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My understanding of that tool is that you must already have the update installed for it to hide something.
JohnD
My understanding of that tool is that you must already have the update installed for it to hide something.
JohnD
I agree. I have one system that has Windows Defender for an antivirus. Whenever I bring it up, I get a notification that an update is available. When I go to the "Settings" > "Update & security" > "Windows Update", it lists the update for Defender as available. When I click "Check for updates", it then downloads and installs it. I will see what happens Tuesday when most likely we will get a regular update. I have not yet applied the AU to my desktop which somewhere has buried (I assume in the Registry) the old "Never check for updates" setting. This setting was retained when I upgraded it to Win 10 a little over a month ago. It will be interesting to see what ends up there when I install the AU. It would be nice if they showed what setting it was actually using.
JohnD
Ok, the group policy setting is working. It just notified me that the latest monthly update is available but did not download it.
Last edited by eddman; 09 Aug 2016 at 18:38.
Every time you change setting in the Gpedit.msc for example enable other microsoft updates it doesn't take effect until you run the service AKA - Check for updates , after you change Gpedit.msc and then check update the setting will take effect. might need to disable or re enable it one time and check for update then it will work like before. from what I have checked just couple min now.
Got the 2nd Tuesday updates. On the system with the GP Edit settings, I was notified that updates were available. I clicked "Check for updates" and they came down. On the desktop (which now has the Anniversary Update installed), I received no notification that updates were available. When I finally clicked "Check for updates", all the updates came rolling down. I wish they would have some indicator on the Windows Update screen showing what your settings are.
JohnD
I implemented the GPEDIT.MSC settings yesterday 8/16 (on a Surface3 running Win10pro) but had not done the "Check for updates" so the anniversary update installed and now these edits don't seem to function as the Settings/windows update dialog only shows "Available updates will be downloaded and installed automatically...". I haven't tried the Metered WIFI as this workaround is not desirable. I would expect and hope that someone identifies a new method that provides user control over updates.
-R
I would prefer a notification with a list of updates that I can review and deselect those which may impact my work. I usually review others comments regarding updates to evaluate any impact on applications that I'm using. The Metered updates seems just the same as disabling updates. I can understand MS desire to force updates but they should be listening to customers and provide the options that have existed in the past.