Do you enable automatic Windows Update Installations?

Updated by Brady Stroud [SSW] 1 year ago. See history

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It is important to keep your machine up-to-date, but Windows Update Automatic installation can be somewhat intrusive to your workflow. There is nothing worse than getting Windows Updates installing during an important presentation. You should set Windows Updates to be installed manually.

Note: This is only for client machines, Windows Update for Servers should be handled differently. See Do you use Group Policy to manage your Windows Update Policy? for more information.

  1. Go to Start | Windows Update Settings | Advanced Options
  2. Set Restart this device as soon as possible... to Off
  3. Set Update Notifications to On.
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❌ Figure: Bad example – Install updates automatically

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✅ Figure: Good example – Download updates but let user choose whether to install them

If you have a system administrator who manages your organization’s infrastructure, it's recommended to get you system administrator to push this setting via group policy.

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✅ Figure: Better example – Windows Updates setting is pushed to *ALL* users via group policy

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