Good suggestion and that's exactly what I do. I actually have it set up as Notify for download and auto install. This time I went out of my way to check for updates because I had time and I applied the update I found which was only Windows 10 version 1903. This computer is brand new, it's only about a month old, got it specifically for the new CAD system and to test a virtual drive for legacy software. Right now I've had to reconnect my 5 year old custom built Windows 2000 computer to access the legacy files - ARRGH!scottgus1 wrote:If you have Windows 10 Pro you can use Group Policy Editor to stop updates from installing on your PC until you are ready. Works up to 1809 so far, I don't have a Pro 1903 yet.
Run... > gpedit.msc > Local Computer Policy > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > Configure Automatic Updates > set "Configure automatic updating" dropdown to 2 (Notify for download and auto install) or possibly 3 (Auto download and notify for install).
I have this on my workstation and never get upeneded by updates until I'm ready & time-prepared for possible glitches.
Having time and being reasonably capable of fixing what Windows updates wrecks hasn't been a problem in the past, usually I can just unload an affected piece of software, restart computer, and then reload it, I've been doing it this way with every version of Windows since Window 95. This update and this piece of software was different; VirtualBox is the ONLY piece of software that won't work on the new update, all the other software packages are either functioning normally after the update or functioning normally after reloading. To be completely fair; this is the first time I've ever used VirtualBox so I have no clue how it has reacted to past Windows updates.
I've now loaded Hyper-V and set up a Virtual machine using that, I don't like it as well as VirtualBox and I'm still dependent on my old Windows 2000 machine. I hope they get this fixed with an update because I simply don't have any more time to mess around with it any of it. If they come up with a solution I'll try it again, but as of now, it's back to work and CAD classes.