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It's "more stable" but is it "more reliable"? Not when it decides it's going to reboot in the middle of a long-running job even when I've told it not to. The

by rleigh 6y ago

It's "more stable" but is it "more reliable"? Not when it decides it's going to reboot in the middle of a long-running job even when I've told it not to. The inability to disable windows from updating itself is one of the most terrible decisions they ever made.

ekianjo 6y ago
I don't even understand your comment. Yes, definitely more reliable than crashing randomly when doing about anything for no reason with BSOD, like when plugging peripherals or when one piece of software made the whole OS crash.
- rleigh 6y ago
  It doesn't matter. If I'm running a job overnight, I'm not plugging or unplugging any peripherals or starting or stopping any other tasks. My sole expectation is that the system will run my job to completion. Not to rudely interrupt it to restart the system to install updates which it has decided are of a higher priority than the sole reason I am running the system. Another situation is that I'm running virtual machines on a Windows 10 host. I want those machines to be available continuously, and I want any system reboots to be planned and manually executed. Windows 10 has taken that control away. Windows 10 restarting itself on its own whims is a regular occurrence. It's completely and utterly unacceptable. Even if you change all the settings to prevent it, it still occurs.
patagurbon 6y ago
You can pause updates in Settings, and totally disable them in the registry I believe.
- rleigh 6y ago
  Yes, you can try, and it does respect it to a degree. But not all the time. And it likes to reset the settings following updates. There isn't a single and unambiguous knob to set which will guarantee it will never ever happen. Even for "emergency" security updates. I'd much prefer the MacOS or Linux approach which is to notify you but still requires you to action it. Nag me all you like. But always leave the "reboot" step under my control to explicitly sanction. Then I can ensure it happens at my convenience and that it doesn't interrupt any business-critical work in process.

by rleigh 6y ago

ekianjo 6y ago

I don't even understand your comment. Yes, definitely more reliable than crashing randomly when doing about anything for no reason with BSOD, like when plugging peripherals or when one piece of software made the whole OS crash.

rleigh 6y ago
It doesn't matter. If I'm running a job overnight, I'm not plugging or unplugging any peripherals or starting or stopping any other tasks. My sole expectation is that the system will run my job to completion. Not to rudely interrupt it to restart the system to install updates which it has decided are of a higher priority than the sole reason I am running the system. Another situation is that I'm running virtual machines on a Windows 10 host. I want those machines to be available continuously, and I want any system reboots to be planned and manually executed. Windows 10 has taken that control away. Windows 10 restarting itself on its own whims is a regular occurrence. It's completely and utterly unacceptable. Even if you change all the settings to prevent it, it still occurs.

patagurbon 6y ago

You can pause updates in Settings, and totally disable them in the registry I believe.

rleigh 6y ago
Yes, you can try, and it does respect it to a degree. But not all the time. And it likes to reset the settings following updates. There isn't a single and unambiguous knob to set which will guarantee it will never ever happen. Even for "emergency" security updates. I'd much prefer the MacOS or Linux approach which is to notify you but still requires you to action it. Nag me all you like. But always leave the "reboot" step under my control to explicitly sanction. Then I can ensure it happens at my convenience and that it doesn't interrupt any business-critical work in process.