Windows 10: How To Stop Windows 10 Updates During Public Powerpoint Presentations

Love the forum, got a ton of information lurking, decided to join and participate.

I am running Windows 10 via Boot Camp on the new MacBook Retina. I have always had the slimmest/lightest notebook as I travel extensively for work and the new Apple product is impossible to beat in that regard (and Sony went out of the VAIO business). I hate OSX, never run it, I just boot straight to Windows 10 and things are awesome. Except...

I am usually the key presenter at important board meetings and customer meetings. I have a big/heavy notebook at work which I use 90% of the time, but when I hit the road I'm using my sleek/light Windows 10 MacBook. Issue is, when I arrive at my destination and am shown to the presentation room, I boot up Windows 10, launch the Powerpoint file from Dropbox, and -boom-, within 5 minutes I'm speaking in front of a large group.

I am concerned that at my next presentation, I'll whip out my thin/light notebook and as I start presenting I'll see some message about Windows 10 updating -or- Windows 10 needing a reboot to install updates.

Am I worried needlessly? Does Windows 10 know enough not to interrupt a full-screen Powerpoint presentation? Is there a mode to disable automatic updates? Or with its new update protocol I am at risk of an embarrassing update moment at my next series of live presentations?

TIA

BJ

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How do I turn off Automatic Wndows Updates in Windows 10?

Funny Advertising for Microsoft Windows 10 last night.

A full house was packed into the auditorium for Windsor High School's FFA End-of-year banquet.

They were running a laptop, through a projector showing slides for the presentations. In the middle of the award ceremony, projected on the big screen for everyone to see.

Suddenly, without the laptop operator touching anything, Powerpoint shut off, the User was logged out, and Windows 10 Updated itself and rebooted their laptop. Right in the middle of the presentation, funniest thing I've seen in a long time.

After it rebooted, they were able to log back in, start Powerpoint, and resume the slideshow. But for a good 10 minutes, they had no visual display for their award ceremony.

You can't buy that kind of publicity.

 

Assigned Access of Powerpoint Presentation

I was hoping that by downloading the PowerPoint Mobile app in windows store, that I would be able to use it to setup assigned access on a Windows 10 computer and display a powerpoint presentation. Our issues is, we need this to be a Kiosk that no-one can
close out the presentation. Powerpoint allows you to turn most functions off, but you can still access the ease of access toolbar, and can also close the presentation out. When I go to assigned access though, Powerpoint Mobile does not appear in the list of
Apps. I have downloaded other Supposed PowerPoint Presenters, but none of them show up in the list either.

Can anyone tell me how to achieve this! I do not understand how to setup the Power Shell code to set this up, too technical for me. But I really need this as Kiosk computer. Any suggestion?

 

there is a presentation setting to prevent anything from happening when in a presentation mode

where you ask - off the top of my head - have to go looking for it again..

 

Thanks for the quick reply. I looked for a 'presentation mode' myself but could not locate it, also am unsure if that means it'll stop updates from installing as well as downloading (I'd like to prevent both).

BJ

 

Select "notify to schedule restart" instead of "automatic" in Windows update, advanced settings.

 

But wouldn't this notification you mention pop up over the Powerpoint which is precisely what I'm afraid of?

In the end, I don't want to have anything pop-up or install or notify me during a public meeting where I'm running my notebook.

BJ

 

Update on this front: I just did a Windows 10 Search (as well as a Control Panel Search) for 'presentation' and 'presentation mode' and nothing came up.

BJ

 

Well if I was you I'd check Windows update before giving the presentation.

Perhaps this is a better solution for you though (assuming you have the Pro version)
Windows Update Automatic Updates - Enable or Disable in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

 

Settings > System > Notifications & actions > Notifications > Hide notifications while presenting.

 

Settings, System, notifications and actions - Hide notifications while presenting.....

alpha beat me by a minute. Has nothing to do with Win Update.

 

lol, that happens to me quit often. You click post and when the page refreshes you see somebody just beat you to it.

 

Yep, occupational hazard. *Smile

 

Thank you very much for your thoughtful and original answer. I wish there were others so helpful.

BJ

 

There are many helpful members here. Sometimes it just depends on who's online when you post an issue. *Wink