Windows 10 Upgrade

Clive · Oct 04, 2016, 20:35:48

Can't you defer updates in settings?

Simon · Oct 04, 2016, 23:17:46

Yes, but then they just queue and build up, so when Micro$oft do eventually force them on you (which, apparently, they do), they will take even longer!

Clive · Oct 05, 2016, 11:02:39

Good point!

Den · Oct 05, 2016, 21:17:34

The last Windows 10 update was on the 29th September so what was going on with your computer on Tuesday Simon?

Simon · Oct 05, 2016, 21:41:56

It was definitely an update, as it requested a reboot and notified me afterwards that the computer has been updated.

zappaDPJ · Oct 05, 2016, 21:46:49

Quote from: Den on Oct 05, 2016, 21:17:34
The last Windows 10 update was on the 29th September so what was going on with your computer on Tuesday Simon?

That explains why my PC says it's up-to-date. What is odd is a number of people clearly updated something during the last 48 hours because a lot of people are complaining about losing access to their P.C. for quite some time while the update took place.

Technical Ben · Oct 05, 2016, 22:19:50

MS recently disabled .Net framework on some instillations/updates. Possibly that? Or MSE?
They might be doing an Apple and deleting old features/files as they are/planning to do with iOS to save space on smaller devices?
As it is Windows 10, all bets are off... it could be anything.

Clive · Oct 05, 2016, 23:08:16

Mrs Clive's ailing Dell did exactly the same. But my PC Specialist machine says it's up to date.

colirv · Oct 06, 2016, 08:37:11

This update was a Features update. The monthly updates on the second Tuesday are Security updates - your computer looks the same after as before. Features updates are rarer and, as the name implies, alter the way Windows functions. For example, the thin column on the left when you press the Start button should look different after the recent update.

john · Oct 08, 2018, 16:30:43

Microsoft pauses Windows 10 update after files disappear

Simon · Oct 08, 2018, 17:07:20

nowster · Oct 08, 2018, 19:22:37

And from the Red Top: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/08/microsoft_windows_10_pulled/

zappaDPJ · Oct 08, 2018, 19:40:43

This update appears to have done something very nasty to a heavily used PC belonging to a family member which goes way beyond deleting files in the 'Documents' directory. It's also uninstalled or lost contact with everything that's ever been installed on the PC i.e. all the shortcuts on the backdrop are now broken and the applications no longer exist in the Start menu. Deleted applications like Candy Crush have been reinstalled and even worse, all restore points have been lost. All that's left apart from Windows 10 are photographs stored on a different physical drive.

I've since found a few other people reporting exactly the same issue.

Simon · Oct 08, 2018, 20:01:34

Ouch!

Technical Ben · Oct 08, 2018, 20:17:37

Quote from: zappaDPJ on Oct 08, 2018, 19:40:43
This update appears to have done something very nasty to a heavily used PC belonging to a family member which goes way beyond deleting files in the 'Documents' directory. It's also uninstalled or lost contact with everything that's ever been installed on the PC i.e. all the shortcuts on the backdrop are now broken and the applications no longer exist in the Start menu. Deleted applications like Candy Crush have been reinstalled and even worse, all restore points have been lost. All that's left apart from Windows 10 are photographs stored on a different physical drive.

I've since found a few other people reporting exactly the same issue.

"Installed", Yeah... did you not realise Windows is not "updated" anymore? These have been full OS reinstalls with program migration since the first "Feature" update of 10. So this problem is very very common.

Simon · Oct 08, 2018, 20:31:58

Surely there could be a case for litigation against Microsoft, given that they force these updates on Windows 10 users without giving them much choice about it. I think I've managed to delay the updates as far as the operating system will allow, but my guess is that Microsoft could quite easily bypass that if they chose to.

Glenn · Oct 08, 2018, 20:52:08

Here is a guide to possibly recover lost data. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW14InNzlP8

Clive · Oct 08, 2018, 22:24:36

To me it shows that Microsoft doesn't give a to$$ about our data. They are totally reckless.

Glenn · Oct 09, 2018, 07:09:47

Or you could also argue that the majority of people don't give a toss about their important data, only keeping one copy of it.

Glenn · Oct 09, 2018, 16:04:12

https://betanews.com/2018/10/08/windows-insiders-reported-the-windows-10-file-deletion-problem-to-microsoft-months-ago/

Also

Taken from another site "On a german article about this they said, customers who are suffering from lost data should contact the Microsoft Support directly.

They can provide you with some tools to maybe restore most of the data - they wrote - but unconfirmed."

Glenn · Nov 13, 2018, 21:48:32

https://www.techspot.com/news/77410-microsoft-resumes-rollout-windows-10-october-2018-update.html

zappaDPJ · Nov 13, 2018, 22:19:16

Clive · Nov 13, 2018, 22:29:24

My Asus laptop was trashed by the October update and won't boot up now. Amusingly, I had thrown out the rescue discs just a week earlier.

Simon · Nov 13, 2018, 23:48:47

Glenn · Nov 14, 2018, 08:54:36

Quote from: Clive on Nov 13, 2018, 22:29:24
My Asus laptop was trashed by the October update and won't boot up now. Amusingly, I had thrown out the rescue discs just a week earlier.

If you have another Windows 10 machine you can create another rescue disc/USB drive

https://www.techradar.com/uk/how-to/software/operating-systems/how-to-create-a-windows-10-recovery-disk-1302377