Windows 10 updates.

Here we are, waiting for the Windows 10 1809 update when, last night,
my oldest and least used Windows 10 computer _finally_ received its
1803 update.

I guess that is an improvement from its previous update (1709?) which
arrived after my main machine received the 1803.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 02:04:59 +0100, ? Good Guy ?
wrote:

On 15/09/2018 01:46, Eric Stevens wrote:
Here we are, waiting for the Windows 10 1809 update when, last night,
my oldest and least used Windows 10 computer _finally_ received its
1803 update.

I guess that is an improvement from its previous update (1709?) which
arrived after my main machine received the 1803.

What is your question?

What makes you think I had a question?

It's just a comment.

1809 will be released in October around 17th so please wait until you
receive it. Demand is very high for Microsoft updates so you'll need to
wait for your turn or as Americans say wait in the line to be served.

Good luck.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

Eric Stevens wrote:
On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 02:04:59 +0100, ? Good Guy ?
wrote:

On 15/09/2018 01:46, Eric Stevens wrote:
Here we are, waiting for the Windows 10 1809 update when, last night,
my oldest and least used Windows 10 computer _finally_ received its
1803 update.

I guess that is an improvement from its previous update (1709?) which
arrived after my main machine received the 1803.
What is your question?

What makes you think I had a question?

It's just a comment.

Microsoft tends to put on a rushed effort at the
end of a release window, so a user won't be two releases
behind. If you're one release behind, and you own
a tablet for example, they'll ask you to plug in an
SD or a USB stick if there isn't sufficient storage.

Usually they've put some effort into making the installer
work on more platforms (at the end of an upgrade window),
and then when 1809 comes in and it fails, you'll only be
one release behind again, running 1803.

What happened to you is "normal" for someone who
relies on Microsoft to fully automate stuff.

I just download the DVD for the release and have
at it, until it installs. The advantage of controlling
your own Upgrade, is you can do a backup first, then
use the ISO image to do the Upgrade. You can "mount"
the downloaded .iso file from Microsoft, and do the
Upgrade install by clicking Setup on the virtual DVD drive,
while Windows 10 is running. It's that easy.

One advantage of the "DVD method" instead of the
"Windows Update" method, is the installer doesn't
complain about your video card driver quite as much.
If your video card is out of support, the DVD method
might actually finish installing.

Paul