The latest changes that Microsoft announced on how to handle Windows updates 10 is unlikely to be the company's latest attempt to stabilize the process it uses to update Windows.
Microsoft continues to make changes because the update process continues to pose many problems. 
The company's idea of adding new features to its operating system through updates and in a very short period of time doesn't seem to be working well for everyone. Since Windows began to be released “as a service” the company adds new features to the operating system, often causing great disruption to end users or IT departments.
In practice we have yet to see an update roll out without issues, at least so far. Although Microsoft has been trying to fix the update processes for the past few years, complaints from end users have not stopped. Some users criticize the company for the quality (and quantity) of updates, and that was even more the case late last year when Microsoft had to withdraw the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809) due to a bug that deleted files. It took six weeks before Microsoft was able to start distributing the update again.
In a post on the company's blog last weekteam, Microsoft corporate vice president Mike Fortin acknowledged that the Windows update process is “disruptive" and mentioned some changes in the way the updates will be distributed.
Steve Kleynhans, vice president of Gartner's tech analyst, said Microsoft's goal is to add painlessly new features and new security features to Windows 10 and of course with minimal upset.
"Microsoft will continue to do this kind of tweaking until it finds the right balance but even then the right balance will be a moving target over time," he said.
Kleynhans said that in some cases Microsoft underestimates the difficulties that may arise when updates are made available to millions computers, but also overestimates the ability of the "Insiders program" which it believes can detect problems before the public release of the operating system.
I think reality is different. Windows is installed on a very complex set of devices, an incredible number of hardware variants, and no matter how good the Insiders are testing, users will continue to have problems with things the company and Insiders have never met.
With more than 800 million computers running Windows 10, in all shapes, sizes and ages from many different vendors, coping with any potential problem is extremely difficult.
"Android and iOS are designed from the ground up to manage this way, and they don't have the level of sophistication that we've seen in the world of computer. A Windows PC has a huge percentage of peripherals, and that's something that causes a problem.”
Here is another problem: There has been tension between users who mostly want the new features as soon as possible, and IT administrators struggling to install painlessly more frequent updates on the computers they have under their control.
Microsoft should meet user requirements and this means that everyone should get used to a much faster update cycle, and not just Windows.
What does this mean; Continuous updates to an operating system mean continued upgrades to both the software and the drivers. This may not be a particular problem for a Windows home user (not a beginner) but it definitely presents IT issues that are handled by many systems and stability is counting.
Windows 10 has shown that Microsoft continues to learn. According to Kleynhans:
“They're moving in the right direction and things will continue to improve with each new release. I am not convinced that they have fixed all the issues and stabilized all the issues, because development is a constantly changing environment. ”
