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How to control Windows 10 Updates
Thanks to Windows 10 version 1511, you can now postpone or pause Windows 10 upgrades and updates. However, you will need a business edition of Windows 10.
This feature, which arrived in November's Windows 10 version 1511 upgrade, allows us to set update policies for an organization. Using settings not available on consumer Windows editions, with this version of Windows you can defer and delay updates and upgrades until they've been proven safe and reliable.
With Windows Update for Business (a layer of configuration options that controls the free Windows Update service), you can now organize Windows 10 devices to update on system to delay receiving Patch Tuesday updates for up to four weeks and defer major version upgrades by up to eight months.
This all now possible using the new Windows Group Policy settings, which can be enforced using Active Directory on every machine to make sure every system on the domain is updated. With this new Windows 10 update, you can now use those same settings on your own unmanaged PC, with no domain required.
Windows Update for Business requires a system that supports Group Policy. This means that a version Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, or Education edition will work. This system will also need to be configured for the Current Branch for Business. However, neither option mentioned is available for systems running Windows 10 Home. All updates for Windows 10 Home are automatic.
Please keep in mind that any system that receives updates from Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) will ignore the Windows Update for Business settings. Some of these materials and instructions can be found in Micorsoft’s TechNet sites to make sure this material applies to your system:
- Setup and deployment
- Integration with management solutions
- Windows Update for Business technical overview
1. First step is to get to the proper settings, see image below:
That box enables the more granular settings. (In an enterprise deployment, you're more likely to do this with Group Policy or with Mobile Device Management software.)
2. Next, open the Local Group Policy Editor, gpedit.msc
3. Navigate through the Local Computer Policy tree in the left pane. In the list of policy settings on the right, look for Defer Upgrades and Updates, as shown here.
4. Double-click that item to open a dialog box where you can define policies for the current PC. I've added numbers to explain the four options available here.
Let’s keep in mind that in order for the update and upgrade schedules to be honored, you have to change this policy setting to Enabled. This can be set back to Disabled (or back to Not Configured) to restore default Windows 10 update settings. Note that definition updates for Microsoft's security programs cannot be deferred. (If you install a non-Microsoft security program, its update controls take over and Microsoft's definitions are not downloaded.) One option available only in Enterprise and Education editions causes these settings to be completely ignored. If Allow Telemetry is set to 0 (that is, set to the lowest possible level), then Windows Update for Business settings (Defer upgrades, Defer updates, and Pause Updates and Upgrades) have no effect.
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How to Keep Away & Pause Windows 10 Updates in Future
Opening the WiFi settings
To limit the data usage through your WiFi connection, we need to open the “Settings” in Windows 10. In “Settings”, we can see the option “Network” which includes all the settings related to WiFi / Ethernet/ hot spot/mobile data etc. Now we need to open the WiFi settings to limit the data usage through that
In the WiFi settings, it will display the available networks and connected ones. From this list we can find out the connected WiFi network by just looking the “Connected” message in that. We need to limit the data usage of this network to pause updates.
If your device is connecting more number of WiFi networks normally then we need to repeat this procedure for all the connecting networks to effectively pause the update downloads.
Once we found the connected networks, we need to go to “Manage known networks” option to change the setting. This setting will be under the “Network” option–>”WiFi”. In the opened window, all the networks will be listed even though it is not radiating.
Clicking or Tapping on the desired network will show the properties button of that network. We need to open the “Properties” setting of the particular WiFi network which we need to restrict the data usage.
Setting as Metered connection
In the Properties window of the desired network, we can see the setting under the heading “Metered connection” as “Set this connection as metered”. We need to slide the toggle switch to ON position to make the WiFi as Metered connection. This window also gives the option to connect the device automatically when in range. That should be in ON position to connect automatically.
We need to repeat this steps for all the presently available networks to pause the updates, if your WiFi is connecting to more then one networks in the present location. Windows 10 is restricting the background usage of data including the updates while the device is connected to a Metered WiFi network.
Since we set all the connecting networks as metered as above, the updates will stop downloading and pause. If we want to start downloading the update again, we just need to simply set the “Set as metered connection” to OFF position by following the above steps again. The updates will start from the last point of progress without losing the already downloaded data.
Though this process might seems as an indirect and slightly complicated, it may be the simplest one to effectively pause and restart the updates with least effort rather than stopping the services and restarting it. The stopping and restarting of the services might affect other programs functions and also loose the already downloaded updates
Since almost all the devices have WiFi connection in these days, this procedure can be easily completed with few clicks on the settings. There may not be many easy ways to pause the updates until Microsoft releases a direct option to do so. However, it is highly recommended to install the updates as soon as possible to ensure the safety working of device
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