Rob[atSound-Rehab]
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Yup! Another "sound" reason to wait for a few weeks after the MS updates are released. Let the early adopters beta test them for you!
that's why I keep the main DAW offline and only update after certain periods ... with Sonar it easy to wait and install a little later, but with win10 when you go for updating it gives you all thats new (including the latest crap), so can I select only the settled down proven-to-work update content?
If you have Win 10 Pro, you can use Local Group Policy Editor (
gpedit.msc from the run box) to set automatic updates to "off". Once you have done this, you will need to click on the "Check for updates" button to see any new updates. The only thing, is that this will still bring the whole pile rolling down the chute, but at least you know when it's coming, LOL!!!
For example: Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > “Configure Automatic Updates”
“If the status for this policy is set to Disabled, any updates that are available on Windows Update must be downloaded and installed manually. To do this, search for Windows Update using Start.”
What I do first before I check for updates, is run a little relatively off the radar Microsoft utility called "Show or Hide Updates" *(wushowhide.diagcab). This runs a check for updates (without downloading any), and you can then tick off boxes for any updates you wish to hide from Windows Update. I usually hide any device driver updates, or Silverlight, for example ... or any other known bad updates waiting for a fix.
That way when I check for updates, I only get what I want it to see.
*Tutorial for wushowhide "Show or Hide updates":
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/8280-hide-show-windows-updates-windows-10-a.html