Overview
- Microsoft, which detailed the changes Friday in a Windows blog post, began rolling them out to Dev and Experimental Insider builds for testing before a wider release.
- Users can now pause updates for up to 35 days and extend that window again and again with no stated limit, which effectively allows indefinite delays if the pause is re-applied.
- The Power menu always shows plain Restart and Shut down, so you can reboot or power off without installing pending updates, with Update and restart or Update and shut down shown only when you choose them.
- Windows Update is being coordinated so driver, .NET, firmware, and other fixes install with the monthly quality update, which aims to cut multiple reboots down to a single monthly restart.
- Driver updates now list the device class, such as display or audio, to make changes clearer to users, and Microsoft notes some managed commercial devices may not receive all the new controls.