Windows 10 Updates

[MikeyVee4561]

I.T. Guy Managing a busy Dental Care office. When the workstations have pending updates, some functions stop responding in  applications that we use, interfering with our patient flow. Does anyone have any solutions? Much Appreciated.

[#2]

AFAIK, pending updates may not cause issues. If you like, you can finish updates at the end of day so that they don't interrupt you on next working day. Also, suggest you to contact application developer to see if they can provide any solutions for their app creating issues due to updates.

[#3]

@Kapil Arya 

Thank you Kapil.

But......When updates are pending, printers, usb cameras, start buttons stop responding to clicks, workstations become super slow, and more, etc; etc;

The Windows 10 environment should continue function properly  even with a pending update. Very annoying when trying to manage patient flow for 25 workstations. Dentist and Hygienist cannot stop working because of updates. Not good. They know to do updates at end of day but do not want to sit around for the workstations to restart, which often takes a long time.

just tired of it. sorry. 

[#4]

This is not the expected behavior.
Does it happen when update is being install?
Are you managing updates?
It is good idea to manage updates using WUfB or other management tools and schedule time to install them.
Check your system resources and see which one causing this behavior?

[#5]

@MikeyVee4561I would suggest learning how to use Windows Admin Center, or another remote administration interface, and setting up a small server implementation (on the local area network,) to remotely deploy updates unattended (of course this is when no one is using any of the devices.) It's a lot faster, and nowhere near as inconvenient for the person using the device:

Windows Admin Center | Customizations for desktop devices

Deploy Windows client updates using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)

DISM Operating System Package (.cab or .msu) Servicing Command-Line Options

If it's a thin client that remote boots over the network, then of course you could even update the images offline, probably all at the same time ( without the computers even turned on, as long as you had access to the images. )

There is one section here showing where to download updates, and how to add them to an Offline Windows 10 Image: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-11/example-iso-patch-guide-for-windows-11-64-bit-21h2...

You could obviously change the drive letters and folder names to whatever you want. The last two basically just apply the latest updates and finalize the image. This does work outside of WinPE, as long as it's not an exact copy of the running / Online Operating System Image:

REM ----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++
REM Example: Restore and Optimize an offline Windows Image on a workstation PC using WinPE to reduce boot time
MKDIR "A:\Scrtch"
DISM /Image:A:\ /ScratchDir:"A:\Scrtch" /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:A:\Win11_English_x64v1\sources\install.wim:1 /LimitAccess
DISM /Image:A:\ /ScratchDir:"A:\Scrtch" /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase
SFC /SCANNOW /OFFBOOTDIR=A:\ /OFFWINDIR=A:\Windows
DISM /Image:A:\ /ScratchDir:"A:\Scrtch" /Optimize-Image /WimBoot
RMDIR /Q /S "A:\Scrtch"
REM ----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++

REM ----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++
REM Example: Patch / Update and Optimize an offline Windows 11 Image on a workstation PC using WinPE to reduce boot time
@ECHO OFF
MKDIR "A:\Scrtch"
DISM /Image:A:\ /ScratchDir:"A:\Scrtch" /Optimize-Image /WimBoot
DISM /Image:A:\ /ScratchDir:"A:\Scrtch" /Add-Package /PackagePath:"A:\Patches\MS\Win11\21H2\x64\windows10.0-kb5015814-x64_db4c15264fec1ac8a6794a442a00fe7881337cd3.msu" /PackagePath:"A:\Patches\MS\Win11\21H2\x64\windows10.0-kb5013889-x64-ndp48_852faa94119365c2d2a311a59536bb9b85a5f653.msu"
DISM /Image:A:\ /ScratchDir:"A:\Scrtch" /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase
RMDIR /Q /S "A:\Scrtch"
REM ----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++

REM ----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++
REM Example: Patch / Update and Optimize an offline Windows 10 Image on a workstation PC using WinPE to reduce boot time
@ECHO OFF
MKDIR "A:\Scrtch"
DISM /Image:A:\ /ScratchDir:"A:\Scrtch" /Optimize-Image /WimBoot
DISM /Image:A:\ /ScratchDir:"A:\Scrtch" /Add-Package /PackagePath:"A:\Patches\MS\Win10\21H2\x64\windows10.0-kb5015807-x64_e3e62de3b52802c48fa6b027c49e0951b8575743.msu" /PackagePath:"A:\Patches\MS\Win10\21H2\x64\windows10.0-kb5013887-x64-ndp48_cee9944aef2e07c7ca85b5ca1d9d67ecdf7a9abf.msu"
DISM /Image:A:\ /ScratchDir:"A:\Scrtch" /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase
RMDIR /Q /S "A:\Scrtch"
REM ----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++----------++++++++++