Wolf1877 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2019 11:05 pm
The Windows 10 pro settings screen grab I posted are the settings I actually use on a machine I use pretty much 24/7 with Bet Angel. Basically I wanted to slow down updates as much as possible to minimise/prevent automatic overnight restarts - it still catches me out occasionally though if I fail to spot a scheduled restart in advance! I guess the pause updates for 35 days is a possible way for you to control things and just switch it off and install updates whenever convenient within the 35 day period might be an option.
I may have some good news to share with you Wolf and anyone else who gets 'caught' by automatic Windows Update restarts. The Microsoft help chat advised you can recreate the 'old' settings for Windows Update by editing the Registry. WARNING: If something goes wrong while editing your Registry it can render your computer unusable requiring a full rebuild and re-installation of all software and settings! Therefore if anyone wants to do this and edit their registry you MUST take a back-up of your Registry before doing anything else and I would strongly recommend you read up a little on editing your Registry to familiarise yourselves. The process is straightforward and simple, you are protecting yourself against typos and other accidental events.
OK, this is the advice I was given …
"We can make some registry changes to configure Windows Updates on your computer.
Open 'regedit'.
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
Do you find a key called 'WindowsUpdate' there? If not, create one.
Depending upon how you want the updates configured, we have different keywords.
Create a new key called 'AU' inside 'WindowsUpdate'
Now, create a new DWORD inside called 'AUOptions'.
Double click on the DWORD, and set its value to 3.
3 is for 'Automatically download and notify of installation'
You also have 2 for 'Notify before download'.
so it will download, notify but not do anything until I tell it to?
Exactly, David."
And that's it. You should then be in total control of Windows Updates.
I'm sorry but I'm not in a position to answer any technical questions, I'm just passing on the advice I was given.