Après the introduction of Windows 10 version 1703 (released in April 2017), Microsoft provided us avec additional options to defer mises à jour withdans le Professional, Enterprise, or Education editions duir système d'exploitation. While vous pouvez encore utilize the Local Stratégie de groupe Editor, maintenant vous pouvez également use the Paramètres app to achieve the same goal.
First, let's establish the difference entre a Windows 10 Feature Mise à jour and a Quality Mise à jour:
Windows 10 Feature Mises à jour versus Quality Mises à jour
Feature Mises à jour - They are en fait much more like an entire système d'exploitation upgrade than an mise à jour and typically provide nouveau functionality. Examples of new features found within Windows 10 version 1809 (the October 2018 Mise à jour) include the Clipboard History and Cloud Sync fonctionnalité, the New Screenshot Tool, and the addition of a Dark Theme to File Explorer. Microsoft has said that "Windows is committing to a predictable twice-per-year feature release schedule," targeting March and September of each year. A Feature Mise à jour will en fait increment the Windows 10 version number: the original Windows 10 release was version 1507 and was subsequently superseded by version 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, 1803, and maintenant 1809.
Quality Mises à jour - These provide Windows 10 avec sécurité patches & bug fixes, are cumulative, and are normally released on a monthly basis (usually on Patch Tuesday). In contrast vers le Feature Mises à jour, a Windows 10 Quality Mise à jour will increment the OS build number: Windows 10 version 1803 (the April 2018 Mise à jour) began as build number 17134.1, and it has subsequently been updated to 17134.648.
Deferring Mises à jour using the Local Stratégie de groupe Editor
Turning our attention vers le Local Stratégie de groupe Editor, Microsoft tells us that starting avec Windows 10 version 1607 (released in August 2016) the pertinent Group Policies for deferring Windows Mises à jour can be found dans le following location:
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > Defer Windows Updates
Vous pouvez easily configurer the appropriate paramètres to defer both Feature Mises à jour and Quality Mises à jour within that interface.
Notably, après the debut of Windows 10 version 1709 (released in October 2017) the hierarchy of Group Policies for deferring Windows Mises à jour was changed vers le following location:
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > Windows Update for Business
The same options are readily disponible for both Feature Mises à jour and Quality Mises à jour dans le nouveau Stratégie de groupe layout, and Microsoft également added nouveau capabilities for managing when you receive a nouveau Windows 10 Insider Preview Build (for those of us who are participating in that programme).
Deferring Mises à jour using the Paramètres App
As a potentially superior alternative, Microsoft emphasizes the benefits of using the revamped Paramètres app to achieve the same goals:
Starting avec Windows 10 version 1703, pausing through the paramètres app will provide a more consistent experience:
Any active redémarrer notifications are cleared or closed
Any pending restarts are canceled
Any pending mise à jour installations are canceled
Any mise à jour installation running when pause is activated will attempt to rollback
That being said, si vous have the Professional, Enterprise, or Education edition of Windows 10 version 1703 (or newer), vous pouvez utilize this nouveau capability to pause mises à jour in the following manner:
Comment Pause Mises à jour
Windows can pause mises à jour for 35 days. Après the period expires, Windows 10 automatiquement unpauses, looks for mises à jour, and begins l'installation them. Windows will need to installez le latest mises à jour avant vous pouvez pause mises à jour once again.
To pause mises à jour, head to Paramètres > Mise à jour & Sécurité > Windows Mise à jour > Advanced Options. Faites défiler vers le bas and turn sur le “Pause Mises à jour” option.
En revanche, the remodeled Settings app will également allow you to defer mises à jour using the following technique:
Comment Defer Mises à jour
To defer mises à jour, head to Paramètres > Mise à jour & Sécurité > Windows Mise à jour > Advanced Options. Faites défiler vers le bas and use the “Feature mise à jour” and “Quality mise à jour” options under “Choose when mises à jour are installé” to specify how many days you want to defer mises à jour for. Set these options back to “0” to stop deferring mises à jour.
Notice that you are également afforded the opportunity to choose between two distinct groups that help determine when Feature Mises à jour sera installé:
This page également lets you switch depuis le Semi-Annual Channel
(Targeted), which was formerly known as the Current Branch, vers le
Semi-Annual Channel, which was formerly known as the Current Branch
for Business.
The par défaut Semi-Annual Channel (Targeted) option means you’ll get
mises à jour when they’re being provided to consumer PCs. Si vous switch to
the Semi-Annual Channel, you’ll seulement get mises à jour après they’ve been
more thoroughly tested and Microsoft feels they’re ready for
Enterprise deployment. This often happens about four months après the
mise à jour is released to consumers.
Si vous sélectionner the Semi-Annual Channel and également decide that Feature Mises à jour "can be deferred for this many days," the combined effect is cumulative. So, si vous switch vers le Semi-Annual Channel and defer fonctionnalité mises à jour
for 365 days, your ordinateur will receive mises à jour a year après they appear dans le
Semi-Annual channel. In other words, it will take about 16 months for
an mise à jour to be installé sur votre PC après it first rolls out to consumer PCs.
Local Stratégie de groupe Editor's Visible Effect upsur le Paramètres App
By comparison, si vous decide to use the Local Stratégie de groupe Editor to defer mises à jour vous allez see the equivalent options dans le Paramètres interface grayed-out, but encore displaying your nouveau modifications:
Conclusion
Ultimately the choice is yours, but maintenant that Microsoft has updated the Windows 10 Paramètres interface to allow you to to pause or defer Windows Mises à jour avec essentially the same level of fidelity as the Local Stratégie de groupe Editor, it is probably the easier method.
Sources:
Windows 10 Release Information
Overview of Windows as a service
Windows 10 - Pause Feature Updates
Windows 10 - Pause Quality Updates
How to Pause and Defer Updates on Windows 10
What’s New in Windows 10’s October 2018 Update
