Windows 10 October 2018 Update rollout now paused

alphanumeric said:

All my current hardware predates Windows 10 so my only real source for drivers is Windows update. I'm rollong the dice with each new build that all my hardware will still work. My ASUS laptop shiped with Windows 8.0 and thats about all i can find on thier site as far as drivers for it. Plus one or twp Windows 8.1 drivers. For my two ASUS desktop motherboards it stops at Windows 7 drivers. It's been my experince that if your device didn't ship with Windows 10 from the factory, don't hold your breath waiting for the OEM to release Windows 10 drivers for it.

Thanks for your advice. My Gigabyte motherboard was released a year ago so I surely hope they are still supporting and releasing new drivers for it. Perhaps I'm overconcerned about drivers offered through the MUC not being compatible with my system.

jimbo45 said:

Hi there
absolute slew of Office 2016 updates --probably because I haven't updated those for ages -- on the VL / iso version not click2run so updates via windows update not from within office -- I probably hadn't on my previous windows version enabled updates for other Ms products. Anyway all working
there's about 3 screen pageloads of these !!!
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Cheers
jimbo

I have the exact same problem every time I clean install Windows. A lot of Office 2016 updates have accumulated over the last years! It would be great if Microsoft just puts them all in a Service Pack or in a newer version of the installation package of Office 2016 itself. That would save a lot of time.

Faith said:

I was just mumbling and generalizing the idea of W10 and compatibility. Do you have exclusive drivers for your Gigabyte motherboard? The only thing you may miss on is a Gigabyte emblem or something rooted into a controlpanel or some such. I have a MSI board and I can get the MSI logo in the audio controlpanel if I download it directly from them, but since I don't use the built-in audio I don't even have it enabled. Its also the only driver being actively updated on their site. If you search the driver versions you can get a better overview if the driver is being tweaked or if it's just offered directly from them (reference the numerics). Most cases the drivers offered are mirrors, released by multiple sources and are outdated on the mb manufacturer's websites. Except for maybe laptops.

Good point about checking the versions being the same or not. I'm not sure if the following drivers are truly exclusive but this is what Gigabyte offers for my motherboard:

- Realtek Audio Driver
- Realtek LAN Driver
- Intel Rapid Storage driver
- Intel INF drivers
- Intel Management Engine driver

Link

Not sure if these drivers are also offered by Windows Update, especially the Intel Rapid Storage driver.

JohnnyGui said:

Good point about checking the versions being the same or not. I'm not sure if the following drivers are truly exclusive but this is what Gigabyte offers for my motherboard:

- Realtek Audio Driver
- Realtek LAN Driver
- Intel Rapid Storage driver
- Intel INF drivers
- Intel Management Engine driver

Link

Not sure if these drivers are also offered by Windows Update, especially the Intel Rapid Storage driver.

I've seen Realtek audio, Realtek LAN, Intel INF and ME being updated between major feature updates. The rapid Storage driver is really not needed, but Windows will offer its own ATA/ATAPI and ACHI driver for your disk drives. Not sure if there's any difference between them though.

One of my laptops is not being offered 1809 through WU. Is there a way I can encourage it to come through WU? I tried troubleshooting and clearing the storage and restarting.

f14tomcat said:

I think so, Mike. I might even get used to the dancing ">" in task manager!

hopefully that fixed next week with the first CU's on patch Tuesday