The ability to defer updates in Win10 version 1903

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We still don’t know what defer options Win10 version 1903 will have.  So understand, right up front, that this is speculation. Last week I raged about
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in the insider rings you are right there are no deferals else these presented for Home.
Applies to 19H1 slow / fast and 20H1.
I cannot get the adv. options to display. This might be limited to Insider. I have not yet seen a copy for non insider ISO BUT the new build b18356.1 has no watermark – so probably a semi-final – wohoo!

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You need to perform a clean install to get those options. The normal Insiders Builds do not get these deferral options because they are previews which Microsoft needs to be tested. A large deferral time would defeat the purpose of the Insider program.

--Joe

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Is it safe to assume if one is on Win10-Home and you pause updates for 35 days (if the option stays as 35 days in 1903 RTM), once the pause ends, will you not get all updates missing even if a update came out the same day your pause ended?

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It is not safe to assume anything since nothing remotely official from Microsoft has been posted.

--Joe

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Presently in Pro, if you use Pause Updates, you get a one-time deferral. Upon un-Pausing updates, everything comes down and installs, even over a “metered” connection. This behavior may be what will be ported to the Home Edition now.

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Can I just say how ridiculous I continue to find it that we’re supposed to get excited about having even the illusion of control over when updates are installed?  I am constantly amazed at functionality that in Windows 10 that isn’t even at parity with stuff found in Windows 95 is hyped by Microsoft.

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Am I missing something here? The second screenshot for Home still shows “Pause updates for 7 days”. How does that tie in to “Win10 Home users will be able to Pause updates for 35 days.”? The first screenshot shows 35 days but that is Pro according to the report.

Windows 10 Home 22H2, Acer Aspire TC-1660 desktop + LibreOffice, non-techie

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alQamar

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It’s under advanced options, pause for up to 35 days.

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alQamar, woody, samak

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A very confusing state of affairs — one click for 7 days, two clicks for 35 days — but if that’s all we get, I’ll live with it.

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Why do I keep getting this feeling that a rope that was innocently lying on the ground back when GWX started, has, in maginally tolerable steps, been slowly moved closer and closer and is now beginning to chafe around my neck?

Win10 Pro x64 22H2, Win10 Home 22H2, Linux Mint + a cat with 'tortitude'.

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I wish to know if GPEdit settings on Windows 10 Pro 1903 has changed as well.

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They have to – and in the current beta builds, they are different. Primary reason: There’s no “Current Branch for Business” or “SAC- no T” branch. So you can’t set a branch, and the “feature update” (version change) deferral must be based on the number of days since the new version was released – not since it was declared “suitable for business.”

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It’s probably not an issue for most of us. Those Channels got new names every time Nadella changed his underwear, so they were not very useful at best. Now at least it will be clear there is only one way to defer Feature Updates, and that is by setting a Number of Days. Much less confusing.

-- rc primak

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