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Originally Posted by masraum
Hasn't pretty much every version of windows ever made had that option or one that was functionally the same?
I think there's a "don't do crap" option as well as "tell me there's something new, but don't do anything" and then the one that I use, "download stuff, but don't install anything until I tell you" and finally, the horrible option of "yeah, whatever, just do it".
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Yeah, that's the problem. It appears you don't have an option to completely opt-out of updates any longer. You can "defer" them in Win10 Pro (does that mean a few weeks/months/years?) but on lesser versions you have no control, other than to choose whether you want auto updates, or to be notified and schedule the install/restart. For the latter, you only have a choice of a few days/times in the same week you got the notification, and you can no longer completely opt-out of updates
AFAIK.
On previous versions (Win7, etc.), you could choose to be notified, then see a complete list of all the updates that would be installed, and pick/choose the ones you wanted. You could also pick those that WU would ignore and not download in the future. I get the whole "dumbed down" approach, but you should still have the option when it comes to updates IMO, even if it means clicking through numerous "advanced settings" menus. YMMV...