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What is an effective way to tun off Windows 10 updates untilYOU want them back on?
On 4/3/2018 9:45 AM, Maurice wrote:
On Mon, 26 Mar 2018 11:37:29 -0700, mike wrote: The elephant in the room is, "what happens when you actually want to install an update?" Awaiting delivery of a desktop with W10 Pro installed, I've learned it's level as pre-installed on it is "the 1709 deployment". Is there a way I can find out in advance how many more updates I am likely to be landed with when I first start it up? Ideally, I would delay until finished for the day and then hand it over to the Windows Update machinery, though I really don't know if it lends itself to unattended updating or whether the user has to be be sitting there answering questions at intervals... I have no idea how often, if ever, the DVD for a major upgrade like 1709 gets updated. From my experience, a fresh DVD made from mediacreationtool about a week after release still results in hundreds of megabytes of additional updates immediately after the update is applied. Things change rapidly, but I believe you can use the "pause updates" function in the windows setup/update/advanced menu. But do it before you let it connect to the internet. Whether you have to watch it update varies. My experience is that it will hang at a couple of places. When it hangs waiting for you to authorize a reboot, you'll have a long delay as the first reboot configures things. The safest strategy is to pretend that you're getting it delivered tomorrow and just let it waste the day updating itself. Keep using whatever you have for the first day. Depending on your apps and peripheral hardware, you may have a lot of fun in store. Don't decommission your old machine until a week or so after you think you're happy with your new machine. Stock up on booze and anti-anxiety medications. You may need both. |
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What is an effective way to tun off Windows 10 updates untilYOU want them back on?
Maurice wrote:
On Mon, 26 Mar 2018 11:37:29 -0700, mike wrote: The elephant in the room is, "what happens when you actually want to install an update?" Awaiting delivery of a desktop with W10 Pro installed, I've learned it's level as pre-installed on it is "the 1709 deployment". Is there a way I can find out in advance how many more updates I am likely to be landed with when I first start it up? Ideally, I would delay until finished for the day and then hand it over to the Windows Update machinery, though I really don't know if it lends itself to unattended updating or whether the user has to be be sitting there answering questions at intervals... If it arrives with 1709, it might be unpatched, and then the Windows Update can apply one or two Cumulatives to it, to bring it up to date. It will also receive a Windows Defender update (~100MB), a copy of MSRT perhaps (~100MB), a load of App Cruft (unknown and not logged), a copy of the latest Flash plugin for IE11 and MSEdge. Really, 1GB of data downloads ought to handle it :-) Hope you're not on dialup :-) ******* In Cortana, type "winver" 16299.334 The first number is the major release, while the second number is the patch level. The .334 arrived not long ago, and it would have a KB number associated with it. If you're feeling some sort of emergency situation, then you can download some of these things before your Windows box arrives and install them yourself. But I don't think that's going to help all that much, in terms of "nuisance". For example, if it says the .334 .msu file you're offering it is "not appropriate", the OS may be in need of a small Servicing Stack update first, after which the ..334 becomes appropriate. While you can "rush" the process, there might not be sufficient tools available to completely out-guess the update process. (MBSA can be used on the other OSes, to map out the missing updates.) But I have whipped in updates in that fashion before, in VM environments, to speed up the update process and make the VM quiet down. Some years, this approach goes better than others. The Spectre/Meltdown may contribute to a few surprises if you're trying to force the updates in currently. ******* Another way to prepare for a computer arrival, might be wsusoffline, as this appears to have some Win10 capability. What that does, is look at the available updates on the MS server, and download them straight from Microsoft. You can run the update group in there, to update a computer. It functions as a kind of "cache" of updates. http://download.wsusoffline.net/ "...Replaced superseded servicing stack update === example of a for Windows 10 Version 1709 kb4074608" small blocker But with the Cumulative update scheme of Windows 10, I'm not sure this is really going to give you much of an edge. Like, if you download 5GB of stuff, and only install 1GB of stuff, that's not very efficient. Paul |
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What is an effective way to tun off Windows 10 updates until YOU want them back on?
"Maurice" wrote in message news
The elephant in the room is, "what happens when you actually want to install an update?" Awaiting delivery of a desktop with W10 Pro installed, I've learned it's level as pre-installed on it is "the 1709 deployment". Is there a way I can find out in advance how many more updates I am likely to be landed with when I first start it up? Typically new devices unless the OEM updated their 1709 images deployed on new devices, would have 1709 RTM(Build 16299.15 o 16299.19). The current released updated 1709 version is 16299.334(March 2018) To arrive at 16299.334 Windows Update would install one or two pre-x.334 cumulative updates, one to three Servicing Stack Updates(SSU), Flash Update, MSRT, and a Windows Defender Update, and then x.334 update - Total 9 max, 6 minimum. One can minimize the total Windows cumulative and stack updates by downloading them from the Catalog and installing manually. If following this route, install the Jan and March SSU prior to installing Cumulative Updates(Jan, and Mar). -- ....w¡ñ§±¤ñ msft mvp 2007-2016, insider mvp 2016-2018 |
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What is an effective way to tun off Windows 10 updates until YOUwant them back on?
On Tue, 03 Apr 2018 12:28:10 -0700, mike wrote:
just let it waste the day updating itself. Keep using whatever you have for the first day Will do that, and will be using current working installtion for as long as it takes to transfer my routine work over to new PC, e.g. a week or two. No hurry. Many thanks for all replies! Much appreiated... -- /\/\aurice (Replace "nomail.afraid" by "bcs" to reply by email) |
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