{"id":7709,"date":"2026-03-20T23:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T23:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/7709\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T23:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T23:30:12","slug":"microsoft-is-ending-the-windows-update-nightmare-and-letting-you-pause-them-indefinitely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/7709\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft is ending the Windows Update nightmare \u2014 and letting you pause them indefinitely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">While Microsoft isn\u2019t doing away with automatic updates entirely, Windows boss Pavan Davuluri is promising that in the future, you\u2019ll be able to pause them \u201cfor as long as you need.\u201d You\u2019ll be able to reboot or shut down your computer \u201cwithout being forced to install them.\u201d To be fair to Microsoft, I\u2019ve seen an option to reboot or shutdown without updating for a while now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Even if you fail to pause them, you\u2019ll only have to reboot your computer once a month, Microsoft promises \u2014 though its says you\u2019ll be able to get updates faster if you wish. If you\u2019re the kind of user who wants new features so quickly that you\u2019re part of the Windows Insider Program, Microsoft says it\u2019ll make that easier and make it clearer what you\u2019ll get.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">And as part of those updates, Microsoft says that this year, it will improve performance, responsiveness and stability, reduce memory consumption, make File Explorer and other apps launch and run faster, reduce crashes, improve drivers, make devices wake up more reliably, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/897834\/microsoft-windows-11-quality-performance-commitments-changes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">much, much more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">It feels like Microsoft has also taken our feedback about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/799698\/xbox-ally-x-review-asus-microsoft-full-screen-experience\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the recent ridiculous hour-plus setup process<\/a> for some Windows handhelds and laptops to heart. Davuluri writes that we\u2019ll have \u201cthe ability to skip updates during device setup to get to the desktop faster.\u201d And even if you sit through out-of-box updates, there should be \u201cfewer pages and reboots so getting started is simpler.\u201d Plus, Microsoft will finally let you use gamepad controls to create your PIN during setup, instead of making you smudge the touchscreen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Bravo, Microsoft, if this is all true, and if you can implement it in a reasonable length of time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Davuluri writes that his team has spent months analyzing the feedback of Windows users, and \u201cWhat came through was the voice of people who care deeply about Windows and want it to be better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Microsoft isn\u2019t doing away with automatic updates entirely, Windows boss Pavan Davuluri is promising that in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6035,973,8,1098,3244,9,976,7,3666],"class_list":{"0":"post-7709","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-stories","8":"tag-desktops","9":"tag-gadgets","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-laptops","12":"tag-microsoft","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-tech","15":"tag-top-stories","16":"tag-windows"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@news\/116264109496529449","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}