Updates on Windows 10 - a quick explanation


  1. Posts : 2,297
    Windows 10 Pro (64 bit)
       #1

    Updates on Windows 10 - a quick explanation


    Hi guys

    I have tried reading up about the update processes online and am seeing all sorts of stuff about current branch, slow ring, fast ring, current branch for business. It's so confusing.

    I am soon to get a Windows 10 machine and to save money will probably opt for Home to be pre-installed instead of Pro. Trouble is, like many I don't like the idea of MS forcing automatic updates. It's not that I mind updates per se but I worry about MS and their QA testing these days. I don't want to be a guinea pig for their updates. I am more than happy to receive updates at a latter stage. Is there an easy way to set this in Windows 10 Home? Or is that not possible unless you have the Pro version? I know the updates will come eventually but I'd rather not play Russian roulette with updates by being an early adopter on a machine that I have scrimped every spare penny to enjoy. Patch Tuesday on Windows 7 made me nervous enough but at least I could delay, google for issues before taking the plunge.

    So I guess my long winded questions are, how can I setup Windows 10 Home to make updates as infrequent and painless as possible (I don't want to resort to policy or regedits to prevent, I just want to be on slower ring)? Am I better off getting Windows 10 Pro given how nervous I am towards updates?

    Many thanks in advance
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  2. Posts : 18,432
    Windows 11 Pro
       #2

    If you don't join an insider program the updates you will receive will only be the same updates being pushed to over 75 million other Windows 10 users at this point.
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