PC World - USA (2020-05)

MAY 2020 PCWorld 131

even though I’m a gamer they’re prone to
interrupting me during work hours. I also
avoid Mail notifications, preferring to check
my inbox on my own schedule.
Notifications aren’t even the worst
offender when it comes to interruptions.
Nothing is worse
than Windows 10’s
forced restarts of
your PC to install
updates.
Fortunately,
Microsoft has
worked in lots of
tools over the years
that make that
scenario much less
likely to occur—if
you know they exist,
that is.

Head to Start > Settings

> Update & Security >

Windows Update to tinker

with your options.

Particularly, check on your

Change Active Hours

settings. These let you tell

Windows when you’re

working, and it won’t

automatically reset your PC

during that time. The ability

to pause all updates for a

week is handy, too; if you

dig into the Advanced

Options menu, you can push them out for

just over a month.

ORGANIZE YOUR

WORKFLOW

Instilling some order over your workflow can

Windows Update options.

When you Snap a window to one half of the screen, Windows pulls back all

your other open windows to let you choose one to fill the other side.