Windows updates always feel a little forced and intrusive. Frequent updates coupled with the requirement to download all updates and update your computer before restarting or shutting down not only disrupts your workflow, but also prevents you from working more efficiently. But that’s about to change as Microsoft announces new features that will make forced Windows updates a thing of the past.
First, Microsoft announced that PC users will be able to pause Windows updates when the company rolls them out and install them later at a convenient time. For example, they can now schedule PC updates while traveling or on weekends when they are not busy with meetings or studying. However, users can pause Windows Updates for up to 35 days at a time. When this 35-day window expires, users can pause updates for another 35 days.
This is an interesting point. The company has no limit on how many times users can pause updates. In short, Windows PC users can indefinitely pause updates to their PCs for 35 days at a time.
Windows 11 users can pause updates on their PC in the following ways:
Step 1: Select “Start” from the main menu.
Step 2: Click on the Settings option.
Step 3: Click on the “Windows Update” option.
Step 4: Choose how long you want to pause updates – done!
Another pain point for Windows users is the inability to restart or shut down the computer without installing Windows updates. Microsoft is also fixing this issue. The company has provided separate shutdown and restart options for Windows users, allowing users to perform these actions without being forced to download and install updates immediately. This comes in handy when the user is in a hurry.
With this, users will now get a total of 6 options – Lock, Sleep, Update & Shutdown, Shutdown, Update & Restart and Restart – instead of the standard four options, making updates simpler and more convenient.
Finally, Microsoft often releases updates to Windows PC users multiple times a month, which can be frustrating. To simplify this experience, Microsoft is unifying the update experience to reduce the number of reboots users see each month.
The company says it is coordinating driver, .NET and firmware updates to align with monthly quality updates, which will reduce the update experience to one reboot per month. All these updates will be downloaded in the background and await coordinated installation and reboot. After downloading all these updates, or using the next Windows quality update, the user can decide to install the updates and restart the computer. Alternatively, they can pause installation until later in the 35-day period, or re-pause updates.
As far as availability is concerned, Microsoft says the updates are rolling out to Windows users in the Dev channel and regular users will get them soon.
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