Windows updates can be like dentist appointments for some people — you know they're important, but on the other hand, you're going to do everything to put them off, or get out of it altogether.

Some IT workers say there's a simple way to avoid events like the CrowdStrike outage: Turn off auto-updates. But the reality is more complicated.

If you already updated to iOS 26.2 and missed this screen, or tapped Continue without realizing it, you can turn Automatic ...

After installing iOS 26.2, if you're just tapping through screens, you could miss the update turning on automatic software updates. At the "Software Update Complete" stage where you normally tap on ...