Windows 10 Will Now Use Machine Learning to Decide the Least Infuriating Time for a Forced Update

[steven36]

Windows 10, Microsoft’s current version of its operating has long tormented users with a hard-to-bypass policy of forced updates. It will soon try to take the edge off by using machine learning to determine whether a user is actually using a computer when it updates.

 

 

In 2017, Microsoft introduced a snooze option in which it asked users whether or not they actually wanted Windows to proceed with an update. This year, Microsoft announced that it had both implemented new logic designed to optimize which parts of the update process it handled during online and offline phases, supposedly speeding up updates dramatically. Now, per the Verge, it has a “predictive model” that will study user habits to determine when is the best time to launch an update.

 

In a blog post, Windows Insider chief Dona Sarkar and Senior Program Manager Brandon LeBlanc wrote the new model takes into consideration cloud data and is intended to respond to user criticism over the forced-update policy:

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We heard you, and to alleviate this pain, if you have an update pending we’ve updated our reboot logic to use a new system that is more adaptive and proactive. We trained a predictive model that can accurately predict when the right time to restart the device is. Meaning, that we will not only check if you are currently using your device before we restart, but we will also try to predict if you had just left the device to grab a cup of coffee and return shortly after.

 

Sarkar and LeBlanc added that Microsoft had tested the process on internal hardware and seen “promising results upon rollout.” The update is currently available to participants in its Windows Insider pre-release testing program.

 

It’s arguable that, despite the continual complaints from users who are interrupted in the middle of work or come back to their PCs to find it has shut down without saving work, forced updates are better in the aggregate—the alternative is that a significant percentage of users will put off critical updates or simply forego them altogether. (This is the price of sharing a networked OS with millions of rubes.) The counterpoint to that is that the forced updates sometimes break machines or have been forced through despite explicit user opt-out, or have seemed like pretexts to force users to adopt software like its pre-installed Edge browser.

 

This seems like an attempt to meet users midway, though complaints about forced updates will presumably continue forever unless Microsoft caves on the policy altogether.

 

More at [The Verge/Windows Insider]

 

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[Matrix]

Back in 2016 I had enough of being dictated to by M$ with multiple monthly updates so since then I have taken control of updates using Windows Update Blocker works perfect never had any issues it can be found here

 

 https://www.sordum.org/9470/windows-update-blocker-v1-1/

[steven36]

16 minutes ago, DonyMach1 said:

Back in 2016 I had enough of being dictated to by M$ with multiple monthly updates so since then I have taken control of updates using Windows Update Blocker works perfect never had any issues it can be found here

 

 https://www.sordum.org/9470/windows-update-blocker-v1-1/

 

Never was a problem for me  I started using Windows 10 Firewall Control before Windows 10 ever came out. it was called Windows 8 Firewall Control then  you can block windows updates just by changing zones to svchost no updates and when you want to update you just change it to svchost  updates. This method actually blocks updates without having to disable the windows update service and stops it from calling home, even if you use Windows 8.1 if you turn updates off windows still calls home all the time and this method stops it.

[Karlston]

Typical response from a tech company... believing that problems can only be solved with (their) technology.

 

Here's a revolutionary thought Microsoft... let users decide when they're not using the device... they'll have a far better clue than some poxy cloud-based Artificial Insanity.

 

Wait... what am I saying... how could I be so stupid... slaps forehead... I forgot... users no longer get any say in what Microsoft does to their Microsoft's Windows 10 devices.

[Marik]

I'm wondering at which point does "No" become a valid answer. Wouldn't it be better to you know...simply let the user decide when/what updates to download?

[BimBamSmash]

If they spent half the time and resources it gets to bake such a fancy tech into the OS on testing and getting their updates - or better yet the OS's code - right, none of this would be needed in the first place.

[vissha]

4 minutes ago, BimBamSmash said:

If they spent half the time and resources it gets to bake such a fancy tech into the OS on testing and getting their updates - or better yet the OS's code - right, none of this would be needed in the first place.

Additionally, if they provide service packs, proper updates(not botched) with more truthful info/desc, no/optional telemetry for home/pro users, no more removing good features, no nagging/comparability check updates with telemetry, and more.... none would use tools to blocking updates, privacy tools like WPD/W10Privacy/.... and users would come down and download/install all updates with smile.