How to get the Windows 10 May 2019 Update version 1903

alkaufmann · 23 May 2019

Caledon Ken said:

Please click on "why am I seeing this?" and post results.

You get told again that no action is needed and they recommend you stay on the current version. The link for why am I seeing this is: https://support.microsoft.com/en-sg/...n-notification

Ak

IronZorg89 · 23 May 2019

magilla said:

Well, all my computers were networked but now cannot view folders on other computers.

It had happened to me all the time after a FU. One thing to check is to see if "Remote Desktop" in Windows firewall is still ticked, taking into account that the new FU can change your settings. Open control Panel > Windows Defender Firewall > Allow an app or feature through WD firewall > Change Settings > Put a tick in front of "Remote Desktop" and reboot you machine:

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Of course, you have to do the same for all the PCs on your network.

Caledon Ken · 23 May 2019

alkaufmann said:

You get told again that no action is needed and they recommend you stay on the current version. The link for why am I seeing this is: https://support.microsoft.com/en-sg/...n-notification

Ak

Thanks for posting. Yours is a real issue, not just an external storage. I would wait.

Too bad the message you got doesn't just go one step further to state what driver or what hardware or whatever it found. Then you could come up with plan.

Of course some of the known quick fixes might apply.

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from this doc.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/win...de/quick-fixes

Bree · 23 May 2019

Bree said:

...Apparently, what is supposed to happen in the 1903 upgrade is that that a 'just one offset date' will be calculated from the existing Targeted/non-Targeted and Features deferral settings with a resulting date that is has the same practical effect as the original settings. It may be a bug in this process that has made the defer settings 'disappear'.

I'm currently trying out a few permutations of the above settings in a VM then upgrading to 1903 to see if I can reproduce the problem.

Caledon Ken said:

Thanks Bree. I'm trying a repair install from mounted ISO.....

Case proven. I have successfully recreated the problem and made 'Defer Features updates' disappear.

Setting the channel to 'Semi-Annual' (without 'Targeted') on its own had no effect. But setting 'Defer Features Update' to 7 days as well did. It removed the Defer Features update' setting. As yet, I've not been able to restore it. The defer quality updates is still there, but then I left that set at zero days. At this point for completeness I suppose I should try the same for the Quality updates setting, and try both with the 'Targeted' channel, but life is too short for that many 1903 upgrades

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Edit: I have now reported this problem on the Feedback Hub. (anonymously, I'm afraid, as I don't have an MS account).

sygnus21 · 23 May 2019

tornadosurvivor said:

I told another user to remove every single USB or card out of their computer and uninstall and reinstall W10 Update Assistant.

Yeah, but in my case when I got the error the ONLY USB card / thumb drive I had in my system was the USB thumb drive containing the update. What that means is even if you have NO USB drives installed prior to attempting to install the update, by virtual of using a USB thumb drive for install purposes will net that error.

My post here is a prime example of that. Bottom line is I wouldn't attempt to install from a USB device.

OldOzzie · 23 May 2019

tornadosurvivor said:

I told another user to remove every single USB or card out of their computer and uninstall and reinstall W10 Update Assistant.

Yesterday, I didn't have usb or cards of any sort inserted from beginning on 3 systems and it still happened.
Whether by the assistant or via update, it still wouldn't work. Tried making iso via 1903 media creation and it still stopped, whether I chose the update option or for other pc.
Jumped onto insider vm and grabbed standalone 1903 iso and mounted this on all pc's....still no go.
Found an article online that said to do it offline, so I disabled network and it worked on all machines.
Now here's the bit that doesn't make sense.

Just did Dell laptop tonight and it worked without a hitch.
GREAT !!!

meedwioplo · 23 May 2019

sygnus21 said:

Yeah, but in my case when I got the error the ONLY USB card / thumb drive I had in my system was the USB thumb drive containing the update. What that means is even if you have NO USB drives installed prior to attempting to install the update, by virtual of using a USB thumb drive for install purposes will net that error.

My post here is a prime example of that. Bottom line is I wouldn't attempt to install from a USB device.

OldOzzie said:

Yesterday, I didn't have usb or cards of any sort inserted from beginning on 3 systems and it still happened.
Whether by the assistant or via update, it still wouldn't work. Tried making iso via 1903 media creation and it still stopped, whether I chose the update option or for other pc.
Jumped onto insider vm and grabbed standalone 1903 iso and mounted this on all pc's....still no go.
Found an article online that said to do it offline, so I disabled network and it worked on all machines.
Now here's the bit that doesn't make sense.

Just did Dell laptop tonight and it worked without a hitch.
GREAT !!!

Did you guys reinstall W10 Update Assistant when the error was shown?

OldOzzie · 23 May 2019

tornadosurvivor said:

Did you guys reinstall W10 Update Assistant when the error was shown?

Forgot to add that bit....yes

meedwioplo · 23 May 2019

OldOzzie said:

Forgot to add that bit....yes

That's how it works!

OldOzzie · 23 May 2019

tornadosurvivor said:

That's how it works!

What i'm saying is...yes....i forgot to add that in the said process and it made no difference.
Sorry to pop your balloon