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Every time I get a windows update my printer will not work, I have to delete all software for it and then redownload its a pain in the proverbial ****. I wish it would also let you know when it is downloading an update as my laptop slows to a crawl and you think all sorts is wrong with it.

Blulu wrote: »

Agree Jambo - I think it's awful that Microsoft don't even provide an option to do it another time, if we want to. I may or may not have the same printer thing as you get. I haven't tested it yet, but I also have to sometimes delete/reinstall mine. And computers were invented to make life easier! LOL

Blu X

It is really annoying that unlike previous windows versions the updates cannot simply be switched off with no pop-up reminders etc and the user can decide when/if they want to download or install them - I previously ran the occasional programme that required continuous operation for possibly several days or they would restart from the beginning and the time already taken would be wasted - To me it makes windows 10 "Not fit for purpose" a computer should easily be able to run for a week or more without shutting itself off/restarting.

Ever since the last update every tab I open refreshes itself every time I click on it. So Annoying. Next time I buy a laptop I am going to buy a copy of Windows 7 to install on it. I hate Windows 10!

I still get all (well, nearly all, with the exception of 5 this year, out of 80+) updates on "Patch Tuesday" as it's sometimes called. It's the second Tuesday of every month, although the updates are often not downloaded and installed until I shutdown my laptop on Wednesday night (as this is the way the automatic updates are set up), they are released on the Tuesday. So I had updates last night, which took about 30 minutes.

My laptop is old and still running Windows 7 though, so I could still customise my updates if I wanted to.....I don't though, I just remember to turn my laptop off about an hour before I plan to go to bed on the second Wednesday of every month, so I know I've got time to leave it to automatically download and install them. I know it doesn't work like that on Windows 10, but the day is the same.

You can turn automatic updates off completely in Windows 10 (I forget exactly how, but I remember doing it for a friend via the services manager I think it was), but that isn't really recommended and you'd have to remember to turn them back on to do the updates at some point, so they are best left set up to be automatic. At least it's a pretty safe bet that there will, at a minimum, be updates released on the second Tuesday (installed on Wednesday) of every month, like last night. Although, of course it's not official, so they could stop doing this at some point!

mjm3346 wrote: »

I could not find a (simple) way to shut them off when I looked maybe a year or so ago, there were various methods described on the internet but they were all more involved than just altering a setting from say "automatically download" to "asking before downloading" or "do not automatically check for updates".

Yeah, it's a workaround, so more involved, but quite quick. I think this was what I did (I don't remember exactly as it was last year sometime!)......used the Services Manger to change the start up type to disabled (options are automatic, automatic (delayed start), manual and disabled). I wouldn't recommend doing it, but we just did it as a one off, so my friend could get something done and then we changed it back to automatic. I don't actually know if it still works as they may have made changes since we used it.


https://www.thewindowsclub.com/turn-off-windows-update-in-windows-10