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Windows updating just before thesis defense (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Usually for large businesses like universities IT can choose when to push updates.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Some versions like Home and Education might lack the options, but most Enterprise versions and LTSC versions can let you delay updates via the menu or disable updates completely via group policy fuckery.

Still bullshit that they have to, though.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Shutdown -a or whatever the flag is should abort it if I remember correctly

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah -a for "abort" Still, an user shouldn't have to know that