There Is a Way To Get Microsoft To Permanently Disable Automatic Windows 10 Updates
Nov 16, 2017 19:55:58 GMT
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Post by Jeremiah12LGeek on Nov 16, 2017 19:55:58 GMT
TL:DR You can talk Microsoft into permanently disabling automatic updates on your computer (if you care about such things.)
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10:30 a.m. - My year-old laptop runs fine, and always has.
11:00 a.m. - Steam locks up my mouse and I have to restart. Restart + Update is one option, but I reject it for simply restarting - I have automatic updates turned off. Windows rejects my choice and updates my computer anyway.
11:05 a.m. - Update finishes. My computer is a brick.
12:20 p.m. - Enough resources free up on my computer for CPU and Disk memory to drop below 100% (barely) and I am able it interact with my machine again. I attempt to restore to an earlier point.
12:45 p.m. - Restoration completes but does not successfully remove the most recent update, and resources are locked at 100%.
2:30 p.m. - After nearly two hours of hair-pulling and tech support, my computer runs better than any I have had in years. It is running the original version of Windows 10 with no updates (except Defender and security updates.)
Back when I had a Windows 8 machine, about 1 in 3 updates would trash my computer's performance, so I developed a system for getting around it. Automatic updates were disabled (except Defender and Security.) Every 4-6 months, I'd create a restore point, choose a time when I didn't need my machine for a few hours, and let it update everything I missed. If it worked, great. If not, I'd restore it and wait for another couple of updates before trying again.
It was annoying, but manageable.
Then, when I bought a new machine with Windows 10, Microsoft decided to remove the option of disabling automatic updates. For some people, this was an outrage. I was one of them.
The original way around it was to manually set one's internet connection to "metered." This would require Microsoft to request permission to download large files, effectively forcing it to get permission to update. This worked until recently (presumably an update removed the option or changed the setting without my permission.)
Once I finally managed to get a technician on the phone, I insisted (never thinking it would ever work) that they find a way to permanently disable automatic updates on my machine because I was fed up with having to go through the process of fixing their crap. I insisted pretty forcefully (As in "I insist this be done and won't take no for an answer" not as in "I'll kill your family," just to clarify.)
I watched as the technician downloaded an administrative program onto my machine that opened up a list of forced updates. Then I watched the technician manually disable all of them (except Defender and Security at my insistence, but for the record they originally disabled them until I asked them to restore those automatic updates specifically.)
After a couple of reboots and bloat cleanups of all the extraneous update junk/broken registry, my computer ran better than I had ever seen it (or any other) run in many years.
I've seen divided opinions on automatic updates, but my experience with them has been overwhelmingly negative (at least with Windows 8 and 10.) I've never downloaded one for either OS that actually improved anything, but many of them have created huge problems, and I often lose hours, sometimes even a couple of days in the process of getting my computer working again.
For those of you with a similar experience, you may want to request Microsoft do the same for you. I didn't think they would be willing, but apparently they can be convinced.
But don't disable Defender or Security updates. That's not wise.
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10:30 a.m. - My year-old laptop runs fine, and always has.
11:00 a.m. - Steam locks up my mouse and I have to restart. Restart + Update is one option, but I reject it for simply restarting - I have automatic updates turned off. Windows rejects my choice and updates my computer anyway.
11:05 a.m. - Update finishes. My computer is a brick.
12:20 p.m. - Enough resources free up on my computer for CPU and Disk memory to drop below 100% (barely) and I am able it interact with my machine again. I attempt to restore to an earlier point.
12:45 p.m. - Restoration completes but does not successfully remove the most recent update, and resources are locked at 100%.
2:30 p.m. - After nearly two hours of hair-pulling and tech support, my computer runs better than any I have had in years. It is running the original version of Windows 10 with no updates (except Defender and security updates.)
Back when I had a Windows 8 machine, about 1 in 3 updates would trash my computer's performance, so I developed a system for getting around it. Automatic updates were disabled (except Defender and Security.) Every 4-6 months, I'd create a restore point, choose a time when I didn't need my machine for a few hours, and let it update everything I missed. If it worked, great. If not, I'd restore it and wait for another couple of updates before trying again.
It was annoying, but manageable.
Then, when I bought a new machine with Windows 10, Microsoft decided to remove the option of disabling automatic updates. For some people, this was an outrage. I was one of them.
The original way around it was to manually set one's internet connection to "metered." This would require Microsoft to request permission to download large files, effectively forcing it to get permission to update. This worked until recently (presumably an update removed the option or changed the setting without my permission.)
Once I finally managed to get a technician on the phone, I insisted (never thinking it would ever work) that they find a way to permanently disable automatic updates on my machine because I was fed up with having to go through the process of fixing their crap. I insisted pretty forcefully (As in "I insist this be done and won't take no for an answer" not as in "I'll kill your family," just to clarify.)
I watched as the technician downloaded an administrative program onto my machine that opened up a list of forced updates. Then I watched the technician manually disable all of them (except Defender and Security at my insistence, but for the record they originally disabled them until I asked them to restore those automatic updates specifically.)
After a couple of reboots and bloat cleanups of all the extraneous update junk/broken registry, my computer ran better than I had ever seen it (or any other) run in many years.
I've seen divided opinions on automatic updates, but my experience with them has been overwhelmingly negative (at least with Windows 8 and 10.) I've never downloaded one for either OS that actually improved anything, but many of them have created huge problems, and I often lose hours, sometimes even a couple of days in the process of getting my computer working again.
For those of you with a similar experience, you may want to request Microsoft do the same for you. I didn't think they would be willing, but apparently they can be convinced.
But don't disable Defender or Security updates. That's not wise.
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