
The only problem? That prompt may appear when you’ve stepped away from your laptop for a few minutes and the average user is largely unaware of the need to manage updates before those updates arrive.Ĭase in point is the most recent Windows update that caught many users by surprise reports have rolled in over the past couple of days from those who say they lost work or were otherwise disrupted by the updates.

Many users reported losing their work or being forced to pause in their activities for long periods of time while the system updated itself, preventing them from hitting their deadlines, forcing them to restart tests or any number of things they may have been doing when the update happened.Īt this point in time, Windows 10 users are now given various management options to delay or schedule these updates, plus there are prompts that encourage the user to click to delay an upcoming update. Earlier in its life, Windows 10 earned the ire of many users by forcing updates.
