Install updates on your schedule not Microsoft’s<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n One annoying thing about Windows is Windows updates. While they are essential and required for safe computing,\u00a0 they can be annoying in many ways. For instance, having your computer restart when you’re not ready could result in the loss of unsaved work. And sometimes, Windows updates can be inconvenient because they often take longer to complete than they should.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Before we get into how to schedule an update, to make updates less of a hassle, turn on the “Restartable apps” feature.\u00a0 This will automatically save your work before an update in apps that are restartable so you don’t lose anything you were working on or the web pages you were viewing when Windows updated.\u00a0 See this page<\/a> to learn how to turn on Restartable apps.<\/span><\/p>\n Now, let’s schedule the update so you take control of when Windows updates your computer.<\/span><\/p>\n When an update is available you’ll see an icon in the taskbar notification area (near the clock). It looks like this…<\/span><\/p>\n When you click on that icon it opens the Windows Update page in Settings where you can schedule the update. Near the top right of that page, you’ll see\u00a0 “Restart now” with a down arrow next to it. Click the down arrow…<\/span><\/p>\n When you click the down arrow, you see the option to “Schedule restart” Choose that option…<\/span><\/p>\n When you choose that option the “Schedule the restart” page opens. On that page, you can pick a day and a time…<\/span><\/p>\n You’ll have the option to schedule the update anytime within 7 days. Choose a date and a time that you want to install the update and you’ll never have to worry about Windows updating unexpectedly.<\/span><\/p>\n The “Update” icon will remain in your taskbar until the update is completed. If you need to change the date you chose for the update just click on the update icon again and follow the steps above. Each day another day is added to the list of dates you can schedule the update…<\/span><\/p>\n Thanks for reading… we hope this helps you improve your Windows experience.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How to Schedule a Windows Update Install updates on your schedule not Microsoft’s One annoying thing about Windows is Windows updates. While they are essential and required for safe computing,\u00a0 they can be annoying in many ways. For instance, having your computer restart when you’re not ready could result in the loss of unsaved work. And sometimes,\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3948,4299,2366],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25492"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25494,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25492\/revisions\/25494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"How](\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2023\/sched-update9.png\")
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