1809 installed properly and seems to be working fine. The problem is
installing utility programs that are freeware. I even had a problem trying
to install the portable version of WinCDEmu (I gave up). I run into this
problem where the screen just starts flashing and the computer locks up.
Peter may have the answer. Now how would I determine if the freeware is
just a download manager? I should have been clearer with my original post.

Bill

Paul wrote:
Bill Bradshaw wrote:
Running Windows 10 Pro 32 bit just updated to 1809. Why do I have
to be connected to the internet to install software? If I am not
connected the install programs go crazy and I end up having to do a
hard shutdown of the computer. I want to stop this BS.

You can download an 1809 DVD and install, with the network cable
pulled out of the machine.

I've installed OSes with no network connection.

Since 1903 is coming soon, you can test your skills
with that image when it comes available. Wait two or three days
after 1903 is available as a DVD, download it, and install it.
I do *all* my Win10 upgrades that way. I've never had
Windows Update deliver one yet.

If doing an in-place OS Upgrade, you don't even need to
burn a DVD. Right-click the downloaded ISO file (Windows10_x64.iso)
and it can be mounted like a virtual DVD drive. Run "setup.exe"
off the virtual DVD drive, to start an OS Upgrade running. The
first phase is file copying. After it does its first reboot,
the virtual DVD will no longer be mounted and the install
will complete using the files it copied to the hard drive.

The installer will tell you that your Programs and Data will
be preserved during the Upgrade. The Windows folder becomes
Windows.old and it will self-delete after a few weeks. (Or, you
can for now at least, use cleanmgr.exe to remove it. Cleanmgr
may be deprecated at some point, and you never know, might
not be in 1903 for all I know.) Some brain-dead Storage Spaces
implementation might (poorly) take its place. But since we
can't count on the Insider Edition to actually test what
is in a Release, who really knows what the feature set or
lineup will be. Insider != Release. Why is there an Insider
Edition ? We're not sure.

After the OS comes up, from a Clean install, it can then
connect to the Internet and fetch drivers. Not all the
drivers needed are in-box. Class drivers will be there
(the USB3 driver should be on the DVD). But a driver for
a newer graphics might not be.

Paul