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GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
8 years ago

Pausing Updates in Windows 10 version 1703...

With the Creators Update came the ability to pause updates.     All of the articles that I have read on this show them pausing their machines for 35 days.  My laptop can pause updates for 35 days. ...
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GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV

maratsade

 

Hmm.  Do you have Window 10 Pro?  I can't remember if you've said whether you do or don't.  With that said, I can't find anything that says that there is any difference between Pro and non Pro regarding the ability to pause updates.  

 

Strange.  

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maratsade
Distinguished Professor IV
8 years ago
GabeU wrote:

maratsade

 

Hmm.  Do you have Window 10 Pro?  I can't remember if you've said whether you do or don't.  With that said, I can't find anything that says that there is any difference between Pro and non Pro regarding the ability to pause updates.  

 

Strange.  

I have Windows 10 home edition, but there shouldn't be much of a difference, like you say, between different types.  I have no idea why I don't have the ability to pause.  It's not a big deal -- if it becomes a big deal, I'll get on the Microsoft chat and see if they can figure out what's going on.

  • wildcats198308's avatar
    wildcats198308
    Tutor
    8 years ago

    I have the Creator Update on a few of my systems (it still wont work on my Laptop, which I am not happy about).   On the systems that are running Creator Update, I never noticed an option to Pause either.  I also have Home Edition.

     

    I just did some searching and found that the Pause option is only available in Pro, Education, and Enterprise versions.  Link below to other features if you'll want to read em.

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/wiki/insider_wintp-insider_install/what-is-new-in-windows-10-creators-update/295b3c0a-e5ad-4b53-b708-c5931c722bbc

    • maratsade's avatar
      maratsade
      Distinguished Professor IV
      8 years ago

      wildcats198308

       

       I was just going to post about this; you beat me to it.  :) I ran a search too and found that the Home edition lacks the ability to pause updates. Does Microsoft think Home users are somewhat mentally slow?? Has Cortana been reporting me to her leaders?

      • GabeU's avatar
        GabeU
        Distinguished Professor IV
        8 years ago

        wildcats198308

        maratsade

         

        I guess I should have searched a little more thoroughly.  :smileyfrustrated:

         

        With that said, and with the initial question asked, I doubt that I will ever use the ability to pause my updates.  It was only a question of curiosity as to why one of my computers would show a different ability than the other when they have the exact same version of Windows 10.  Well, not the EXACT same.  My laptop (a Dell) originally had Windows 8 Pro OEM preloaded and was upgraded to Windows 8.1 Pro, then Windows 10 Pro and then to the present version of Windows 10 Pro.  All of them were done with the free upgrades.  My desktop (built by me), on the other hand, started with a retail version of Windows 7 Pro, then upgraded with a retail version of Windows 8 Pro, then the free upgrades from that.  I wonder if the difference between the allowable days to pause is due to the one being OEM and the other being retail.

           

        In the end, though, like I said, I'll probably never use that ability, anyway.  I've never used the ability to set my laptop to a metered connection with WiFi, nor have I done so with the new ability to do the same with my desktop and a direct LAN connection.  I've never been close enough in my data use and allotment to need to worry about it.