• Hassan: Windows 10 Won’t Waste Your Time With Unexpected Updates Anymore

    Posted on July 26, 2018 at 06:51 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    Every time I see that hed I chuckle. The author of a story frequently doesn’t write the headline, so I’m not blaming Mehedi Hassan. I just find the whole concept … very funny.

    I won’t bore you with a recounting of the past year of Windows updates. Suffice it to say that we’ve seen patches, re-patches, pulled patches, re-re-patches and undocumented random re-issues of patches on roughly half of all workdays this year.

    Hassan’s assertion is that, in the new (1903?) beta version, Microsoft:

    is implementing a new cloud-based logic for the Windows Update system, in order to avoid unexpected updates when you really need to get work done on your computer. The update utilizes a predictive model that will improve over time in order to better understand when you are going to use your device. This way, Windows can make sure it’s not disrupting your work and install the update when you are actually expecting it to. It will consider contextual things like if you were currently using your device before restarting or try to predict when you move from your device to grab a coffee, etc.

    Let’s just say I’m a tad skeptical. And I would note that delaying a reboot until Microsoft thinks I’m ready would be fine — if I just had a hand in the decision, and could delay as long as I wanted.

    Thanks to all of you who sent me a link.

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