{"id":78746,"date":"2015-07-20T11:00:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T09:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=78746"},"modified":"2015-07-20T11:04:27","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T09:04:27","slug":"windows-10-automatic-updates-will-be-impossible-to-avoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/78746-windows-10-automatic-updates-will-be-impossible-to-avoid","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 automatic updates will be impossible to avoid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are number of schools of thought when it comes to Windows automatic updates, many of which involve procrastinating and putting off updates or otherwise avoiding them altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Why users avoid updates is up to them; as far as Microsoft is concerned, however, they\u2019re a must.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft is planning on keeping Windows 10 around for some time, having designed it to evolve as they release new updates rather than just releasing a new OS in a couple years.<\/p>\n<p>If they are to achieve that desirable effect, we can imagine that Windows 10 updates will be necessary, especially if they want to keep all devices on an even keel and continuously connected.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_78750\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Windows-10-Product-Family.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78750\" class=\"wp-image-78750\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Windows-10-Product-Family.png\" alt=\"Windows 10 Product Family\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Windows-10-Product-Family.png 741w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Windows-10-Product-Family-230x130.png 230w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Windows-10-Product-Family-640x360.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-78750\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This won&#8217;t happen if each platform is running a different version of Windows 10.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/microsoft-releases-new-license-terms-for-windows-10-no-surprises\/\" target=\"_blank\">ZDNet\u2019s<\/a> inspection of Windows 10\u2019s licensing terms has found reference to automatic updates:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The software periodically checks for system and app updates, and downloads and installs them for you. &#8230; By accepting this agreement, you agree to receive these types of automatic updates without any additional notice.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You will not even be given the option to selectively delay or reject particular updates. They\u2019re installing when they damn well please.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_78754\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Windows-10s-Desktop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78754\" class=\"wp-image-78754\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Windows-10s-Desktop.jpg\" alt=\"Windows 10's Desktop\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Windows-10s-Desktop.jpg 635w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Windows-10s-Desktop-230x130.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-78754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This new and improved experience was always going to have a few niggles.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That\u2019s going to frustrate a great many, particularly those who are trying to save bandwidth or avoid restarting their PC at any one moment for whatever reason.<\/p>\n<p>To address that, Microsoft has sent the following statement to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2487941,00.asp\" target=\"_blank\">PCMag<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>With Windows 10, updates will be automatically downloaded and installed. Customers will be prompted when a restart is required, and will have options to manage at what time they would like to restart their device. Not all updates require a restart, and many can be installed seamlessly while the device is in use. Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Education, and Windows 10 Enterprise customers have additional update management options and controls, including the option to use the new Windows Update for Business.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So in spite of having no choice whether to download an update or not, at least we will not have to continually restart and will be given the option to delay a restart when required.<\/p>\n<p>That said, we\u2019re a little concerned it\u2019s going to mean introducing a lot of bloatware onto our systems, and we\u2019ll have little say in the matter.<\/p>\n<p>At least for us gamers, it looks like <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/78548-games-that-are-and-arent-compatible-with-windows-10-thus-far.html\" target=\"_blank\">Windows 10 is fairly compatible with most games<\/a> right out of the gate.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/wccftech.com\/windows-10-harder-avoid-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\">WCCF Tech<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Talking about Windows 10<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/78654-windows-10-to-be-shipped-on-usb-flash-drives.html\">Windows 10 to be shipped on USB flash drives<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/78548-games-that-are-and-arent-compatible-with-windows-10-thus-far.html\">Games that are and aren\u2019t compatible with Windows 10 thus far<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/78174-windows-10-comes-with-its-own-version-of-minecraft.html\">Windows 10 comes with its own version of Minecraft<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you like it or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":78748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[14846,91,1969,13906,15397,14844,13009],"class_list":["post-78746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","tag-automatic-upates","tag-microsoft","tag-news-2","tag-os","tag-pc","tag-updates","tag-windows-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}