Re: [NF] How to block the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, version 1803, from installing

-- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm On Fri, 4 May 2018, at 10:02 PM, Ricardo Araoz wrote: > > On 04/05/18 13:26, Ted Roche wrote: > > On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 11:04 AM, Alan Bourke alanpbourke@fastmail.fm wrote: > >> On Fri, 4 May 2018, at 3:57 PM, AndyHC wrote: > >>> Doesn't the "I'm on a metered connection" thing work? > >> It appears that it does. > >> > >> However this forced update thing is only a problem for the Home version. The Pro, Enterprise and Education versions have a supported method of turning this behaviour off via a menu option or group policy, and anyone using Win 10 in a business or education context should be using one of those versions. > >> > > Yes. The "I'm on a metered connection" works for Home, too. I'm doing > > family tech support on this one. However, I tried the "put on hold" > > option for the 1803 update, and then switched the Ethernet to > > unmetered and it _still_ installed the brand-new, unpatched, buggy > > 1803 "Feature Update" at 1.65 gigabytes. Microsoft's new motto of > > "We're going to do what we think is good for you whether you like it > > or not" is a bit presumptuous. Next time, I'm installing "Pro" on all > > the machines I have to support. > > > > > > > So, all they have to do for you to open your wallet and pay for more > than you need is to bugger you on the Home edition? > [excessive quoting removed by server]