Delaying/Scheduling Windows 10 Enterprise Automatic Updates
We have Group Policy configured to manage Windows Updates for the variety of Windows 7 and 10 Enterprise machines in our domain. One of the big complaints from the Windows 10 users is that when updates are installed it forces a reboot of the machine whether they want to or not. Since some users have laptops, they bring them in on Thursday mornings, fire them up and begin working only to find later that mandatory updates have been installed and the system will reboot in X minutes with no option to postpone. This is a big annoyance especially when there are trying to begin a busy work day.
I have attached the configuration of the Windows Updates group policy. You'll have to click it to make it readable.
Looking at it, it seems like Windows 10 ignores some of these settings altogether and makes everything mandatory regardless. If this is the case, would there be a way to reschedule the installation for Friday mornings somehow? I honestly don't know why it picks Thursdays. In an ideal world, I would like Windows 10 updates to occur on Fridays AND give the user the option to defer the reboot rather than making it mandatory and interrupting their workday.
I have attached the configuration of the Windows Updates group policy. You'll have to click it to make it readable.
Looking at it, it seems like Windows 10 ignores some of these settings altogether and makes everything mandatory regardless. If this is the case, would there be a way to reschedule the installation for Friday mornings somehow? I honestly don't know why it picks Thursdays. In an ideal world, I would like Windows 10 updates to occur on Fridays AND give the user the option to defer the reboot rather than making it mandatory and interrupting their workday.
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Thanks for the tips!
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Let me ask you this. Is there anything in my current GPO settings that would affect a Windows 7 Enterprise machine? The user that is most annoyed by this has a Windows 7 Enterprise laptop and is one who is forced to reboot after updates are applied in the morning, driving him batty. Even if it is something as simple as letting him postpone the reboot, that would be acceptable. I am just not sure what setting makes it a mandatory reboot rather than one that can be postponed.