14 DAY TRIAL // With Windows 10, Microsoft has made another change that's supposed to keep computers up to date more easily than before, and all fixes and patches released for the operating system are installed automatically on PCs running the Home SKU.
Basically, if you run Windows 10 Home, OS updates are downloaded and deployed automatically when they are released, with no options available to defer them in case you want to wait.
This is part of Microsoft's strategy to make the process smoother on devices running Windows 10, with the company saying that Home users most often do not want to spend too much time setting up PCs, features, or updates.
The risk of botched updates
But not everyone agrees with this statement, and some call for Microsoft to make the options to defer updates, which are exclusively integrated into the Pro and Enterprise Windows 10 SKUs, available in the Home version too.
Posts on Microsoft's Community forums are living proof that many are worried that, in case of botched updates, the stability of the OS could be easily impacted should no option to defer the install be offered.
“Please communicate to MS how serious a problem this is to business users who like myself who are trying to get work done (sometimes on tight deadlines) only to have our computer become unresponsive due to an update. The user should have control to delay updates for at least 1-2 hours so they can control their work environment and computers. Not having this control is a very serious flaw with W 10,” one user complains.
Some claim that the updates released by Microsoft lately have already created problems on their PCs, especially because many failed to install. It's not a secret that a number of Windows 10 cumulative updates do no work exactly as expected, so it's these releases that are showing that options to defer the install are needed on all SKUs.
Microsoft isn't willing to change this behavior for now, but depending on feedback, maybe some improvements could be made in the future. It all depends on how many people actually want this.