Windows 10 October 2018 Update rollout now paused

Kol12 · 14 Oct 2018

Ah ok, it explains how the file deletion worked for anyone that didn't know.

CannonRebel · 14 Oct 2018

I was doing some video editing tonight in 1809. My CPU hums at such a high frequency now, the neighborhood dogs start barking.

lehnerus2000 · 15 Oct 2018

Josey Wales said:

Indeed they should but what I don't get is why this only effects some users and not others. Look at my specs , I have a quite old system and without any problems.

kado897 said:

I don't think we will ever know unless MS fesses up.

I wouldn't be surprised if MS doesn't know why it happened.
These things "just happen" when you try to install millions of lines of code.

An anecdote about my W7 installs.

I installed the official consumer version of W7 in January 2010.
Everything seemed to work, but I didn't like the way the Fonts folder behaved.
When I mentioned it on SevenForums, other members said their installs didn't behave that way.

In 2012, I did a clean install after my original install developed a couple of problems I couldn't fix (a broken calculator display and the inability to hold a static IP).
Afterwards I noticed that my Fonts folder behaved the way that other SevenForums members said theirs behaved.

Here's a novel idea.
Instead of just randomly installing the latest W10 "Upgrade", Windows should warn users that it is about to happen.
A dialogue window should appear stating:

Once started this operation may take an entire day
This is your one-and-only chance to back up your valuable personal files
Once you click the "Proceed" button it will be too late to back up your files

winactive · 15 Oct 2018

lehnerus2000 said:

I wouldn't be surprised if MS doesn't know why it happened.
These things "just happen" when you try to install millions of lines of code.

An anecdote about my W7 installs.

I installed the official consumer version of W7 in January 2010.
Everything seemed to work, but I didn't like the way the Fonts folder behaved.
When I mentioned it on SevenForums, other members said their installs didn't behave that way.

In 2012, I did a clean install after my original install developed a couple of problems I couldn't fix (a broken calculator display and the inability to hold a static IP).
Afterwards I noticed that my Fonts folder behaved the way that other SevenForums members said theirs behaved.

Here's a novel idea.
Instead of just randomly installing the latest W10 "Upgrade", Windows should warn users that it is about to happen.
A dialogue window should appear stating:

Once started this operation may take an entire day
This is your one-and-only chance to back up your valuable personal files
Once you click the "Proceed" button it will be too late to back up your files

This is perhaps true. Most users don't know their Feature Upgrade from their Patch Tuesday or their Out Of Band update.

Part of me thinks "How brainwashed am I to think of these things as normal?"

Part of me thinks "Well this is a situation not of my making but I have a way of dealing with it, because the bottom line is ignorance will get you nowhere."

larc919 · 15 Oct 2018

Dirk Gently said:

With the exception of my soundcard, i've only used the MS supplied Drivers. The only times i've had to do otherwise is when my Hardware is newer than the OS i'm using. Then i would have to go with Manufacturer software

Microsoft lost my trust with drivers when they started forcing an "updated" driver for my TP-Link wireless adapter with each new Insider build. Trouble was that driver slowed a 70MB Internet connection down to less than 5MB. It was necessary to delete the MS supplied driver and replace it with the older one from TP-Link with each new build to regain speed. I complained numerous times via Feedback as did many others, but it did absolutely no good. TP-Link still doesn't have that lame driver version available. I switched to another adapter and everything is fine now since MS hasn't forced any drivers on it.

hawkman · 15 Oct 2018

Hi @larc919

Your luckier than me - MS keeps throwing a single band driver at my wifi card, gotta change it every time theres an upgrade.

Roy

lx07 · 15 Oct 2018

hawkman said:

Hi @larc919

Your luckier than me - MS keeps throwing a single band driver at my wifi card, gotta change it every time theres an upgrade.

Roy

Why not just turn off driver updates? Your spec says Windows 10 Preview which was always Pro functionality so you could disable it in gpedit. Until they remove that functionality from Pro I guess.

It still works for me on the Pro version I got free from the 10 Preview.

BC66 · 15 Oct 2018

Warning: Do NOT try to install this update. Microsoft has pulled the October 2018 Update after reports of users losing their documents during upgrade. If you’re planning to upgrade, do it at your own risk, and perform a full backup before proceeding. You’ve been warned.

winactive · 15 Oct 2018

BC66 said:

Warning: Do NOT try to install this update. Microsoft has pulled the October 2018 Update after reports of users losing their documents during upgrade. If you’re planning to upgrade, do it at your own risk, and perform a full backup before proceeding. You’ve been warned.

Is this really news 183 pages into this thread?

Clintlgm · 15 Oct 2018

[QUOTE=BC66;1488004]Warning: Do NOT try to install this update. Microsoft has pulled the October 2018 Update after reports of users losing their documents during upgrade. If you’re planning to upgrade, do it at your own risk, and perform a full backup before proceeding. You’ve been warned.[/QUOTE

Maybe a little late with your post. Were up to 1827 post on this very topic. Beginning the very day MS Pulled the upgrade.