Still haven't received 1809 update as of 1/23/2019

bro67 said:

I had to push it with the WUA on a HP Desktop that I was installing 10 on. No issues with it. It is of course a AMD desktop and have not had any issues as of yet with 1809.

My Desktop and Laptop are both Intel based. I may try the Windows Update Assistant in another month or so if WU doesn't push out the 1809 update. If I were to use WUA, does it create a Windows backup folder in case I wanted to roll back to 1803?
Mark

bro67 said:

WUA forces the latest upgrade/update and does the same as the other. Personally I would always make a backup of the system before any upgrade, in case you have to rollback. The .old folder is only available for 30 days, whereas a backup lasts forever.

Microsoft changed the time period for retaining windows old to ten days.
The number of days can be adjusted manually.

Delete Windows.old Folder in Windows 10 | Tutorials

I also dont get the 1809 update even when doing a manual scan for updates on a dell xps 13 9370 that was bought last year and also another pc. Two other pcs already got the update even a super old core2duo laptop. So i dont really know how microsoft decides which pcs gets the update. I checked the list with blocked hard/software but dont have anything from that list. The only thing annoying about this is, that i always do a manual backup before big updates and i cant if i dont know when it will arrive. The whole update thing should be a bit more informative to the user so he knows why he doest get the update. I will wait till mid of february and then see if anything happened.

bro67 said:

WUA forces the latest upgrade/update and does the same as the other. Personally I would always make a backup of the system before any upgrade, in case you have to rollback. The .old folder is only available for 30 days, whereas a backup lasts forever.

I just ordered an external hard drive to make a system image before I attempt to use WUA. I'm glad to know that WUA will create the Windows.old folder.

"I may try the Windows Update Assistant in another month or so if WU doesn't push out the 1809 update."

If you're going to wait that long, you might as well wait until April when the next Feature Update, 1903 (?) comes out. It has gone thru much more extensive Insider testing than 1809, so hopefully won't have the number of problem issues that came with the current one, initially.

mrgeek said:

"I may try the Windows Update Assistant in another month or so if WU doesn't push out the 1809 update."

If you're going to wait that long, you might as well wait until April when the next Feature Update, 1903 (?) comes out. It has gone thru much more extensive Insider testing than 1809, so hopefully won't have the number of problem issues that came with the current one, initially.

I have considered waiting for 1903 (?) to come out if I don't receive 1809 via WU rather than using the Update Assistant. Not particularly anxious to get 1809 but just wanted to confirm that other users still haven't received the update yet. All the posts to my thread have been very helpful and I thank everyone for the replies.
Mark

I have also not received 1809, but then again I also changed the settings in Windows Update to Semi-Annual Channel.

I am in no hurry to get untested/buggy or whatever you want to call it feature updates if it will cause system instability.

As it is I am not entirely happy with certain aspects of 1803 but at least it is stable for the most part on my laptop.