MS explains disappearance of the Win 10 Nov. Update from Media tool

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  1. Posts : 284
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
       #30

    Almighty1 said:
    Just makes Windows 10 in-place repair installs more time consuming....
    It's pretty ridiculous that they expect someone to install Windows 10 and then download/install an entire OS as an "Update". Who @ Microsoft is making these decisions and what exactly was wrong with the previous Service Pack model that worked for years?

    A lot of people out there are dealing with data caps and barring that, asking users to download/install the OS twice initially and then another 1 or 2 times per year for every device they own is idiotic and time consuming beyond the point of reason. A service pack would've been what 300~500MB vs. 3GB? It seems like they just don't want to put the extra work into creating an actual patch. so they just put the whole OS on WU and the user simply has to deal with it.
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  2. Posts : 147
    Windows 10 x64
       #31

    Cbarnhorst said:
    Mere build differences do not have anything like that kind of impact. There are hundreds of builds between version releases. Obviously there are not hundreds of versions of Windows.
    Okay, I won't be replying to you after this because it's obvious that you've decided to think what you want, regardless of whether it's right or wrong. This will be my last reply.

    Build differences ARE different versions. There is no such thing as a "mere build difference." A different build is an entirely different version of Windows; when you go from any build of Windows to another build of Windows, you have to upgrade.

    The versioning crap that you keep crowing about is nothing but marketing. Version 1511 is consumer language for build 10586 -- period. They didn't want consumers to have to refer to big, meaningless numbers like 10586, so they called it the "November 2015 update" instead. But make no mistake: 1511 is 10586. Version 1511 (AKA 10586) is a new build, just like any other new build that has been released to Insiders. There is literally no difference whatsoever.

    The only difference is that Insiders get more builds because they've signed up to be beta testers, whereas the public gets fewer and more tested builds because the general public expects its computers to work. They added the 1511 moniker to the 10586 build as easy marketing to consumers so that they more likely remember it as the "November 2015 update." There is nothing separating version 1511 from build 10576, 10550, 10240, 9884, or any other build -- except that Microsoft found 1511 (10586) to be stable enough to release to the public.

    The problems that many people are having are caused by the upgrade process itself, which has been historically broken in Windows and continues to be now. The only difference is that now we have to go through the upgrade process every 3 to 5 months instead of every 4 or 5 years (and honestly, few people even did it every 4 or 5 years because they did clean installs instead of upgrades). It doesn't matter how few differences there are between two builds; the upgrade process breaks installations and causes problems.

    The end.
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  3. Posts : 490
    Windows 10 Pro
       #32

    vram said:
    It's pretty ridiculous that they expect someone to install Windows 10 and then download/install an entire OS as an "Update". Who @ Microsoft is making these decisions and what exactly was wrong with the previous Service Pack model that worked for years?

    A lot of people out there are dealing with data caps and barring that, asking users to download/install the OS twice initially and then another 1 or 2 times per year for every device they own is idiotic and time consuming beyond the point of reason. A service pack would've been what 300~500MB vs. 3GB? It seems like they just don't want to put the extra work into creating an actual patch. so they just put the whole OS on WU and the user simply has to deal with it.
    I agree that a better description of the "November Update" is "November Upgrade." I don't know why "update" is even used in this context. That is a distiction Microsoft has usually been stricter about. It is in fact an upgrade. The insider fast ring participants did the whole upgrade thing six times between the July 29 general release and the November 12 release of 1511. It takes a couple of hours each time. At least the computer gets to do all the work. But the public has only had to do the 1511 upgrade and the next one isn't projected until mid summer when Redstone is supposed to be finished. Insider fast ring folks have a LOT of upgrades to do between now and then.
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  4. Posts : 16
    Windows 10
       #33

    vram said:
    It's pretty ridiculous that they expect someone to install Windows 10 and then download/install an entire OS as an "Update". Who @ Microsoft is making these decisions and what exactly was wrong with the previous Service Pack model that worked for years?

