Current Status of Windows 10 October 2018 Update version 1809  

Bree said:

Yes, that's my normal practice - download once, use many times. In my case I make the x86+x64 ISO as I have both types of install to upgrade. BTW, you can easily make a bootable USB from the ISO should you ever need one. Just format the USB as Fat32, mark the partition as Active (needed for Legacy boot) then mount the ISO and copy everything to the USB.

Thanks Bree, I presume that's what MS expect us to do but if one is simply upgrading from (say) 1803 to 1809 then I'm hoping not to NEED to do it.
I do have an old 32Bit laptop but it can stay on 1803 for now - it's only use is as a music "server" - it might even wait until after whatever the Spring 2019 update turns out to be......if....when the nightmare starts again....

VBF said:

- it might even wait until after whatever the Spring 2019 update turns out to be......if....when the nightmare starts again....

Or if..... when..... the current (1809) nightmare ends.
I have clean installed 1809 from the iso and still have problems with

1. A non-working Adobe pdf creator from Word 2016, (Excel, PowerPoint work perfectly) and
2. A LaserJet service which goes bananas 3-4 times a day!

Bree said:

...BTW, you can easily make a bootable USB from the ISO should you ever need one. Just format the USB as Fat32, mark the partition as Active (needed for Legacy boot) then mount the ISO and copy everything to the USB.

Rufus will do all this for you if you have the iso file.
FAT32 requirement is an internet myth...
Scroll down to this section in the link below.
Blah UEFI Blah FAT32, therefore Rufus should Blah

https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/FAQ

If you want the very latest 1809 which is 17763.195, use UUP Dump Downloader. Get uupdownloader_1.0.1.7z. You can get Home and Pro in the same ISO at the .195 level. Takes a little while to run but works great.

Info here: https://www.ghacks.net/2018/11/24/uu...10-iso-images/

ddelo said:

Or if..... when..... the current (1809) nightmare ends.
I have clean installed 1809 from the iso and still have problems with

1. A LaserJet service which goes bananas 3-4 times a day!

Please tell me...

1) What LaserJet Model do you have and did it work fine under 1803?
2) Have you tried cleanly uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers from the HP Support website? (Image your system first!)

I had a tough time with the 1809 feature upgrade and my HP OfficeJet 8610 until Microsoft rolled out a revised 1809.

Compumind said:

Please tell me...

1) What LaserJet Model do you have and did it work fine under 1803?
2) Have you tried cleanly uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers from the HP Support website? (Image your system first!)

I had a tough time with the 1809 feature upgrade and my HP OfficeJet 8610 until Microsoft rolled out a revised 1809.

Happy New Year and thanks for the suggestion.

HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M177fw, connected via WiFi.
Driver Full package, version 15.0.16259.1230/Sep 28, 2016 (the latest available from hp)
Firmware, updated to the latest version 20180208.
It was working perfectly in 1803, with no errors.

The printer software was installed on a clean-install of 1803 of Dec. 14, which was upgraded to 1809 17763.195, via WU.
As I was imaging after installation of each new software component, the problem is that the images I have are:
1. Clean install 1803
2. Clean install 1803 + hp printer SW
3. Clean install 1803 + hp printer SW, updated to 1809.

Today, as the holiday season ended, I will try a clean install of 1809, from the ISO and see how it goes.

To be honest, I'll do it as I'm more concerned about my second problem in 1809, which was working in 1803, i.e. the inability to save any new file in Word 2016 when the Acrobat 2017 Pro PDFMaker is enabled in Word. And when I say enabled, I mean that the addIn is enabled in Word, as it is in all other Office apps, all its features in the Acrobat tab are disabled, thus unusable, (God knows why) and moreover it does not allow Word to save any file type. If I disable the addin in Word, at least I can save. A problem that neither Adobe, nor Microsoft give any answers, anywhere!

Hi again.

I would download the latest iso available with 1809, check for and install any updates and just install the HP software.
I'm glad that you imaged the way you did, so a re-image won't be an issue!

Let me know if that works.

As for the Abobe problem, I would need to visualize it for myself, since I don't use Acrobat 2017 Pro PDFMaker.
I would suggest posting this question in the Software and Apps section of the forum.

Cheers!