In the Creators
Update, this spring's big Windows 10 release, Microsoft is adding some new
knobs and levers for managing updates, including an option to delay feature
updates by up to a year. The biggest change is a new option to schedule or
snooze updates. Here's what you can expect.
The next big Windows
10 release includes welcome changes to Windows Update.
[Updated March 1,
2017] The single most
common complaint I've heard about Windows 10 is its lack of control over update
timing. That's annoying enough for monthly security updates, which typically
take just a few minutes to install. But when a feature update (the new name for
major version upgrades that now arrive twice a year) kicks off its installation
without warning, it can render the PC unusable for an hour or more.
In two previous
feature updates, Windows 10 added options to defer the installation of updates
and to pause them temporarily. These settings were primarily aimed at
enterprise admins, however, with the most useful options requiring changes to
Group Policy.
The Windows 10
Creators Update, due for release this spring, will dramatically change those
options.
The biggest change,
not yet available in Insider preview builds, is part of a series of privacy and update related announcements. It adds a prominent pop-up notification when
updates are available. It should look like this, according to Microsoft:
Beginning with this
spring's Creators Update, you can schedule or snooze updates.
If you choose
the Pick a time option, you get to select the date and time
when you want the update to be installed.
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