    A lot of people out there are dealing with data caps and barring that, asking users to download/install the OS twice initially and then another 1 or 2 times per year for every device they own is idiotic and time consuming beyond the point of reason. A service pack would've been what 300~500MB vs. 3GB? It seems like they just don't want to put the extra work into creating an actual patch. so they just put the whole OS on WU and the user simply has to deal with it.
    I was thinking the same thing (what was wrong with the service pack system?), but they have apparently been trying to get away from that for a long time. Win2k had 4 SP's, XP had 3, Vista had 2, and Win 7 had 1. The trend is obvious I guess. But make no mistake about it, their new and present system is ridiculous, and it will NOT work. MS will have millions of people screaming bloody murder at them before 10 is even a year old.
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  5. Posts : 147
    Windows 10 x64
       #34

    vram said:
    A service pack would've been what 300~500MB vs. 3GB? It seems like they just don't want to put the extra work into creating an actual patch. so they just put the whole OS on WU and the user simply has to deal with it.
    I think you're right on the money.

    It's easier for Microsoft to basically crap out a new build of Windows with all their changes in one package than make the changes with an update. On paper, it sounds nice, but there are serious ramifications from doing this, and we are seeing those consequences now with upgraded builds being less stable than cleanly installed builds.

    Service Packs and other updates worked. This "wipe and reload" crap is like stepping back into the 1990s.

    Also, Microsoft thinks they can get away with it because Android and iOS work similarly to this. The difference is that Android and iOS are, primarily, not serious work devices, so if an app stops working after an upgrade, or something doesn't work quite right, big deal -- wipe it and carry on. But Windows machines are not like that; wiping them can be extremely disruptive.
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  6. Posts : 490
    Windows 10 Pro
       #35

    jfreemont said:
    I think you're right on the money.

    It's easier for Microsoft to basically crap out a new build of Windows with all their changes in one package than make the changes with an update. On paper, it sounds nice, but there are serious ramifications from doing this, and we are seeing those consequences now with upgraded builds being less stable than cleanly installed builds.

    Service Packs and other updates worked. This "wipe and reload" crap is like stepping back into the 1990s.

    Also, Microsoft thinks they can get away with it because Android and iOS work similarly to this. The difference is that Android and iOS are, primarily, not serious work devices, so if an app stops working after an upgrade, or something doesn't work quite right, big deal -- wipe it and carry on. But Windows machines are not like that; wiping them can be extremely disruptive.
    Upgrades have always been "less stable" as you put it than clean installs, but it isn't Windows that is causing it. The Windows is the same. It is the crud that has accumulated in the system and carried forward. Sometimes poorly written third-party junk that manages to run in one version has all its weakness exposed in the next and adversly affects how the new version performs.
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  7. Posts : 13,895
    Win10 Version 22H2 Pro and Home, Win11 Pro and Home
       #36

    Fafhrd said:
    The update ESD links are still good to go:

    First Major Update for Windows 10 Available Today - Page 9 - Windows 10 Forums

    This worked yesterday evening for 10586 at 2000UTC: http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...eationTool.exe
    I have saved 2 versions of the MCT, one is for 10586.0 and the newer is for 10240 and they both still work.
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  8. Posts : 147
    Windows 10 x64
       #37

    Cbarnhorst said:
    Upgrades have always been "less stable" as you put it than clean installs, but it isn't Windows that is causing it. The Windows is the same. It is the crud that has accumulated in the system and carried forward.
    This isn't completely true. While it's true that the more an installation has been used, the more difficulty the upgrade process will have at getting the upgrade "right," there are severe deficiencies in the upgrade process itself. You can take a new and unused installation, upgrade it, and there will be problems. The upgrade process in Windows is broken.

    If the upgrade process were 100% (as it should be, in theory), it could account for anything that was thrown at it and make the new build work exactly as should be expected. Unfortunately, that's not the case in Windows.
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  9. Posts : 16
    Windows 10
       #38

    jfreemont said:
    This isn't completely true. While it's true that the more an installation has been used, the more difficulty the upgrade process will have at getting the upgrade "right," there are severe deficiencies in the upgrade process itself. You can take a new and unused installation, upgrade it, and there will be problems. The upgrade process in Windows is broken.
    This is exactly right in my experience thru the years too. And it's what happened to me when I did the November 1511 "upgrade" recently... The process is fundamentally broken, and it just won't work out. I think MS is just trying to cut costs and save money, and I don't think they really even care if it works for users or not.
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  10. Posts : 806
    Windows 10 Home version 20H2 64bit OS Build 19042.1023
       #39

    I don't see what the big fuss is about here. A update is a update no matter how it comes out to you.
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