You can have updates downloaded automatically but choose whether you want them installed. You can have Windows install them automatically, so you don't have to install them yourself.
The company has a lot riding on Windows 10, which it hopes will erase the bad experiences people had with the touchscreen-focused Windows 8, which failed to catch on with any significant number of PC users.Ĭurrently in Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, you can determine how you want updates installed.
For those who wish to upgrade from the Home edition to the Pro edition, a Windows 10 Pro Pack will cost $99. (You can check out CNET's guide for more details.)įor everyone else, a copy of Windows 10 Home will run $119, while Windows 10 Pro will cost $199. Users running Windows 7 or 8.1 with the latest updates can reserve the upgrade, which is available for one year. Microsoft on Monday announced that it will begin offering its newest software to power PCs and tablets as a free upgrade on July 29. But the new option seems a step backward as it's removing some of that control, and only for Windows Home, the cheaper consumer version of Windows 10. Microsoft has always offered a certain amount of flexibility in the way you can manage and customize Windows, including the manner in which updates are installed. The new option would take away some of the control that users have over Windows. And for some users, that might be a problem. The wording is a bit vague and can be misinterpreted, especially the term "automatically available." But assuming I'm reading it correctly, the option to defer or delay updates will not be present in Windows 10 Home edition, only in Windows 10 Professional and Enterprise. "Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Enterprise users will have the ability to defer updates." "Windows 10 Home users will have updates from Windows Update automatically available," the Descriptions page explains. And one section in particular reveals a change to the way Microsoft will let you handle updates. But that seems to be changing with Windows 10, at least with the Home edition.Ī new Windows 10 specifications page posted by Microsoft provides system requirements, notes and other facts about the upcoming new operating system software. In Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, Microsoft gives you the ability to control when or even if you want to download and install updates.
Windows 10 Home users may have no choice but to install updates.
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