{"id":5043,"date":"2019-03-18T04:37:02","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T09:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.zoha-islands.com\/?p=5043"},"modified":"2019-03-18T04:37:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T09:37:02","slug":"delay-the-windows-10-spring-2019-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/delay-the-windows-10-spring-2019-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Delay the Windows 10 Spring 2019 Update?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year\u2019s first major feature update to Windows 10 (Version 1903) is expected to arrive in April. Microsoft allows some customers to delay major updates for up to one year. Are you among those chosen ones? Should you postpone major updates or let them happen on schedule? Read on to learn the answers to these and other burning questions about how to defer the Windows 10 Spring update…<\/p>\n

Should You Postpone Windows 10 Updates?<\/h2>\n

First, if you activated Windows 10 less than 30 days before any major update is due to happen, you get a pass; the update will not come to such \u201cyoung\u201d Windows installations. Presumably, that\u2019s because infant Windows 10 installations are born current.<\/p>\n

Second, if you have not been updated to the last major update, then the next one will not be delivered to you, and you will not be able to install it manually. The 2018 Fall Update is Version 1809 (Each Version number consists of the year [\u201818] and month [09 – September] of the update\u2019s scheduled release). It is important to have Version 1809, else Version 1903 will not install. (You may see references elsewhere to the “April 2019 Update” or “Version 19H1” — both are alternate or code names for Version 1903.)<\/span><\/p>\n

You can check to see if Version 1809 is installed by typing \u201cwinver\u201d in the \u201cSearch Windows\u201d box and pressing Enter. You should see \u201cVersion 1809\u201d on the second line of small type, under \u201cMicrosoft Windows.\u201d<\/p>\n

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If you need to install Version 1809, use the Media Creation Tool to do an automated re-install of Windows 10; it\u2019s the easiest and most foolproof method. You can find instructions on Microsoft’s Download Windows 10 page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>If you have the Home Edition of Windows 10, you cannot postpone major updates.<\/b> Only users of Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education Editions are allowed to delay major updates, presumably because their IT departments carry more weight with Microsoft than your family does. However, some Home users might be able to upgrade to Pro for free. See the ZDNet article How to upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Pro for free<\/a> for details.<\/b><\/p>\n

According to some beta testers of Version 1903, though, there is some relief for Home users who wish to defer updates. On the Windows Update settings page, there is a new option which allows Windows 10 Home Edition users to \u201cPause updates\u201d for up to 35 days<\/b>. This won’t help if you’re a Home user wanting to delay the 1903 update, but it will help when the next update rolls around in the Fall.<\/p>\n

Should you defer major updates if your Edition of Windows 10 permits it? It depends on how well Version 1809 is serving you right now. If you remember, Version 1809 rollout was kind of a nightmare. Some users lost files from their Documents and Pictures folders. Others were having audio problems, or experiencing the Blue Screen of Death. There were also some glitches in the Version 1803 (Spring 2018) update process. Those problems were eventually fixed, but Microsoft was rightly criticized for a lack of quality control. The company says they’ve taken steps to make sure that future updates are fully tested and will roll out smoothly.<\/p>\n

I don’t feel that any of the new features in the Version 1903 Update (see below) are so important that I must have them as soon as it becomes available. So just to be safe, I will defer the Version 1903 update a few months to give Microsoft time to iron out the inevitable wrinkles.<\/p>\n

What’s Coming in the Windows 10 Spring Creators Update?\"\"<\/h2>\n

<\/span>Pureinfotech has an exhaustive (and exhausting) review of all new features coming in Version 1903<\/a>. Here are a few that I found interesting:<\/p>\n