Re: OT: Win-10 Updates

["Paul Breeze" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "paul.breeze" for DMARC)]

Dear Jordan
It is possible to take back control of updates completely in Win 10 if 
you want.  I listed a couple of ways in an earlier post which I have 
copied below.
"Further research has yielded several programs that aim to control 
windows updates in Windows 10 (and 7).  The most interesting appear to 
be Windows Update Mini Tool (WUMT) and Windows Update Manager (WUMGR) 
which take over from Windows Update, allowing choice about which updates 
to accept and which to reject.  WUMT is no longer updated but appears to 
function still.  WUMGR is still maintained.  Further control can be 
taken with a script called Sledgehammer:

https://www.ghacks.net/2019/04/28/control-windows-updates-with-sledgehammer-formerly-wumt-wrapper-script/
This will switch off Windows Updates except when they are wanted.  It 
also carries out a few other changes to prevent Windows 10 switching 
them back on.  There is also a little utility called Windows Update 
Blocker (WUB) which offers a simple way of enabling and disabling the 
Windows Update Service."
I have tried them all and all seem to work.  You probably want to 
research what Sledgehammer does before running as it carries out several 
background changes.  If you use either WUMT or WUMGR you can easily 
postpone updates until you are sure of their content and effect.

Paul


On 13/12/2019 21:44, J R FOX wrote:
As a temporary stopgap, I've used that "Metered Connection" setting to
put the updates in some degree of abeyance, on two computers running
W-10 Pro.  That's only a partial stop, but I will be doing more.  I'll
be heading over to "Ask Woody" to see what the informed verdict was on
this sizable "1809" edition update.  If anyone who has already allowed
this update has first-hand comments, I'd like to hear them.  I'm
thinking of the case of that recent Mac OS update that threw a spike
strip in front of a number of apps -- at least for awhile -- apparently
including Nota Bene among them.  I know a Mac user who had an unpleasant
surprise with a couple of her installed apps.  It is much preferable to
have fair warning, before you pull the trigger with one of these major
OS updates.

[The continued functioning of vDOSXy under W-10 is but one obvious point
of concern for us, in this consideration.]


  Jordan