Windows 10

I really don't understand why we can't have security patches as (relatively) seamless as Defender updates are, sure some stuff will need rebooting to apply and a better breakdown and management of feature updates - especially so people can pick and choose what they want when they want - some features I'd be happy to jump on sooner others aren't relevant to me and I'd defer or not use, etc.

Using multiple Windows 10 machines it isn't uncommon to boot one up only for it to get stupidly busy in the background with update related tasks for an indefinite amount of time or out of action while applying updates for an indefinite amount of time with an unpredictable outcome as to whether I'll need to fix the system post update or not. It simply isn't acceptable in this day and age.

Sure many times the experience isn't too problematic and/or I know people whose system(s) where the update experience is almost always smooth but there are far too many times when it isn't. Even using 3rd party tools to try and manage it is somewhat problematic as sometimes they can cause incompatibilities with features or future updates and/or you are left waiting on the app developer to update to work with newer builds, etc. and personally I'd ideally like to be able to apply security updates with minimum messing about and many of the tools are far more binary in how they control updates.
 
Rroff said:
I really don't understand why we can't have security patches as (relatively) seamless as Defender updates are, sure some stuff will need rebooting to apply and a better breakdown and management of feature updates - especially so people can pick and choose what they want when they want - some features I'd be happy to jump on sooner others aren't relevant to me and I'd defer or not use, etc.

Using multiple Windows 10 machines it isn't uncommon to boot one up only for it to get stupidly busy in the background with update related tasks for an indefinite amount of time or out of action while applying updates for an indefinite amount of time with an unpredictable outcome as to whether I'll need to fix the system post update or not. It simply isn't acceptable in this day and age.

Sure many times the experience isn't too problematic and/or I know people whose system(s) where the update experience is almost always smooth but there are far too many times when it isn't. Even using 3rd party tools to try and manage it is somewhat problematic as sometimes they can cause incompatibilities with features or future updates and/or you are left waiting on the app developer to update to work with newer builds, etc. and personally I'd ideally like to be able to apply security updates with minimum messing about and many of the tools are far more binary in how they control updates.
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I remember a time Microsoft was bleating on about for future Windows versions that updates and features was going to be seamless updates. No required reboots or interruptions. Yet I'm thinkimg today, in 2021, how did that turn out...
 
marc2003 said:
Just installed the latest update and I get prompted to reboot as expected. Reboot. It says reboot again?? WTF? Tried rebooting another 2 times and still have the same message. Quality. :D
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I stopped Windows Update via services and deleted the contents of windows\SoftwareDistribution and rebooted and now it's all good.
 
There is cringy update time for patch Tuesday, then there's DEFCON 2 button for the wave of problems you have to investigate thanks to lack of testing or bootloop cases to enjoy!
 
Why does Windows need to go through all this **** again?

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So last night I finally updated to 20H2, because about a yr ago I updated from 1909 to 2002, but stuff didnt work properly, so had to restore back to 1909. Everything seems tobe working with 20H2 , but I see that 20H1 will be available anytime now, so I have done the reg hack that will hopefully wont show or download the update. https://www.computerworld.com/artic...2021-update-version-21h1-from-installing.html
 
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