Windows 10: How to Shutdown PC Without Installing Updates
3Windows 10: How to Shutdown PC Without Installing Updates.
Issues addressed in this tutorial:
shutdown pc without updating
Windows has always provided updates in order to give more or better features to its users, or if need to patch up bugs and security risks come up. All that is good, but some people usually have their computer on for most of the time. For example, waiting for over 30 minutes for your PC to update during office hours can be a big inconvenience. There are other times that you might also need to shut down or reboot quickly and updates will only slow this down. Your computer might also be acting funny forcing the need to reboot and it will be a bit risky to run updates at that time. No point in making a bad problem worse.
Most Windows updates, to complete their installation, require restarting the computer. When we do, before shutting down, the operating system installs the update and makes any changes it needs to make. And then, when the PC starts up again, it finishes performing the pending tasks, prepares the PC and, finally, shows us our desktop. This process, in addition to causing problems, usually takes several minutes. And there are times when we simply don’t have that time.
On Windows 10, quality updates (cumulative updates) download and install automatically as soon as they're ready. Although this approach makes sure that every device has the latest security patches, performance, and stability enhancements, it's among one of the most controversial features.
Usually, it's because to apply updates, users must restart their devices interrupting the current workflow, and because a lot of times updates are also known to cause more problems negatively affecting the experience.
Windows 7 allowed users to restart and shutdown the computer without installing pending updates . However, this possibility disappeared with Windows 8, and with Windows 10 it did not return. Until now. One of the new features of the 2004 version of Windows 10, May 2020 Update, which has gone unnoticed is precisely a way to allow users to restart Windows without installing pending updates.
In Windows 10, you will get a notification about the update being downloaded and prepared for installation and ask you to restart to apply the updates. You can then choose whether to restart or postpone the updates. The other options for restarting or shutting down your PC include shutting or restarting with updates or shutting or restarting without updates. Those shutdown/restart options are available in all editions of Windows 10, and have been there over a year now since a few builds before November Update version 1511. It’s the nature of the update that determines if the option to shutdown/restart without updating is shown or not. Some updates require an immediate restart, some not.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, and Samsung.