Windows 10 October 2018 Update rollout now paused

sunberg · 07 Nov 2018

RingTailCoon said:

WAS... Now they have pick another name!

I don't think so. Distribution is paused, update itself exists from Oct 2...

Superfly · 07 Nov 2018

It's really hard to believe.. that companies are still so trusting of MS (with Azure, Cloud etc - MSFT are gaining huge there - no doubt in competition with Linux server and Google) and the rest have to endure the Fallen ..

jimbo45 · 07 Nov 2018

Hi there
I Think Azure / other Ms cloud services use RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise servers) or similar -- now IBM has bought out Red Hat it could be an interesting mix remembering in the past how often Ms and IBM had arguments.

There's no way mega large cloud services with 100,000's of enterprise level users and large MySQL type databases expecting decent response times could even think of running these on Windows type servers !!!! .

Windows servers can provide decent-ish Virtual desktop infrastructure at company level -- but for providing globally based cloud computing -- I don't think so.

Cheers
jimbo

Faith · 07 Nov 2018

sunberg said:

I don't think so. Distribution is paused, update itself exists from Oct 2...

The question is, will they soft launch the re-roll like nothing happened or will they make a big spectable out of it. If it's the latter then people who didn't know about the update - or the pause - will scratch their head by the name "October". The update didn't auto-push to WU on Oct 2nd, so users who already have it deliberately knew about this. It doesn't make much sense if the marketing and welcoming is gated and signed for October when we're currently in November. Either way it doesn't really matter, but I can see it confusing someone if they don't change the name or make it clear in their words when they start the re-roll process. MS should stop calling the updates for months and instead use numbers, quarters, or simply have fun with it, like the 1809 Chocolate Update or something.

Bree · 07 Nov 2018

Faith said:

...the 1809 Chocolate Teapot Update...

Fixed that for you....

Clintlgm · 07 Nov 2018

CountMike said:

Well, in that case "Fall update" is appropriate name, it has fallen and can't get up. Compilation by AFX - YouTube

dalchina · 07 Nov 2018

Some signs of progress in Insider builds (article is end Oct so may have been noted above):
Windows 10 1809 ZIP bug now fixed: So will Microsoft rerelease October update today? | ZDNet

Wynona · 07 Nov 2018

dalchina said:

I'm rarely confronted with a near-white background- like you I dislike that. Changes I made from Win 8 onwards have been ones I've stuck with.

A couple of well-publicised registry changes (or use Superfly's SMACC) and Qttabbar by Quizo (free) for explorer-related backgrounds.

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Thanks, Dalchina. I guess I need to go on a hunting expedition.

kado897 · 07 Nov 2018

dalchina said:

Some signs of progress in Insider builds (article is end Oct so may have been noted above):
Windows 10 1809 ZIP bug now fixed: So will Microsoft rerelease October update today? | ZDNet

Yes, the fix to the zip bug has been in the Release Preview ring since Tuesday last week.

Wynona · 07 Nov 2018

jimbo45 said:

Hi there

amazing lot of websites also have things like Blue (or Red) text on black backgrounds - I wonder if those people who design that type of website have ever tried to read text on it !!!

When doing photoshop (I love real photography -- hate "snaps taken with camera phones" ) I always have a light grey workspace when using photoshop -- works excellently.

Cheers
jimbo

Yeah, I've noticed that, Jimbo. If I happen onto one of those sites, I just quietly leave without comment.

Thank goodness that those generally in the Windows community generally understand our needs and build accordingly.

My daughter uses her phone and gets some pretty good pictures, but I'm of the old school . . . I use a digital camera with as many megapixels as I can afford.