Downloading now

Downloading now.

Downloading now.

Hitting update button now!

Looks like it's going to be one of those builds. Sat at 99% downloading for 10 mins now.

kado897 said:

Looks like it's going to be one of those builds. Sat at 99% downloading for 10 mins now.

Sat at 99% downloading for about 15s then moved on to installing. Seems to be quite fast so far.

Underway. Always amazes me how much faster the Haswell 4-core i7 is than the Haswell 2-core i5. Will report back to this thread if anything odd shows up. Knocking on wood as I write here "both test machines installed fine for the last build." Because we're into final cleanup and bug fix mode for the upcoming 1809, I'm hopeful the same experience will repeat this time, too.
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[PS added 26 mins later:] i7 XPS 2720 is already getting to first reboot on "configuring updates" phase, while i5 Dell Venue Pro 11 7130 is at 99% Download (hasn't even started installing yet)...

[PPS added 42 mins later:] i7 XPS 2720 just booted to new desktop, while Dell Venue Pro is STILL at 99% download (others have experience long waits at this stage of download completion, too)...Hope it installs! 1 out 2 at this point.

[Added 1:10 later:] Gave up on 99% download 1:10 into process. Got an error message that the process could not be completed because necessary service shut down. Restarted process to return to 99% download point. Sheesh! Will let it marinate a while longer, I guess.

[Added 1:19 later:] About 1 minute after restart, threw an 0x8nn error, and restarted. Then something interesting happened: zipped through getting ready right into installing and the OS is now installing. Apparently, the download was complete and some kind of integrity check got hung (what I suspected). This apparently resolved itself and the process is now continuing forward. First time to see this behavior following a "stuck download." Can't say if this is new behavior or just something I haven't seen before.

[Added 2:10 later:] Finally got the "Restart needed" and am now in the "Configuring updates" phase before the first reboot. Will post again when install finishes. Looks like we have one at 42 minutes or so (XPS 2720) and another at somewhere around 3 hours (Venue Pro 11 7130). Big difference!

[2:32 later: Venue Pro 11 7130 install completes sucessfully!] I'd wondered if this would make it through and indeed it did. I probably didn't need to restart while the 99% complete status still stood, because that's where it picked up from afterward anyway. Not sure how much "extra" time that cost me. And so it goes, here in Windows World.

Mine has moved to installing now after sitting for 20 mins at 99%.