I just upgraded to windows 10 and I have some questions

1) Does 10 check for check for updates automatically? if so, how do I turn that option off?
2) Earlier I checked for updates and it automatically started installing as soon as it was done checking, is there a way to select which updates to install?
3) How much does the battery drain if you have the "hey cortana" voice activation on?


That's all the questions I can think of right now. I'll reply to this thread if I have anymore.

tim87 said:

1) Does 10 check for check for updates automatically? if so, how do I turn that option off?
2) Earlier I checked for updates and it automatically started installing as soon as it was done checking, is there a way to select which updates to install?
3) How much does the battery drain if you have the "hey cortana" voice activation on?
That's all the questions I can think of right now. I'll reply to this thread if I have anymore.

1) Yes, as soon as you connect to internet. Not unless you have you have 10 Enterprise and then you can only delay install
2) No, it will install all. No choice like in prev Windows versions. If you want, you can disable device driver updates only. Read how here - How to Uninstall and Block Updates and Drivers on Windows 10
3) It's always in the background unless you kill the process. Very little drain, much less than opening a browser window or running anti-virus.

thanks. Why does it seem to take longer to boot up than it did in 8.1?

I also have 4gb ram, it just seems to take longer to get to the log in screen then again to get to the desktop

tim87 said:

1) Does 10 check for check for updates automatically? if so, how do I turn that option off?

Here are your options for configuring updates in Windows 10, unfortunately they're far more limited than previous versions of Windows: http://www.howtogeek.com/224471/how-...ading-updates/

In short, if you have Windows 10 Pro you can configure that behaviour through a Group Policy Editor setting. If you have just the regular version of Windows 10 you have to use the "metered connection" option in settings, but that only works if you connect to the internet via wi-fi.

tim87 said:

I also have 4gb ram, it just seems to take longer to get to the log in screen then again to get to the desktop

Not sure what's going on there. After shutting down every night, mine takes about 5 sec to get to log in screen. Another 60-90 sec to load everything. Try and Shut Down instead of Restart and report back.

You could also open Task Manager by right click on taskbar and click 'More details' then 'Startup' tab and see if you can disable some items at startup. But these have nothing to do with getting to the log on screen. I find windows 10 a lot faster than 8.1 in these respects.

Well your thread is saying you just upgraded, so it may take a couple days to sort things out, index everything, and get going normally. I had delays when I upgraded. It would show a black screen for about a minute when powered on, and then be slow at the start screen. After about a week things started going faster. Now it's almost instant.