Current Status of Windows 10 October 2018 Update version 1809

Bree said:

Microsoft said:
we are taking a more measured approach with the October Update, slowing our rollout to more carefully study device health data...

Hopefully now that some are getting it by checking for updates Microsoft's 'health data' will start to be collected. All being well, we may see the rollout accelerate as more machines get it through windows update. I have not yet seen a verified report of a machine getting it automatically through windows update, but that can only be a matter of time now that MS have more telemetry,

"once burned twice shy"

Geez; Maybe the folks at Microsoft are human after all...

I still haven't automatically gotten 1809 through WU. I haven't touched the "Check For Updates" button since the first warning earlier in this thread. The few auto updates I got were for upgrading 1803, Flash, Malicious Tool etc.
I figure they'll pump out 1809 to my rig in the middle of January. I'm in no rush. It's Winter. I've got hot cocoa.

OK, Bree confused me (an easy task) with the statement about MS getting "health data" via others doing the Check For Updates method to roll out v.1809. Isn't that what the Basic and Full Diagnostics & Feedback function does? If not, what is the telemetry difference between "Check For Updates" and "Diagnostics & Feedback"?

I'd say your right in thinking what the basic and full diagnostics and feedback function does.

And I'd think check for updates just checks for KB numbers, if you don't have it you're gonna get it. And diagnostics an feedback goes over the log entries and such.

jamis said:

If not, what is the telemetry difference between "Check For Updates" and "Diagnostics & Feedback"?

They work together to determine if/when you see the features update in windows update. The lowest level of Diagnostics & Feedback MS receive from you (unless you have hacked the registry to prevent it) is Basic. this provides MS with...

Microsoft said:

Information about your device, its settings and capabilities, including applications and drivers installed on your device, to ascertain whether your device is ready for and compatible with the next operating system or app release and ready for update.

The Basic (or Full) telemetry from other machines that have taken the features update has been analysed by MS to determine if you are likely to have a successful update, if not then you won't be offered the features update though windows update. "Check for updates" is a request to the update servers to see what the current position is for your machine, taking into account what the latest telemetry tells MS about other similar machines and based on....

Microsoft said:

Data about the performance of updates on all Windows devices to assess the success of an update’s deployment and to learn device characteristics (e.g., hardware, peripherals, settings, and applications) that are associated with the success or failure of an update.

Diagnostics, feedback, and privacy in Windows 10 - Microsoft privacy

Ztruker said:

You are the first person I've heard of who got the re-released 1809 via WU. Good to see MS is finally starting to roll it out. Soon we'll hear the complaints from people who have problems with it.

Edwin also received it a few days ago through WU.
https://www.tenforums.com/windows-10...ml#post1521990

Ztruker said:

You are the first person I've heard of who got the re-released 1809 via WU. Good to see MS is finally starting to roll it out. Soon we'll hear the complaints from people who have problems with it.

Well done to early adopters for being willing beta testers for those of us who defer these updates!

Steve C said:

Well done to early adopters for being willing beta testers for those of us who defer these updates!

some of us have been unintentional beta testers since the beginning of October when it was first (briefly) released. Oddly enough, apart from 'The Big One' (which didn't affect me) it's been one of the least buggy Features Updates I've seen. I've been running 1809 since Oct 2nd with no significant problems. The early 1803 on the other hand was one of the worst IMHO.

Bree said:

some of us have been unintentional beta testers since the beginning of October when it was first (briefly) released. Oddly enough, apart from 'The Big One' (which didn't affect me) it's been one of the least buggy Features Updates I've seen. I've been running 1809 since Oct 2nd with no significant problems. The early 1803 on the other hand was one of the worst IMHO.

Thank you for beta testing v1803 which I have just upgraded to without problems.