Thank you for being a valued part of the CNET community. As of December 1, 2020, the forums are in read-only format. In early 2021, CNET Forums will no longer be available. We are grateful for the participation and advice you have provided to one another over the years.

Thanks,

CNET Support

Rant

Windows 10 update creating problems

Apr 1, 2018 4:27AM PDT

I have had problems with windows 10 updates on my desktop computer and now windows 10 is giving me the same problems on my laptop! Over the last month or so I've contacted Microsoft and got agents (6 in total) to take control of my desktop and resolve the issue, all have stated that they will resolve the problem and NONE OF THEM have resolved the problem. The last one gave up after about 5 minutes. What is the point of have updates that screw up peoples computers? Can we block/stop windows 10 update, if yes, is their a guide, PLEASE! ONE VERY PISSED OFF OAP

Discussion is locked

- Collapse -
I fell your pain
Apr 1, 2018 4:36AM PDT

Although I don't have Win10 personally, I've been greatly involved in assisting with resolving such issues with a large number of PCs in a school. Your guide, however, is all over the web. Depending on your version, Home or Pro, you have some control over the update process. I've only worked with Pro so, if yours is Home, your options are different. Pro allows some tweaking using the group policy editor while Home relies more on registry edits. Also, as I understand it, you have about 30 days to roll back the updates if you have problems. Exceed that time and you're done for. What I could recommend is that you put together a backup plan that includes imaging your entire hard drive at an interval that allows you to return to the last days before a major update occurred. The updates should try to come back again but you may have an opportunity to control what's installed. Good luck.

- Collapse -
Re: Windows update
Apr 1, 2018 6:29AM PDT

You can't influence all, but you can do some things:
- tell Windows to never update drivers (prevents a lot of issues) - that's a registry edit
- postpone updates by choosing the channel (no longer the "targeted" variant)
- set the Internet connection to "metered", so you only get security patches

What issues were you having?