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> "What we heard back most explicitly was that you want more control over when Windows 10 installs updates." No, and fuck you. People want control over whethe
by username223 10y ago
> "What we heard back most explicitly was that you want more control over when Windows 10 installs updates."
No, and fuck you. People want control over whether Windows 10 is installed at all. "Install now"/"Remind me later" omits a key option: "leave now and never come back."
I'm not a Windows person, but a non-techie friend of mine complained last year about the constant GWX pestering, and I did my best to get rid of it for the moment. I haven't asked him recently, but I can only assume that he's unhappily dealing with Windows 10 on the cheap laptop he used for email and a few web things.
- ourmandave 10y agoControl over when they install updates is for people, like me, who are already living the Windows 10 Experience. I'd love a 'leave now and never come back' check box because every day for two months it tries to install a features update at a random time and always fails. And the 'click here to fix' doesn't.
- stagger87 10y agoI disabled the Windows update service, (literally "Windows Update" in the services panel) and surprisingly it has never once tried any update or to auto-enable the service again. Very clean fix, especially compared to group policy settings and the like which never seemed to completely disable the 'required' security updates.
- Mithaldu 10y ago> group policy settings and the like which never seemed to completely disable the 'required' security updates. I'm on Pro, use group policy and it has in months never installed an update without my explicit approval.