Avoid the ill effects of an update gone awry by altering Windows Update's default settings to prevent automatic installations. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for ...

Stop letting automatic updates ruin your workflow. These Registry tweaks help you regain control over Windows update behavior for good.

When an update is available on a Windows 10 PC, it will automatically download and install the new and latest update. Although updating is recommended to improve your PC’s performance and enhances ...

Do you get annoyed when your PC continuously asks you to restart after it automatically installs a Windows 11 update? You aren’t alone. And unfortunately, Windows 11 doesn’t fix this problem. Just ...

After the disaster that was August patching, we’re all hoping for some respite this month. But given the specter of patches past, it would be good to get out of the mainstream for now and wait for the ...

You can’t have good security unless you keep your operating system and applications current, with all of the latest patches and updates. Microsoft makes it easy for Windows users with its automatic ...

If your administrator has disabled Windows Updates or due to some corruption in Automatic Update settings, you may see an error message—Your organization has turned ...

Do you get annoyed when your PC continuously asks you to restart after it automatically installs a Windows 11 update? You aren’t alone. And unfortunately, Windows 11 doesn’t fix this problem. Just ...