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   mm0fmf to Jeff Gaines   
   Re: Laptop replacement   
   28 Mar 25 13:19:57   
   
   XPost: uk.d-i-y   
   From: none@invalid.com   
      
   On 28/03/2025 13:01, Jeff Gaines wrote:   
   > On 28/03/2025 in message  mm0fmf wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 28/03/2025 12:23, Jeff Gaines wrote:   
   >>> Along comes MSFT in the middle of the night and reboots   
   >>   
   >> Or you could, you know, set a group policy so that updates and reboots   
   >> are 99% in your control. And just like that, these forced reboots are   
   >> a thing of the past.   
   >>   
   >> Sure you eventually have to install updates and reboots but YOU get to   
   >> chose when.   
   >   
   > Not seen that touted as a possible solution, do you have a link to an   
   > example please?   
   >   
      
   I have Win10 Pro and set the following Group Policies   
      
   Title: Notify to download updates   
   Source: Administrator   
   Type: Group Policy   
      
   Title: Set Automatic Update Options   
   Source: Administrator   
   Type: Group Policy   
      
      
   This means I get notifications that there updates to download but they   
   are not automatically downloaded. If the update is deemed "important" by   
   MS and you leave it "long enough" then eventually it will be   
   automatically downloaded and applied and maybe the PC rebooted.   
      
   MS decide what "important" and "long enough" are. But since switching to   
   W10 Pro on this PC in 2018/9 and applying these policies a few weeks   
   later, I have never had a forced download and installation of any updates.   
      
   I did the changes through the Group Policy Editor. Can't remember now   
   just what you do but Google Group Policy Editor and those titles and you   
   should see how to make the changes.   
      
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