On Sun, 23 Sep 2018 21:36:44 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

Char Jackson wrote:

mechanic wrote:

If you're talking business presentations you're using Win10 Pro no
doubt. If not you're going to come across as a clueless amateur. In
that edition it's easy to control updates and reboots.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...e/waas-restart

I've seen lots of businesses use the Home edition as workstations for
their employees and also reps making presentations with the Home
edition. PowerPoint does not demand it run on the Professional edition.

Please tell me more about controlling updates and reboots. I know about
the Active Hours control, but I'm not clear on how I can reboot on my
schedule, which is roughly every 60-90 days, or longer if I feel like
it.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/down....aspx?id=56880

Found using an online search on "windows 10 pro update template updates"
(I recalled something with policies but having to install a custom
template of registry entries).

For info on how to install a policy template (for those that don't come
with an MSI installer), see:

https://www.google.com/search?q=wind...plat e+policy

I have the Home edition which does not come with the group policy editor
(gpedit.msc) to let me alter policies via a GUI tool. All polices are
registry entries and Microsoft has an Excel file listing them. I'd have
to hunt around to find it again, and I'm not sure custom policies are
included in that spreadsheet.

You might not need to download a policy template to add. According to:

https://www.google.com/search?q=wind...olicy+edit or

the policy is already available.

This assumes you believe Microsoft can be trusted to honor policies
configured to disable the Windows updates. If not, disable the BITS
(Background Intelligent Transfer) and WU (Windows Updates) services
using the service manager (services.msc). When you want to later
perform checks and updates on Windows, reenable those services before
running the Windows update client.

The services manipulation, policy config, and another method using
network metering (don't know if that still works) are also mentioned at:

https://www.easeus.com/todo-backup-r...ly-update.html

Stopping automatic reboots (or even manually reboots) after applying an
update is unwise. This leaves the fileset for the OS or its components
in a mixed state: some old files, some new files, and there can be
incompatibilities between them. The reboot is required to replace the
inuse files so the fileset is in sync. Even if an update doesn't not
itself attempt to or instruct to reboot, I've seen where a reboot fixes
problems with mixed-state filesets after an update.

Thanks. My takeaway is to stop WU and BITS until I'm ready to install
updates and reboot. I'll give it a shot.