Windows 10 Updates and Rebooting
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 5:59 am
Need some help understanding how Micorsoft Windows 10 updates and rebooting may affect my IFW backup process.
I currently run an unattended scheduled IFW backup script on my W7 machine at 3AM once a week. Updates are not a problem on W7 because I have declarative control over when updates are installed and system rebooted. With windows 10 pro MS has removed much of this control, yes it can be postponed but you have to reply to a popup, no one is going to see this at 3am. I also don't want MS loading update files while IFW is trying to make a backup.
Questions:
1. Is there a way in IFW or my .bat script to prevent an update files being delivered to my system? Possibly turning off the LAN while
the script is running or killing some process or service. How do you folks deal with this.
2. Also is there a way to prevent a unwanted reboot while my script is running.
Sort of: hay Microsoft don't bother me till I am done with my backup.
I currently run an unattended scheduled IFW backup script on my W7 machine at 3AM once a week. Updates are not a problem on W7 because I have declarative control over when updates are installed and system rebooted. With windows 10 pro MS has removed much of this control, yes it can be postponed but you have to reply to a popup, no one is going to see this at 3am. I also don't want MS loading update files while IFW is trying to make a backup.
Questions:
1. Is there a way in IFW or my .bat script to prevent an update files being delivered to my system? Possibly turning off the LAN while
the script is running or killing some process or service. How do you folks deal with this.
2. Also is there a way to prevent a unwanted reboot while my script is running.
Sort of: hay Microsoft don't bother me till I am done with my backup.