Creators Update

This is my settings, clean install of 1703, no upgrade. I see the whole set of settings...

Yeah, great, however we're still on Creators Update nevertheless...

Yesterday a new Start Menu program Update & Privacy Settings appeared. I'm unsure if this is a looming installation of the long awaited CU or a skip to the Fall Update due soon.

KB4023057 was indeed re-installed on my PC yesterday evening, but this did not translate into anything else so far.

Also, these are the only keys in Registry under ...\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings on my PC:

Steve C said:

Yesterday a new Start Menu program Update & Privacy Settings appeared. I'm unsure if this is a looming installation of the long awaited CU or a skip to the Fall Update due soon.

Probably yes, it's the precursor to the Creators Update. Look in your update history for 'Windows 10 Creators Update Privacy Settings (KB4013214)' to confirm that. The Fall update isn't due to be launched until 17th October.

...so out of the blue got an invite to install Creators Update earlier today - which has just been done and I'm on 1703 now.

I wonder if that sudden deployment is related to Spybot Anti-Beacon that I had installed on my PC until yesterday - I thought I would check if this chappy does interfere with upgrade process, or not. But honestly: I don't know.

Time will tell, that's for sure, especially if I'm prompted to upgrade to FCU soon.

...so to add: I was invited to upgrade to CFU (1709) yesterday- which was equally smooth process and has finished below an hour.

It's therefore Spybot Anti-Beacon with all blocks enabled and in place that was preventing OS upgrade - might be useful to know to some!