Windows 10 Upgrade

[Den]

You don't have to be last in the queue. Just click on "all settings" then click on "update and security" and then on "learn more". You can then click on  "update windows 10" and you have jumped the queue. 

[Simon]

You must be under 'Z'. 

[zappaDPJ]

You don't have to be last in the queue. Just click on "all settings" then click on "update and security" and then on "learn more". You can then click on  "update windows 10" and you have jumped the queue. 

Thanks but I think on this occasion I'll just sit it out

You must be under 'Z'. 

That has definitely been a major factor when there's an email involved so it's possible.

[Clive]

At long last my three Win 10 laptops have updated themselves.  Each on different days. 

[Simon]

Mine is still struggling with one update.  Keeps saying "we can't install it", but bloody "we" doesn't have the courtesy to say why.  Presumably "I" don't need to know as my machine now belongs to Microsoft.   

[Clive]

It's always belonged to Microsoft Simon.   

[Simon]

Never more so than with Windows 10.

[zappaDPJ]

My main PC updated today. It provided a fix for an issue I had dragging windows around but no fixes for the multitude of other issues I have including Windows not recognising a number of USB devices. Unfortunately it's also introduced another problem, all my major programs suffer from lag for a few minutes after loading up. There's little or no disk churning so I've no idea what's going on.

[Glenn]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/4vufpo/windows_10_fully_freezes_after_anniversary_update/

One chap over on Pistonheads thinks he has resolved the issue

Touch wood, i may have fixed it... i did the following, based on various theories online:
- disabled prefetch & superfetch
- disabled windows search
- disabled chromes preloading of pages

But then i also tried to find updated SATA drivers for my motherboard (ASUS PZ68-V Pro) and found they didnt have any for Win10. Prior to Win10 i had always been strict about using the install disk, but with Win10 the OS seemed to provide all the drivers from the get-go. However, forcing it to update with the Win7 drivers it now means theres an Intel controller managing the drives, and my D Drive (1TB storage drive) now shows up in task manager along with the C drive.

Was doing a bit of surfing and gaming last night since that driver update and didnt experience any 100% C-drive lock ups or stability issues

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=95&t=1614457

[zappaDPJ]

Thanks, that does sound like a similar issue.

[Glenn]

From MS http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-performance/windows-10-may-freeze-after-installing-the/5a60d75d-120a-4502-873c-8bfec65c82d0?page=1&auth=1

[zappaDPJ]

Thanks again Glenn, hopefully there will be a proper fix soon.

[Simon]

Like, taking us back to Windows 7?   

[zappaDPJ]

I wish!

[J!ll]

Mine is still struggling with one update.  Keeps saying "we can't install it", but bloody "we" doesn't have the courtesy to say why.  Presumably "I" don't need to know as my machine now belongs to Microsoft.   

I get very fed up with "we" too!

[Den]

I have now removed Norton and all outside system managers (Iola) etc' and installed Bullguard and Addguard and allowed Defender to carry out back ground checks. 

Windows 10 is running so smooth it's amazing. Norton was becoming so intrusive and telling me to reboot every time they updated anything and I got fed up with the adverts on every site I visited.

I would recommend Windows 10 as the best Windows ever just as Microsoft have claimed.   

[Simon]

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/704120/Windows-10-Anniversary-Update-Crash-BSOD-Amazon-Kindle-USB/amp

[Den]

I read that before and as I never plug my Kindle in to my computer or in fact can not see a reason to plug it in I just ignored the advice. 

[Ray]

Well I've just backed up all the content from my Kindle Paper white to my W10 Pc via USB without any problem! 

[Gary]

I have now removed Norton and all outside system managers (Iola) etc' and installed Bullguard and Addguard and allowed Defender to carry out back ground checks. 

Windows 10 is running so smooth it's amazing. Norton was becoming so intrusive and telling me to reboot every time they updated anything and I got fed up with the adverts on every site I visited.

I would recommend Windows 10 as the best Windows ever just as Microsoft have claimed.   

http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-update-breaks-powershell-and-microsoft-wont-fix-it-until-next-week/

[davej99]

A scheduled task I had set to run automated NAS backups ran fine in W10 v1511 till Anniversary Updates v1607.

For any user scheduled task, if the condition 'Start only if the following network connection is available' is checked and set to a named network, the task fails. When the task is run manually the error 'Task Scheduler service not available' arises. If the generic network 'Any connection' option is selected instead, the task runs fine.

Thought this might be helpful to those who have not noticed backups are failing or are puzzling on the cause. My work around is to uncheck the condition 'Start only if the following network connection is available' or leave it checked and select the generic  'Any connection.'

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-performance/anniversary-update-version-1607-build14393-breaks/d034ab52-5d49-4b92-976a-a1355b5a6e6d?page=2  See David_882 Aug 11 2016. Seems MS confirm.

[Lance]

They do manage to break the oddest things with these updates!

[Simon]

I am very seriously considering upgrading my Windows 10 laptop back to Windows 7.  I just hate it!  It is the slowest, most invasive and annoying operating system I have ever used. 

I have just spent the last two hours trying to change my anti virus software, just to eliminate my usual programs as being the culprit for the computer crawling along and taking 10 minutes to boot up.  I tried one but didn't like it, so decided to uninstall it.  That took an hour, because, at the same time, fecking Windows decided it was going to install a massive update, and there was nothing I could do to stop it, even if it had had the good grace to inform me that the upgrade was taking place.  I know you can defer the updates, but then they just build up and take even longer.  I've had it with W10, as the sooner I cat get rid of it, the better.

I've already got a DVD for Windows 7, and have seen licenses online for less than a tenner.  Are these too good to be true?

[colirv]

I reserve the three days starting the 2nd Tuesday of each month for looking for, and installing, the Windows 10 updates on our three PCs.

[Simon]

But should you have to do that?  I have my Windows 7 machine set to inform me when updates are available, then I download and apply them at my own convenience.  I'm bloody sick of Windows 10 ("We" ) assuming ownership of my computer.