Current Status of Windows 10 October 2018 Update version 1809

slicendice · 15 Nov 2018

@Mooly

That was actually a very valid question. The dark theme should not behave like this if it's set to default. With the current behaviour, dark theme is just a skin on top of default colors. Default colors will be loaded first and then the dark colors will be applied on top of that. This is really bad programming if it's supposed to be a system wide feature.

Any theme should be set as system wide and there should be no traces of any default colors anywhere, no matter how slow your computer is. I don't like the current behaviour at all.

No wonder the dark theme has been totally bonker for so long, and still is.

MiguelAngel10 · 15 Nov 2018

Hi everyone :

Installed 1809 from the Microsoft Download Page, downloaded the update wizard. Download time took 45 minutes - 1 hour, installation time 5 minutes. No problems at all, even I recovered 5 GB after getting rid of the previous Windows installation files. Then went to Windows Update, installed CU 17763.134.

Bree · 15 Nov 2018

sunberg said:

Some new "known issues"
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4464619
@Brink

This is a new approach from Microsoft. They have in past roll outs blocked specific groups of machines from receiving a features update until issues were resolved. But never before have they so openly documented these blocks, it's usually been no more than a vague mention in a blog (if at all).

Mooly · 15 Nov 2018

slicendice said:

@Mooly

That was actually a very valid question. The dark theme should not behave like this if it's set to default. With the current behaviour, dark theme is just a skin on top of default colors. Default colors will be loaded first and then the dark colors will be applied on top of that. This is really bad programming if it's supposed to be a system wide feature.

Any theme should be set as system wide and there should be no traces of any default colors anywhere, no matter how slow your computer is. I don't like the current behaviour at all.

No wonder the dark theme has been totally bonker for so long, and still is.

@slicendice Thanks. So I thought I'd report it via the feedback hub. Guess what ! Hubs broken:

Current Status of Windows 10 October 2018 Update version 1809-feedback-hub.png

Josey Wales · 15 Nov 2018

Mooly said:

@slicendice Thanks. So I thought I'd report it via the feedback hub. Guess what ! Hubs broken:

It works for me.

LEOPEVA64 · 15 Nov 2018

Mooly said:

Could anyone using the dark theme for file explorer confirm (or otherwise) that the following shortcut filepath which opens 'Libraries' directly does so either smoothly or do you get a white screen momentarily before Libraries open? Following a clean install of the latest release I see the white screen which is visually poor and spoils the experience. It only lasts for around 0.2 seconds at most.

Code:

%WinDir%\explorer.exe /e,::{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}

That is a well known problem for a long time, in Reddit there are some posts about that, in other forums it has also been talked about that issue for months, almost two months ago I uploaded some gifs in another forum demonstrating the problem, is most noticeable when you maximize a window:

Brink · 15 Nov 2018

sunberg said:

Some new "known issues"
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4464619
@Brink

Thank you. First post updated.

Jesse Williams · 15 Nov 2018

I have yet to get the update for my computers. Does anyone have a possible answer as to why? I installed it when it was first released. But due to the bugs, I went back to 1803. The re-release of 1809 has yet to be pushed out to my computers.

Wynona · 15 Nov 2018

tomseys said:

I don't think I have those options available to me on Win 10 home.

I don't know why, but you can't defer updates in Windows 10 Home. I don't understand it, but that's the way it is.

Fredrik · 15 Nov 2018

Wynona said:

I don't know why, but you can't defer updates in Windows 10 Home. I don't understand it, but that's the way it is.

Try this for Windows Home (alter the numbers according to your own wishes):

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings

DWORD-32bit parameters:

- BranchReadinessLevel:
= 10 in hexa decimal for Semi-Annual Channel (Targeted).
= 20 in hexa decimal for Semi-Annual Channel.
- DeferFeatureUpdatesPeriodInDays = 30
- DeferQualityUpdatesPeriodInDays = 0