SpecialistK · 2 hours ago

I really struggle to believe that #32 (forced updates at inconvenient times) is (still) a real thing.

I get it, I'm a tech and Joe Normie shouldn't have to know the difference between DISM and WSUS. But even under the default settings in consumer Windows, the "Active hours" will be set to standard work hours or adjust based on your usage. So on Wednesday morning after Patch Tuesday, my PC has restarted overnight. If I defer an update or reboot, it will remind me and still only force a reboot outside of those active hours.

And Microsoft are the worst. On my Apple and Samsung devices its just a notification with the ability to defer and a notification of when the update will happen automatically. Even Microsoft Office on my work PC will have a white popup saying "close your apps to update?" and I can defer.

Things may have been worse in the past, but right now it feels a little bit like postponing an oil change too long and being shocked that the car acts funny.