See what you will lose installing Windows 10

[clifford_cooley]

There is a way around this.
1. Type gpedit.msc in RUN or Start search box and press Enter. It'll open Group Policy Editor.

Unless Group Policy Editor is available to home users, that will not work. Professional users can turn off without needing gpedit. I don't know about Windows 10 yet, but Windows 7 Home didn't have access to Group Policy Editor.

 

[Hoody]

Ran this on my W10 Pro, opened windows update, didn't see any different options to "choose", went and re set it back to #3.

I don't much like the GUI of this W10 WU, I liked the 7/8.1 better

 

[Trouble]

The Group Policy Editor is just a pretty face for making registry changes without actually using the registry editor.
Someone at some point will undoubtedly post the corresponding registry key(s) and their appropriate settings, to effect the same change.

I for one am not sure that it is
A. A good idea
AND
B. If it will even work in the long term

I believe that MS has suggested that deferring updates, is only possible for so long, 30 days or something similar. After which, I'm not sure what exactly happens.
Maybe, either you get them, whether you want them or not, or you get no further updates until such times as to catch up..... IDK.

 

[clifford_cooley]

For what it is worth I personally trust the person (Broni also well known on TechSpot for virus removal) posting this solution.

Broni is basically adding the files needed to use Group Policy Editor in Windows 10 Home. And then from there, using the Editor to disable automatic updates.

http://www.smartestcomputing.us.com...e-automatic-updates-enable-updates-on-demand/

edit: Turns out this may not work

 

[Trouble]

to disable automatic updates.

How about this
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3073930
Supposedly it works.
IDK if it is in anyway a permanent fix for deferring updates (driver or otherwise) but it might be worth looking into.

 

[acerguy]

Allow me to clarify. I learned more about this matter since I posted the thread.
Win 10 Home users will have their updates installed automatically.
Win 10 Pro users will get a "delay" option ( for 30 days I think ). BUT, the update will get installed after that eventually.

Thanks David for your reply. ... this is cool. Oh well, at least I know that those who pay more still only get the same deal. Cheers. ..Ken.

 

[ray]

"Updates will instead be downloaded and installed automatically as soon as they're available."

That is unacceptable, I do not want my machine rebooting or nagging me to reboot. I will be killing the process that allows this to happen.

Thanks MS for taking away yet another of my choices to install when I want to install.

Check out this site:

http://www.howtogeek.com/223864/how-to-uninstall-and-block-updates-and-drivers-on-windows-10/