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 WUMT is no longer updated but appears to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