird tricks to be able to use my laptop to give a damn presentation? Anyway, it's about two years too late to give me any recommendations about Windows. I couldn't be happier without it. But when people say that automatic updates are a good thing, I have to intervene and call it bullshit.
    • izacus 10y ago
      I'm pretty sure that windows won't install s if you enable presentation mode.
    • majewsky 10y ago
      Automatic updates are a good thing for the others that won't get infected or DDOSed by you, and a bad thing for yourself if the update breaks. It's probably net positive from a strictly utilitarian POV, but not from an individual POV.
      • tonyplee 10y ago
        The correct way to do network security in any OS is to block every programs from connect to internet unless explicitly allow by users. It should also notify user a new/unknown program is attempted to connect to internet and allow user option to allow/block. Not the way it does now where every programs are allowed by default. However, that will be in conflict with the new biz model of win10 which is convert itself into a big Ad machine like Google/Android. BTW, in my win10 configuration, I only allow Firefox, Chrome and Window Defender to connect to internet with Window Firewall. It works well, stable, reasonably fast and long uptime. Best of all : No more force update from Windows.
• mattkevan 10y ago
  Big client presentation, halfway through: Bam! Forced upgrade, then 'Something happened'. Welcome to Windows 10. Pause the presentation, get out my MacBook and continue while cursing the Gods of timing, the computer, and everyone involved who thought that they knew better than the person actually trying to use the damn thing.
• macspoofing 10y ago
  ...you can schedule updates.