APRIL 2019 PCWorld 19Some of the shortcomings being
pointed out by the study are being
independently addressed by Windows.
For example, the Windows 10 beta builds
leading up to the April 2019 Update
(19H1) have already put an icon in the
taskbar explicitly signaling that an update
is needed.
The surveyed users still demand
improvement. For instance, only 28
percent of those surveyed were even
aware of the Active Hours feature, which
allows you to set a time during which you
don’t want patches. (For more on how to
solve this problem, see our story on how
to manage
Windows 10
updates [go.
pcworld.com/
mw10].)
Perhaps the
biggest
problem,
however, and
one that
Windows has
yet to address,
is that
Windows 10
Pro offers far
more granular
controls on
how to
manage
patches, but it’s a $99 upgrade for
Windows 10 Home users. The ability to
delay a Windows 10 Pro patch for 30 days,
for example, is a luxury that Microsoft has
never afforded Windows 10 Home users.What this means to you: Every year, around
the time Microsoft begins pushing feature
updates, a new round of videos surfaces
where users are caught short by an
unexpected update that interrupts their
workflow. Until Microsoft can solve its
patching issue, another round of videos
complaining about unexpected Windows
10 updates will undoubtedly occur.These additional Windows Update options are available to Windows 10 Pro users,
but not to Home users.