I stopped installing updates about a year ago after exasperation from having to investigate every update and having to continually re-hide the unwanted updates. Updates I nixed include 2952664, 2976978, 2977759, 3021917, 3035583, 3068708, 3022345, 3075249, 3080149, and about 14 more. This may provide you with enough information to know what I was trying to accomplish.
I know updates are now in big, cumulative packages so we don't get to cherry-pick anymore. Now that a few months have passed since the change, I am wondering whether updates have been studied to determine whether they are purely security and fix updates or they include things that some users do not want installed.
If I re-enable updates, do I still get to choose when to download and install them? Will a reboot occur automatically (like Windows 10) or can I wait until I am ready to reboot?
I know updates are now in big, cumulative packages so we don't get to cherry-pick anymore. Now that a few months have passed since the change, I am wondering whether updates have been studied to determine whether they are purely security and fix updates or they include things that some users do not want installed.
If I re-enable updates, do I still get to choose when to download and install them? Will a reboot occur automatically (like Windows 10) or can I wait until I am ready to reboot?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Custom
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 4820K Ivy Bridge-E
- Motherboard
- MSI X79A-GD45 Plus
- Memory
- 16GB Crucial DDR3 10-11-10-30 933MHz dual channel
- Graphics Card(s)
- Sapphire Radeon R7 200
- Browser
- Firefox ESR
- Antivirus
- Comodo