Security News > 2021 > March > Take control of Windows 10 feature updates using these settings

"Windows 10 comes with new settings that will allow advance users to gain greater control over how Windows Update installs new Windows 10 feature updates."

Last year, Microsoft added the ability to set the specific Windows 10 feature update that you wish to keep using with the Group Policy editor.

In this article, we're highlighting two advanced group policies that you can use to take control over Windows 10 feature updates.

When you use this policy, you can specify the Windows version that you want to use and prevent Windows 10 from installing a new feature release until the specified version reaches the end of support.

With the new policy "Disable safeguards for Feature Updates," you can download and install Windows 10 updates more quickly by removing these upgrade blocks.

"Enable this setting when Feature Updates should be deployed to devices without blocking on any safeguard holds. Safeguard holds are known compatibility issues that block the upgrade from being deployed to affected devices until the issue is resolved. Enabling this policy can allow an organization to deploy the Feature Update to devices for testing, or to deploy the Feature Update without blocking on safeguard holds," the policy reads.

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