Continually pausing windows updates

melbury

I keep pausing these because I don't want Windows 10 version 2004.  I am sure I read somewhere that pausing only blocks feature updates and that you still get security updates.  Is this correct?

Also, if I end up having to just let version 2004 install, if it isn't okay can I revert to version 1909 easily?

Neil_Jones

Yes on both cuonts.

CoastingHatbox

What are your concerns about 2004?

melbury

Neil_Jones said:

Yes on both cuonts.

That's good thank you.  I only appear to have got one in the past two months, does that sound about right?

melbury

CoastingHatbox said:

What are your concerns about 2004?

My computer is pretty old and I have read some horror stories about version 2004 taking all night to install, causing black screens and generally mucking up the running of some computers, so as usual I panicked.  I have tried turning the updates back on a couple of times, but it always tries to install that feature update 2004.

As long as I can go back to 1909 if it doesn't work properly.

finalfantasist

melbury said:

Neil_Jones said:

Yes on both cuonts.

That's good thank you.  I only appear to have got one in the past two months, does that sound about right?

You're wasting your time and putting yourself at risk by pausing these updates.

Feature updates are not installed automatically anymore so pausing has no effect on these anyway, they'll only install when you choose to install them.  And even if you pause, once the 35 days are up, you'll need to install any outstanding security patches before you can pause again anyway.

melbury

finalfantasist said:

melbury said:

Neil_Jones said:

Yes on both cuonts.

That's good thank you.  I only appear to have got one in the past two months, does that sound about right?

You're wasting your time and putting yourself at risk by pausing these updates.

Feature updates are not installed automatically anymore so pausing has no effect on these anyway, they'll only install when you choose to install them.  And even if you pause, once the 35 days are up, you'll need to install any outstanding security patches before you can pause again anyway.

Have they changed that recently then? 
When I last tried resuming updates a couple of weeks ago, there was definitely no option for me to stop 2004 installing.  Please can you advise how to stop feature updates.  Thank you.

finalfantasist

melbury said:

finalfantasist said:

melbury said:

Neil_Jones said:

Yes on both cuonts.

That's good thank you.  I only appear to have got one in the past two months, does that sound about right?

You're wasting your time and putting yourself at risk by pausing these updates.

Feature updates are not installed automatically anymore so pausing has no effect on these anyway, they'll only install when you choose to install them.  And even if you pause, once the 35 days are up, you'll need to install any outstanding security patches before you can pause again anyway.

Have they changed that recently then? 
When I last tried resuming updates a couple of weeks ago, there was definitely no option for me to stop 2004 installing.  Please can you advise how to stop feature updates.  Thank you.

You have to manually download feature updates, they're not part of the normal Windows Update download and install process.

ninjaef

Windows 10 is the first attempt by Microsoft to sell and support a rolling baseline Operating System (OS). This is where you don't have the usual concept of a release standard OS such as "MacOSX Leopard  or Puma or Big Sur, or such as Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95, Windows 7, Windows 8. Rather, Windows 10 is not architected as a single supportable baseline OS. It is a core + collection of updates and installations either pushed by Microsoft and its trusted vendors, or installed by you. As such, the operating models - such as security - are incrementally built on previous updates which are installed on previous previous updates, and so on. 
You can chose what types of updates you want to install ranging from critical updates such as security but if you ignore or reject security updates then clearly you cannot rest safe in the knowledge that your "current OS" is protecting your privacy and your data. In the middle ground you have updates that amend or introduce features that you may use and updates to the core OS (that many now call "windows 10") where some of these might be useful to you as a daily driver. At the far end of the scale are updates such as "nice to haves" which are not as crucial as security updates and can often bloat your machine.

So in summary, Windows 10 "OS" is an rolling update model - you should certainly install crucial updates , probably better off allowing feature and upgrade features , and most likely safe turning off the "nice to haves".

JFI, Linux has been doing this for some 30 years+ , far ahead of windows and microsoft. Heck there's even rumours that Microsoft will ditch Windows and move to a Linux based technology . I much prefer linux but can understand why general public family want to have windows on their computing assets.

I have greatly simplified the above, and in IT there are always "experts" more than keen to impart their expertise and argue every word on a page and debate down to infinite granularity. I say "let them" - I have a life.

CoastingHatbox

Actually it depends.
2004 is a manual update for some users and an automatic update for others. This is that last status update on the 2004 rollout from Microsoft:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-information/status-windows-10-2004

20H2 on the other hand, is still manual install only:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-information/status-windows-10-20h2

To be honest, it is probably better not to hold off updates. It is just putting off the inevitable.

bobblebob

Yea 2004 downloaded automatically on mine months ago. Only issue i had was my desktop wallpaper reverted to default from a custom pic. Also happened on my works laptop so probably a bug