Not solely will Windows not push updates inadvertently, now house customers may even have the power to not solely pause updates, but additionally take away them. There’s a caveat, although – you will not have the ability to postpone characteristic updates perpetually. As it stands, Microsoft has an 18 month “end of life” interval for main Windows 10 variations, which implies that after your 18 months of suspending updates are up (and the entire kinks have been ironed out), you PC will nonetheless replace to the most recent model. There are another particulars, which I’ll transcribe from the Microsoft weblog put up to your perusal.
Download and set up now possibility offers customers a separate management to provoke the set up of a characteristic replace on eligible units with no recognized key blocking compatibility points. Users can nonetheless “Check for updates” to get month-to-month high quality and safety updates. Windows will robotically provoke a brand new characteristic replace if the model of Windows 10 is nearing finish of assist. We could notify you when a characteristic replace is out there and prepared to your machine. All Windows 10 units with a supported model will proceed to robotically obtain the month-to-month updates. This new “download and install” possibility may even be obtainable for our hottest variations of Windows 10, variations 1803 and 1809, by late May.
Additional enhancements to place customers extra accountable for updates which can be being launched with the May 2019 Update embody:
- Extended means to pause updates for each characteristic and month-to-month updates. This extension means is for all editions of Windows 10, together with Home. Based on consumer suggestions we all know that any replace can come at an inconvenient time, equivalent to when a PC is required for a giant presentation. So, we’re making it doable for all customers to pause each characteristic and month-to-month updates for as much as 35 days (seven days at a time, as much as 5 occasions). Once the 35-day pause interval is reached, customers might want to replace their machine earlier than pausing once more.
- Intelligent energetic hours to keep away from disruptive replace restarts. The energetic hours characteristic, launched within the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, depends on a manually configured time vary to keep away from robotically putting in updates and rebooting. Many customers go away the energetic hours setting at its eight a.m. – 5 p.m. default. To additional improve energetic hours, customers will now have the choice to let Windows Update intelligently modify energetic hours based mostly on their device-specific utilization patterns.
- Improved replace orchestration to enhance system responsiveness. This characteristic will enhance system efficiency by intelligently coordinating Windows updates and Microsoft Store updates, in order that they happen when customers are away from their units to reduce disruptions.
