Cumulative Update KB3194496 for Windows 10 PC Build 14393.222 Insider

Wynona said:

Question . . . Is anyone still being offered this update?

Well, only one way to find out. Excuse me while I uninstall KB3194496. Hopefully I'll be able to report back later :)

(I may be some time)

TestingW10 said:

Maurice,
I couldn't wait and so have tried your suggestion.
The end result is the same, it installs to 44% then jumps to 100% with the usual error. See attached photo & log zip!
The computer is running normally all the other updates have installed without a problem. Version 187.
It installed without a problem on my other computer.
I don't see others with the same error?
Do you have any more suggestions?

Thank you Maurice.
Something niggled me all night in that although on various attempts to get the update to install I had deleted the folder C:\Windows\Softwaredistribution\Download on this last occasion I couldn't remember doing it.
Anyway after my last failure last night I used system restore to a point on 29th September. This went OK apart from the fact that it messed up Norton which I had to uninstall and re-install. I was then out for the rest of the day and it hadn't auto installed so I thought I'd give it one more try being extra cautious that I followed all the steps. It installed in about 10 or 15 minutes. Well done Maurice.
I now have the 222 version.
I did then run wushowhide but couldn't find any mention of KB3194496.
Do I now have to run 'net start wuauserv' to start updates?
Many thanks,
David.

Wynona said:

Question . . . Is anyone still being offered this update?

Yes, it is still being offered, and I just shot myself in the foot trying to find out. Wushowhide finally worked for me. The update was hidden. So I unhid it to see if it was still being installed. Apparently unhiding equates to requesting download and installation. Wushowhide now fails to hide it - I assume because it is being downloaded. And I don't know how to cancel a download and install other than shutting down , and that just delays things until I boot up again. So I guess I'm about to try installing the update on our laptop.

pokeefe0001 said:

Yes, it is still being offered, and I just shot myself in the foot trying to find out. Wushowhide finally worked for me. The update was hidden. So I unhid it to see if it was still being installed. Apparently unhiding equates to requesting download and installation. Wushowhide now fails to hide it - I assume because it is being downloaded. And I don't know how to cancel a download and install other than shutting down , and that just delays things until I boot up again. So I guess I'm about to try installing the update on our laptop.

When you unhide an update, the next thing it does is trigger a 'check for updates', in effect requesting that update. It can't be hidden while it's downloading. Just gonna have to ride it out...

sgage said:

When you unhide an update, the next thing it does is trigger a 'check for updates', in effect requesting that update. It can't be hidden while it's downloading. Just gonna have to ride it out...

The download was stuck at 70% for about 30 minutes so I shut down. I rebooted and the update status showed that a download had been interrupted. I asked it to restart and it said no updates were available. Wushowhide now shows the update as hidden. Yeah!

simrick said:

I was able to hide that update for several days, until I tried the neowin fix, which worked for me.

Good for you!... Didn't work for me, and I wish it had. Nor did the "office hours" settings...kept on trying to install. That was after a successful sfc /scannow run, as well...! I have no idea why the MCTool option worked, but I suspect a difference in the upgrade scripts between the MCT method and WU. Who knows!?

sgage said:

When you unhide an update, the next thing it does is trigger a 'check for updates', in effect requesting that update. It can't be hidden while it's downloading. Just gonna have to ride it out...

Yes, windows update has to list it before you can hide it. I have a 'metered connection' set so that a check for updates won't automatically start downloading.

AndreTen said:

Check tutorials by Brink: num-lock-enable-disable-sign-screen-windows :)

Thanks for replying! I tried it but it remains intermittent: restart works but not shutdown. I havent had that bug for so long.
There is another thing related to Num Lock, there is no need to press enter for the login password. Unless its a new feature, I had to press enter before version 1607.