Windows 10: About Windows Update

I'm an user of Windows systems from the years of the 3.11. So, I don't want introducing complaints. And all of you know a thing: There's not the only time that Redmond change their implementation for some part of Windows. There's the simply idea of my post. To know if somebody isn't happy with this implementation of Windows Update in Windows 10. Of course I don't want to create any kind of discussion, and before I demand to all of you "pardon me, sires". Also for the syntax. It's a tremendous effort for me to say what I want to say. Thanks again for your understanding efforts. Maybe, at the deep end of my posts, I could learn a little more over your language.

 

Enrique:

Thanks for trying to communicate the best you know how. There are those who appreciate it.

I agree the imlementation by Microsoft and its communication, now that we see the number of people having problems, SUCKED.

That being said, you must know that the only constant thing in this world is change. My favorite solution strategy is to Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome (this comes from the United States Marine Corps culture, which I cannot claim membership in but I find it admirable).

 

I can understand when dealing with this internet and so many people,who are posting so many different items,it's easy to get confused.
On another subject last night i was able to help a person, get his printer working in Win10,it just needed for him or her to go to HP support and get new drivers.
So we are getting help ourselves and also helping others.

 

Thanks, Word Man. Also, I'm not a marine private. But the same way you recommends me to adapt, the same makes in Redmond. When the claims of the people are enough, they want to change. There's a cold war between the users and Windows. Always we becomes winners. You also knows this situation. This quote is from Cervantes, Don Quijote: "The evils that have no power to end life, have of not having the patience to finish". So, it goes.

 

Looks like what you want is the same thing I want, control of updates returned to me, the ability to open updates and select; notify me of updates and let me choose option.

 

I also liked the Windows 7/8.1 Update tool more. I personally liked using the function to hide an update. This has e.g. been useful for driver updates, of which I am never so sure that they don't break anything. Something else are tools, which I don't want to use like Silverlight or certain Office add-ins. With the new Windows Update module in Windows 10, it is no longer easily possible to get around such unwanted things.

I can however use this tool by Microsoft to hide updates:
http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3073930
This gives you the same function, which you also had in Windows 7/8.1.

 

Unless I'm reading it wrong the problem seems to be it only allows one to uninstall then hide the update after the fact and only temporarily, not what I want. I'll have to look at it closer.

 

I think it only contains a function to hide an update. Removing one is not included in that file; the function to remove updates from Windows still is available in the Control Panel under Installed Programs.

It in fact says "temporarily", but reading its description you will notice that this is not what it does:
In Windows 7/8.1 you could always hide single updates. However, when later a new version of that update got released, this new version got displayed anyway - also if the old version had been hidden. That is exactly what this tool does as well.
You can e.g. hide a driver update and it will be hidden. But if later a newer version of that driver gets released, that one will not be hidden and will by default be installed.

 

Okay but I still would like the old method, and have windows notify me before I download and install this one looks more like I have to check it constantly.
Don't know if I'm going to keep Windows after this, heck the only reason I use Windows is because I like my PC games........ Might be time to go to an Xbox 360 (not Xbox one) and change all my computers over to Linux, maybe keep one with Win 7 and eventually disconnect it from the internet just to play PC games on. Dunno yet.

 

In Windows 10 Home, Windows itself does not offer a way to prevent updates from installing. Also the enterprise versions don't. They only allow you to defer upgrades for a limited time.