Not impressed by Win 10 Auto-Updating!!

Got back to my Laptop, this morning, to find that it had Auto-Updated & needed a re-boot - which I duly complied with.

After re-booting, it informed that there were other "important" updates that needed to be installed/completed (presumably before I could get to the jobs that I needed to do on the Laptop), this I duly complied with!

After 2nd re-booting, it informed that there were even more other "important" updates that needed to be installed/completed (presumably before I could get to the jobs that I needed to do on the Laptop), this I duly complied with!

3 re-boots & a lot of downloading before I could use my Laptop!! Just remind me - Win 10 is "meant" to provide speedier start-ups so you can get on with your work, isn't it?

Anyway, thought that I would randomly check on the details of these ultra-urgent (stop-everything) type of critical updates.

At random I clicked on the history of one of them & it was described as:- "update to resolve issues in Windows. For a complete list of the "issues" see the associated Knowledge Base article". Clearly, if it "resolves issues", it must be hyper-critical?

As it was KB3081449, I checked up on this:- "This update improves the Windows 10 out-of-box experience"! IOW, there wasn't a single "issue" listed - so it appears that it has absolutely NOTHING to do with "resolving issues" &, hence, I really cannot see why it could be regarded as "Critical" - surely it is simply in the "nice-to-have" category that could have been installed at my convenience??

However, what I think is also interesting is that the KB goes on to say:- "we recommend that you install any language packs that you need before you install this update"!

So, according the MS's own Knowledge-Base, it should NOT have been installed until AFTER I've installed any Language Packs that I might need!!

So why didn't it ask me to review & agree the requirements BEFORE Auto-Installing??


NB:- I would also add that the KB makes NO mention of any specific improvement in OOBE, just leaves to vague generalisations!

In reply to a post by johnjburness:

However, what I think is also interesting is that the KB goes on to say:- "we recommend that you install any language packs that you need before you install this update"!

So, according the MS's own Knowledge-Base, it should NOT have been installed until AFTER I've installed any Language Packs that I might need!!

So why didn't it ask me to review & agree the requirements BEFORE Auto-Installing??

They probably expected that anyone old enough to have done the reboots has an appropriate language pack in their brain for use after completion of the updates.

Edited by RobertoS (Sat 29-Aug-15 12:53:12)

I would guess that you've Windows 10 Home installed?? Please see attached LINK

http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-releases-tool...

IF you are indeed to have HOME installed but wanted to have some controls over for MS Windows 10 auto-upgrade!

Hope this link may help!!!

Edited by deleted (Sat 29-Aug-15 14:00:26)

Best thing is to stay with Windows 7 or 8.1, at least you got more control over updates.

sadly that wont help, it can only manage updates that have already been installed, so is a bit of a joke of a tool.

win7/8 have updates once a month via patch tuesday and user has full control.

win10 I have on average been getting updates at least once a week which are automated, so disruption is way higher. Last week was 2 updates back to back.

Keeping win10-well away from production machines at the moment.

In reply to a post by Chrysalis:

win10 I have on average been getting updates at least once a week which are automated, so disruption is way higher. Last week was 2 updates back to back.

In the last week there has been updates on 6 out of the 7 days!! It really is getting stupid!

It's called beta testing.

That advanced?

I often wonder how they managed to make such a good job of Windows 7.

In reply to a post by micksharpe:

I often wonder how they managed to make such a good job of Windows 7.

How's about 6 years worth of patches etc etc? Might have something to do with it. By the way, Windows 8 and Windows 10 is still far more stable than Windows 7.