I think we're misundersatnding each other. I thought you were talking about stopping updates rather than just downloading/installing them at a time of your choosing - which, as you point out, is easy.

 

 

 

I don't see the point you are making at all? the point is to provide in W10, the same control we had in W7... which is Achievable with group police, or indeed a metered connection.

 

Not so, unless I've got it completely wrong (not unheard of, it's an age thing!). In Windows 7 I could reject any updates (security, fixes or drivers) I didn't want and only install the ones I did (even critical updates). In Windows 10, you can't routinely completely reject some security updates and install others. Everything I've read so far says that although you can choose when to download and install updates, apart from drivers, you can't cherry-pick the ones you want.

This just goes to show that you might as well stay on Windows 7 and avoid the whole "windows updates" controversy :wink:

 

As far as flightsimming goes, Windows 10 buys you nothing.

 

That's possibly good advice for now.

 

But, I am building a new box for P3D and X-plane. I hope it will last me 5 years like my present one. Will W7 remain supported till 2021?  I might not, I know

 

As well as that, I might have to content with a completely new simulator - Aerosoft made noises, and then there is Dovetail, and maybe others in the shadows.

 

So, for someone building a new system, I would have thought Windows 10 bought a degree of future-proofing not available in W7, much as I like W7. 

Gee,...... thanks for all the help, fellas, I really appreciate it. I certainly learned a lot....more than I expected, that's for sure. I really hope you two can work things out.

 

And to think I was worried I wouldn't get any replies!

 

I finished my cockpit last night, I'll post some pics soon.

I have decided to lock this topic.  Glad the OP got a solution to his problem.