Re: You want control of updates on your Win10 PC? Easy!
Just disable the windows update service and reboot.
Then when you feel like it's safe to do an update run, you know what to do.
That's really not the point ... or did you forget the "Joke" icon?
People want control not just over whether they apply any updates, but over which updates they apply and which they eschew. They also, obviously, need a simple no-nonsense statement of what each update does.
I fully understand that Microsoft's job is made easier if they can simply assume that every user has all the available updates installed, so the update process starts from a known and well-understood baseline on each occasion ... but users do need to be able to refuse or remove updates that break their systems. Only when Microsoft can demonstrate that all their patches have been thoroughly tested before release, and found not to cause problems, should they be allowed to even consider removing user control over the update process.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
