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From: John Rumm <see.my.signature@nowhere.null>
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Subject: Re: Laptop replacement
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 21:15:31 +0000
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On 28/03/2025 13:19, mm0fmf wrote:
> On 28/03/2025 13:01, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>> On 28/03/2025 in message <vs64s0$2mjh4$1@dont-email.me> mm0fmf wrote:
>>
>>> On 28/03/2025 12:23, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>>> Along comes MSFT in the middle of the night and reboots
>>>
>>> Or you could, you know, set a group policy so that updates and 
>>> reboots are 99% in your control. And just like that, these forced 
>>> reboots are a thing of the past.
>>>
>>> Sure you eventually have to install updates and reboots but YOU get 
>>> to chose when.
>>
>> Not seen that touted as a possible solution, do you have a link to an 
>> example please?
>>
> 
> I have Win10 Pro and set the following Group Policies
> 
> Title: Notify to download updates
> Source: Administrator
> Type: Group Policy
> 
> Title: Set Automatic Update Options
> Source: Administrator
> Type: Group Policy
> 
> 
> This means I get notifications that there updates to download but they 
> are not automatically downloaded. If the update is deemed "important" by 
> MS and you leave it "long enough" then eventually it will be 
> automatically downloaded and applied and maybe the PC rebooted.
> 
> MS decide what "important" and "long enough" are. But since switching to 
> W10 Pro on this PC in 2018/9 and applying these policies a few weeks 
> later, I have never had a forced download and installation of any updates.
> 
> I did the changes through the Group Policy Editor. Can't remember now 
> just what you do but Google Group Policy Editor and those titles and you 
> should see how to make the changes.

One complication to note is that the group policy editor is not 
installed on windows home. So you either have to find a clandestine way 
to install it, or tweak the corresponding registry settings that are 
normally the final effect of using gpedit.msc

(or failing that just upgrade to pro)


-- 
Cheers,

John.

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