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   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 3/28/2025 5:15 PM, John Rumm wrote:   
   > 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)   
   >   
   >   
      
   There is more than one way to stop Windows Update,   
   and they don't all use GPEDIT.   
      
   One of the people in the Windows group, has a third party   
   utility he uses, that stops Windows Update entirely.   
   That's just to show the span of capability. I don't   
   recommend doing that particularly. But it may come   
   to that one day.   
      
      Paul   
      
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