XPost: uk.d-i-y   
   From: Andrew97d@btinternet.com   
      
   On 28/03/2025 21:15, 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)   
   >   
   >   
      
   I have Win 10 Pro and it simply notifies me that Updates are   
   available and I choose to download them. I must have set up   
   something on Win7 Pro that I upgraded from, because I don't   
   recollect making this choice on Win 10.   
      
   Annoyingly, updates for Edge just get blitzed in when I reboot   
   the m/c and I don't get asked. On a 32 bit m/c this can make   
   it unusable for a while.   
      
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