{"id":3216,"date":"2026-07-15T01:32:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T21:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/windows-11s-big-patch-tuesday-allows-you-to-hold-off-on-updates-for-longer\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T01:32:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T21:32:04","slug":"windows-11s-big-patch-tuesday-allows-you-to-hold-off-on-updates-for-longer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/windows-11s-big-patch-tuesday-allows-you-to-hold-off-on-updates-for-longer\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 11\u2019s big patch Tuesday allows you to hold off on updates for longer"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Windows logo on black background\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/STK109_WINDOWS_A.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft just released <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/servicing\/os\/windows-11\/2026\/07\/july-14-2026-kb5101649-os-build-28000-2525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a long list of improvements for Windows 11<\/a> as part of its bigger <a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/blog\/windows-itpro-blog\/understanding-windows-monthly-updates-servicing-explained\/4532290\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">patch Tuesdays<\/a>, and that includes the ability to pause updates indefinitely, as reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/microsoft\/windows-11\/windows-11s-latest-update-will-let-you-pause-updates-indefinitely\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earlier by <em>Windows Central<\/em><\/a>. This option <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/918572\/microsoft-windows-updates-pause-35-days\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rolled out to Windows Insiders<\/a> earlier this year, allowing you to hold off on updates for up to 35 days and repeatedly extend the deadline after that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It comes as part of Microsoft&rsquo;s plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/897834\/microsoft-windows-11-quality-performance-commitments-changes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revitalize Windows 11<\/a> with updates focused on addressing user complaints and improving performance. Microsoft patched a bunch of <a href=\"https:\/\/msrc.microsoft.com\/update-guide\/releaseNote\/2026-Jul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">security issues<\/a> with this update as well, which the company said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/963307\/microsoft-patch-tuesday-ai-security-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">we can expect to see more<\/a> of in future releas \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/965643\/microsoft-windows-11-july-2026-patch-tuesday-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft just released a long list of improvements for Windows 11 as part of its bigger patch Tuesdays, and that [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}