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Windows 10 updates now appear to run on a tick-tock model: The Windows 10 update in the first half of the year contains major changes; the update in the second half of the year holds only minor changes. As this year’s “tock” release, 20H2 doesn’t contain much in the way of new features. The number one change is the move to the new Chromium-based Edge browser, but you can download that at any time without needing to install 20H2. All the other tweaks are minor. In other words, there’s no reason to upgrade immediately.

Each major Windows 10 update has been tested to some extent by members of Microsoft’s Windows Insider program before it is broadly released to the public. Like Woody, I consider that to be the point when the real beta testing is done by you and me and countless other users around the world — including making sure it works with the applications we depend on. While it makes sense to test 20H2 on a spare machine, I do not recommend installing it on a machine you care about until we get a clearer view of any potential bugs and issues that may arise.

Fortunately, Microsoft doesn’t cram each new version of Windows down your throat like it used to. Here’s how to make sure you aren’t accidentally swept up in an unwanted upgrade.

PSA: the WIndows 10 20H2 major update has arrived and you shouldn't install it right now unless you want to become a glorified beta tester. Here's Susan Bradley and Woody Leonhard on how to block the update from installing.