Uninstall Windows Update

[101RRS]

Early this morning an auto windows update (Win 10 update 1909) was applied to my computer - it is crap and I would like to uninstall it if possible.

Could do this on older versions of Windows but not sure with Win 10 - is it possible, if so how do I uninstall this update.

Thanks

Garry

[incisor]

yep, you can usually roll it back

under settings>recovery>go back to the previous version

the option is available for 10 days usually

whats crap about the update ?

[Tombie]

Garry says
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[101RRS]

yep, you can usually roll it back

under settings>recovery>go back to the previous version

whats crap about the update ?

Thanks Dave worked great - the update caused major issues with various formats and the clipboard function in the calculator no longer works which causes me major issues in some spreadsheet work I do.

The MS site is getting lots of complaints about a lot of issues in the update so hopefully all fixed in future updates.

Cheers

Garry

[disco gazza]

I did read that the 1909 update had caused a lot of problems but thankfully I've had no problems at all
on my computer.

The one thing that I do,is when microsoft puts out an update, i hold off for a month and see if they cause
any problems,so I know whether its a good or bad update.

cheers

[101RRS]

You have got to give it to Microsoft - they are persistent.

Rolled the troublesome update back and then turned updates and notifications off. However each day I get pop up (pop ups are turned off too) from MS saying I have an update available and I have 3 options - restart to install, update tonight or program a time - no option to disregard - I normally hit the close button and nothing happens as I turn off the computer overnight. Also when you turn the computer off - in addition to the turn off/restart option there is a new option of update and restart.

Last night I forgot to turn the computer off and low and behold it updated overnight even though I have updates off. So the update popup must overide owner's preferences not to update.

The update put all the crap on that it did before so I have again rolled it back - so i guess I will just have to make sure my computer goes off at night to stop the update, even though I have updates turned off.

You have gotta love Microsoft - not.

Garry

[disco gazza]

I'm pretty sure you can hold off on the updates for a month.

Thats how I've got my 'puter set up when it comes to updates.

When you got into settings- updates-advanced settings- go to bottom of page and select 30 on each of the last 2 that you can select.

That gives you 30 days from when the new update comes on,so you can see what the hassles will be.

cheers

[101RRS]

When you got into settings- updates-advanced settings- go to bottom of page and select 30 on each of the last 2 that you can select.

That gives you 30 days from when the new update comes on,so you can see what the hassles will be.

cheers

Thanks for that information but when I go into Settings - Windows Update - Advanced Options I do not see anything at the bottom of the page

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Cheers

Garry

[Ferret]

What version of Win 10 do you have?

To my knowledge pausing updates has been implemented for some time. Note the date in the picture below, it's from 2017.

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[disco gazza]

Try going into delivery optimisation.

That might give you the option of delaying the update.

Other than that,I cant help..

Hope you get it sorted out.

cheers

[Johndoe]

A feature lost that i really enjoy in Windows 7.
Control of updates.

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Even if you "Pause" updates on 10 it still does some updates.
One of the many reasons i uninstalled 10 actually.

Come on Linux and catch up!

[101RRS]

What version of Win 10 do you have?

Windows 10 Home

[101RRS]

Try going into delivery optimisation.

That might give you the option of delaying the update.

Other than that,I cant help..



Checked that and its sub menus - is about getting updates from other computers and other non related aspects.

Thanks for help though - much appreciated.

Garry

[Ferret]

Windows 10 Home

No, that's your 'Edition'. Go to 'Setting' > 'System' > 'About'. Scroll down till you come to the heading 'Windows Specifications'. Your 'Edition' should be listed as 'Windows 10 Home'. Under that your 'Version' should be listed and you should find an 'OS Build' number as well.

What is your Version No?

The latest 'Version' is 1909 I think. Below is a screen shot of Advanced Options from Version 1909. It's slightly different to the last one I posted and different to your's again. If you look around you will find MS has dicked about with the layout of this window quite a bit over the years as they have released different versions with different update options and policies to try to strike a balance between personal control of the update process and ensuring security of the OS.

Anyway it looks like you probably have an earlier version running.

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[101RRS]

No, that's your 'Edition'. Go to 'Setting' > 'System' > 'About'. Scroll down till you come to the heading 'Windows Specifications'. Your 'Edition' should be listed as 'Windows 10 Home'. Under that your 'Version' should be listed and you should find an 'OS Build' number as well.

What is your Version No?



Thanks

This is what is there.

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Cheers

Garry

[Ferret]

OK, so you have version 1803. Since that version there has been version 1809, 1903 & 1909. So you are well behind the current release.

The ability to pause updates was first made available in version 1903.

If version 1909 was troublesome and you rolled back to your previous state you need to be asking yourself why am I now on version 1803 instead of version 1903. Something seems screwed. Examine your update history. Have there been any 'feature' or 'quality' update failures in the past?

[101RRS]

Ok thanks - it is now trying to do 1903 and this is the one that is causing issues. Its telling me 1903 is 65% loaded.

Up until this thread - updates were on, notifications were on and I have just let it do its own thing.

Me - no idea. [bigsad]

[101RRS]

1903 would not load - I could not work out why so I have now gone direct to 1909.

I have sorted the paste problem with the calculator - previously you could place the cursor anywhere on the display area and it would paste but now the cursor has to be just left of the number of the display to paste - also now the number in the display has to be highlighted to copy where previously it would copy with the cursor anywhere in the display area - so that issue is sorted.

A very minor issue is with the search area of the task bar - previously it was just a little magnifying glass next to the "start" window icon. Now it is a long white icon that takes up a large segment of the task bar - I have a lot of icons and now there is not enough room for the lot. In the paste you could change the size of the icons with the cursor and I can still select the end of the new white search icon but it does not change size of the white search icon - any ideas on how to make it a nice little box rather than a long white strip.

The last issue is the screen is dim despite the setting in Win display settings being set to max and the controls on the computer are set to max. Googling shows some talk about an auto dim feature (like on phones) and this should be turned off but if I have this auto function it is not obvious in the display settings.

Thanks for all the help - greatly appreciated.

Garry

[p38arover]

Come on Linux and catch up!

I've been trying to install Dropbox into my Linux PC off and on for months. It says it installs but I can't find it to run it. I've gone back to Windows - so much simpler to install software.