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   On 28/03/2025 13:19, mm0fmf wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   One complication to note is that the group policy editor is not   
   installed on windows home. So you either have to find a clandestine way   
   to install it, or tweak the corresponding registry settings that are   
   normally the final effect of using gpedit.msc   
      
   (or failing that just upgrade to pro)   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers,   
      
   John.   
      
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