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It has it, i use it, and people are FUDing based on hearsay or worse, their own failure to look things up.

CamperBob2 10y ago
It has it, i use it, and people are FUDing based on hearsay or worse, their own failure to look things up. OK, here's your chance to correct the proverbial record. True or false: As with previous versions of Windows, I can configure Win10 Pro to download updates, install them, and/or reboot when, and only when, I tell it to. I can also choose to limit updates to genuine security-related matters. For any given update, I will be able to access the information needed to make this judgment, with no attempt at obscuration or deception on Microsoft's part. Under no circumstances will the appearance, feature set, or functionality of my Windows 10 Pro installation change without my permission. Further, I do not need to download and apply hacks of uncertain provenance to achieve these goals, nor do I need to maintain a separate "update server." Again: true, or false? A one-word answer will suffice but specific details are also welcome.
- Mithaldu 10y ago
  True. For the following statements: > As with previous versions of Windows, I can configure Win10 Pro to download updates, install them, and/or reboot when, and only when, I tell it to. > I can also choose to limit updates to genuine security-related matters. > Under no circumstances will the appearance, feature set, or functionality of my Windows 10 Pro installation change without my permission. > I do not need to download and apply hacks of uncertain provenance to achieve these goals, nor do I need to maintain a separate "update server." Caveats: Selecting specific updates requires a third-party tool, wumt, or going manually with a known KB id via the windows update catalog site: http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/home.aspx http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/home.aspx The windows UI will only let you process all currently queued ones, if and when you choose to do so. (Though it does have an option to defer feature updates, which delays those by "months", but leaves security updates alone.) Further, when windows puts out combined updates (like these: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4000825 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4000825 ) you can't tease them apart in the Windows UI. However, you can, if you know the KBxxxx, use the catalog to download things separately as install files and skip over the automated process entirely. The above however only applies to selecting what to install. Under no circumstance will Win10Pro, if configured so, install or download anything without your direct approval. That said, there is a certain second caveat which might need to be mentioned: Once you have completed an install process for an update requiring a reboot, windows will proceed to lock you into the "i'll reboot then, but you can push it back a few weeks" procedure. However since the decision when to install is up to you, i don't consider this a big caveat.

It has it, i use it, and people are FUDing based on hearsay or worse, their own failure to look things up. OK, here's your chance to correct the proverbial record. True or false: As with previous versions of Windows, I can configure Win10 Pro to download updates, install them, and/or reboot when, and only when, I tell it to. I can also choose to limit updates to genuine security-related matters. For any given update, I will be able to access the information needed to make this judgment, with no attempt at obscuration or deception on Microsoft's part. Under no circumstances will the appearance, feature set, or functionality of my Windows 10 Pro installation change without my permission. Further, I do not need to download and apply hacks of uncertain provenance to achieve these goals, nor do I need to maintain a separate "update server." Again: true, or false? A one-word answer will suffice but specific details are also welcome.

Mithaldu 10y ago
True. For the following statements: > As with previous versions of Windows, I can configure Win10 Pro to download updates, install them, and/or reboot when, and only when, I tell it to. > I can also choose to limit updates to genuine security-related matters. > Under no circumstances will the appearance, feature set, or functionality of my Windows 10 Pro installation change without my permission. > I do not need to download and apply hacks of uncertain provenance to achieve these goals, nor do I need to maintain a separate "update server." Caveats: Selecting specific updates requires a third-party tool, wumt, or going manually with a known KB id via the windows update catalog site: http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/home.aspx http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/home.aspx The windows UI will only let you process all currently queued ones, if and when you choose to do so. (Though it does have an option to defer feature updates, which delays those by "months", but leaves security updates alone.) Further, when windows puts out combined updates (like these: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4000825 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4000825 ) you can't tease them apart in the Windows UI. However, you can, if you know the KBxxxx, use the catalog to download things separately as install files and skip over the automated process entirely. The above however only applies to selecting what to install. Under no circumstance will Win10Pro, if configured so, install or download anything without your direct approval. That said, there is a certain second caveat which might need to be mentioned: Once you have completed an install process for an update requiring a reboot, windows will proceed to lock you into the "i'll reboot then, but you can push it back a few weeks" procedure. However since the decision when to install is up to you, i don't consider this a big caveat.