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Windows today installs updates automatically and reboots when it's the least convenient. For a normal user, it's near-impossible to make it stop, and most peopl

by nikanj 9y ago

Windows today installs updates automatically and reboots when it's the least convenient. For a normal user, it's near-impossible to make it stop, and most people just grudgingly accept the lost work and ruined movie nights. You can google for a solution, but that solution only works on last year's version, the professional edition, or similar.

PuffinBlue 9y ago
> Windows today installs updates automatically and reboots when it's the least convenient I thought that was how it worked too having just switched back to having to use windows. But you can pick a time of your choice and specify a day up to about 5 days in the future or something, so it's not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Coming from Linux it still an annoying difference between the operating systems but not as bad as people tend to make out.
- on_and_off 9y ago
  I can confirm that in my case windows installed an update without asking me at the worst possible moment. It took a while to install and the only visible change (I am sure there were bugfixes as well) was the automatic installation of Edge & Cortana. I don't know whether it was a bug or planned but it was very agressive.
- will_hughes 9y ago
  > But you can pick a time of your choice and specify a day up to about 5 days in the future or something, so it's not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Only if you catch it while it's prompting. I've seen people set up for a meeting/presentation/etc, test everything's working and then walk away from their computer to grab a drink. In that time, Windows has popped up a "Hey, we're going to perform updates" dialog which if you don't catch it before it disappears, becomes uncancellable/undeferrable. Depending on the update (eg Creators Edition) it then spends the next 20-45 minutes with the entire machine being unusable. I've seen many panicky tweets from people who're about to give a talk in an hour or two that they've just opened their laptop and it's resumed into the dreaded "Oh, we're just updating now!" screen.
- dragonwriter 9y ago
  > But you can pick a time of your choice and specify a day up to about 5 days in the future or something, so it's not as bad as I thought it was going to be. OTOH, when you do that there is no confirmation button on the UI, and the button placed and styled the way users expect a confirmation button to be is a “do the upgrade right now instead of at the time I just selected” button, so all is not roses and sunshine.

by nikanj 9y ago

PuffinBlue 9y ago

> Windows today installs updates automatically and reboots when it's the least convenient I thought that was how it worked too having just switched back to having to use windows. But you can pick a time of your choice and specify a day up to about 5 days in the future or something, so it's not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Coming from Linux it still an annoying difference between the operating systems but not as bad as people tend to make out.

on_and_off 9y ago
I can confirm that in my case windows installed an update without asking me at the worst possible moment. It took a while to install and the only visible change (I am sure there were bugfixes as well) was the automatic installation of Edge & Cortana. I don't know whether it was a bug or planned but it was very agressive.
will_hughes 9y ago
> But you can pick a time of your choice and specify a day up to about 5 days in the future or something, so it's not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Only if you catch it while it's prompting. I've seen people set up for a meeting/presentation/etc, test everything's working and then walk away from their computer to grab a drink. In that time, Windows has popped up a "Hey, we're going to perform updates" dialog which if you don't catch it before it disappears, becomes uncancellable/undeferrable. Depending on the update (eg Creators Edition) it then spends the next 20-45 minutes with the entire machine being unusable. I've seen many panicky tweets from people who're about to give a talk in an hour or two that they've just opened their laptop and it's resumed into the dreaded "Oh, we're just updating now!" screen.
dragonwriter 9y ago
> But you can pick a time of your choice and specify a day up to about 5 days in the future or something, so it's not as bad as I thought it was going to be. OTOH, when you do that there is no confirmation button on the UI, and the button placed and styled the way users expect a confirmation button to be is a “do the upgrade right now instead of at the time I just selected” button, so all is not roses and sunshine.