Despite Microsoft's promise that the way updates are installed had changed, every time we have a pending installation on our Windows 10 PC, we are afraid to turn off the computer or restart it so that the same updates are installed, as the process usually takes a long time, quite long. The only option that seems to be an improvement is that we can program them to be installed when we are not using the computer, mainly at dawn, but this option is useful when we work with a PC not with a laptop.
If our PC is a laptop it is likely that on more than one occasion when turning off the computer to go home or leave work with your laptop, this has started the said cycle of installing updates, updates that we never know how long it will take. To avoid these problems, the best we can do is deactivate the updates so they are not installed unless we manually enable them, ideal for doing weekends to continue having our PC protected.
Updates can be disabled manually, but we can also use third-party applications, such as Windows 10 Update Switch. This application that are available for download through the following link, is a free application that does not require any knowledge to put it into operation. With this app we can activate and deactivate the updates so that they are installed, for example on weekends, or not downloaded or installed during the week. With a little organization and this application, we can avoid at all times that the happy updates make us lose valuable time, especially if we use a laptop with which we move everywhere.