Microsoft will offer customers more options for installing — and delaying — monthly security updates and feature upgrades in the Creators Update edition.
Microsoft today announced that it would offer customers more options for installing — and delaying — monthly security updates and once-or-twice-a-year feature upgrades in the Creators Update slated to ship this month or next.
“What we heard back most explicitly was that you want more control over when Windows 10 installs updates,” John Cable, director of program management for the team responsible for Windows’ servicing and delivery, said in a post to a company blog [ emphasis added ]. “We also heard that unexpected reboots are disruptive if they happen at the wrong time. ”
Cable had it right when he used what, for Microsoft, was a very blunt description of the quality of feedback: Users have loudly complained since 10’s debut about how it grabs control of their PCs to install updates and upgrades, often at the most inconvenient times, such as in the middle of presentations or during the final stages of a rushed project.
