Frank Slootweg <
this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
AFAIK, also in Windows 10 you can pause upto 5 weeks (perhaps not in
the very first versions of 10, but surely later). But I can not be
bothered to try to resurrect our Windows 10 systems to check this.
Perhaps another Windows 10 Home user can confirm/deny.
BTW, your pcmag.com reference clearly says: "In Win 10, click Pause
updates for 7 days up to five times for a total of 35 days. You can
also click Advanced Options ...", so this is a non-issue AFAIC.
https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-delay-windows-10-updates
[Much more stuff about delaying updates deleted.]
This is what Home users have to do. How many would even try? Pausing
updates in Pro is much easier. You can do Pro tasks in Home, but
through circumvention to the normal blockage in Home.
The 'Pause updates' section (for both Home and Pro) now has 'Pick a
date' with a 36-day calendar, not really rocket science, is it!?
No, not rocket science, but I have NEVER seen a "pick a date" calendar
appear when pausing updates. Must be a Windows 11 option. In Windows
10, I see a drop-down list of available dates to which updates can be postponed, and that drop-down list is limited to the next 6 days, so 1
week with today included.
https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/articles/05RLWuLPB1BAjwlWX52nivd-23.fit_lim.size_1152x.png
Maybe in Windows 11 the "Select a date" option is listed in the
drop-down list. It isn't there in Windows 10 Home 22H2. Below are
screenshots of what *I* see when I pause updates:
Option to "Schedule the restart" to apply updates (updates have
already been forcibly downloaded with prompt, and await a restart):
https://imgur.com/a/P7RIK7p
Pause wizard (after picking to schedule a pause):
https://imgur.com/a/NuWlrx4
Showing a list of pause choices:
https://imgur.com/a/toOjbvW
I have 2 pending updates. They were downloaded without prompting for my permission to do the downloads. So, they sit in readiness awaiting a
restart of Windows to commit the updates.
I don't have a Win11 host to test, but Microsoft's own article at:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/updates-lifecycle/pause-updates-in-windows
says:
Windows 11 - Pause up to 35 days
Windows 10 - Pause up to 7 days
I have Windows 10 Home 22H2 at home, and I can only pause, by default,
for another 6 days out, not for 35 days. I can revisit (before the
current defer expires) the update wizard to keep moving out the end of
the pause, but only a week at a time, not for 5 weeks all at once.
Having to remember to re-pause before the current one expires to accrue
up to 35 days total is obviously a ploy to accomplish the update. How
many users keep revisiting the updates wizard to re-pause? You don't
get 35 days straight away. You have to accrue it over several pause
renewals. Each re-visit to the update wizard says:
Pause for 7 more days
^^^^
In Windows Home, you don't get a choice of 35 days all at once in ONE
pause. In Windows Pro, you can use the policy editor to pause updates
for 1 year. Since all policies are registry entries, you can use a
registry hack in Home to get the same 1-year pause (all at once, not in
1-week increments of renewing the pause).
There are tricks that can make Home almost the same as Pro, but with
lots of hacks; however, those hacks highlight that Home was not intended
to be Pro. While many updates are offered concurrently for Home and
Pro, Pro users can defer much more easily. I'm not saying deference
cannot be equated between Home and Pro, but that it was intended for
Home users be the involuntary beta testers by making pausing more
cumbersome and obtuse.
Instead of you choosing to leave an elevator, some huge guy is pushing
you when the door opens. The vast majority of passengers will get
pushed out early rather than when they choose. Home is the [post-]beta
testing platform for Microsoft.
Note: After performing the registry hack previously mentioned, there is
a workaround. Instead of clicking on "Schedule a restart", and picking
a date only 1 week out, click on "Advanced options" where you can pick
an overall pause interval. I already did the registry hack, so I can
elect to pause for 3650 days (10 years). I don't know what the default interval is without the registry hack. I picked Aug 11, 2027. Back in
the update wizard, the "Schedule a restart" link is gone, and there is
instead a "Resume updates" link. So, how far out does Advanced Options,
by default (no registry hack), let you elect to defer updates? How many
users go to Advanced Options to set the pause interval there? Obviously
not many. Even you didn't mention it.
If you discover Advanced Options along its own pause setting, what is
the DEFAULT max pause interval available *without* doing the registry
hack to up the value of FlightSettingsMaxPauseDays? Maybe it's 35 days,
but in Home you have to keep incrementing at 1-week intervals, and
remember to increment before the current pause expires.
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