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Post by Sepiana on May 21, 2017 20:18:13 GMT
Sepiana, I just noticed that you have WIN 10 PRO. That does allow more control over updates, perhaps that's what you are looking at. Rita,
Yes, that's what I have on two machines. One of them came with Windows 10 Pro. On the other one I got Windows 10 Pro at no cost. This was last summer when Microsoft was offering that free upgrade to Windows 10 for users of Windows 7. They would give you the same version you had for Windows 7 (Home>Home, Pro>Pro, etc.).
And, yes, that's why I pointed out in an earlier post when talking about having control over updates -- "It all depends on which version of Windows 10 you use.".
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Post by Lillias on May 21, 2017 21:32:54 GMT
I’m honestly not trying to be picky or argumentative here but the control options for Windows 10 Home updates come nowhere near matching how we were able to do it in Windows 7 and as I have already mentioned it’s too late for me to go back to Windows 7 now.
Win 10 Pro allows more control over updates. It seems that the only option I have to try and delay updates with Windows 10 Home is to invoke the ‘metered connection’ which I am strangely reluctant to do and I can’t say why. So I guess I will just have to hope for the best when the Creators update finally downloads onto my machine.
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Post by Sydney on May 21, 2017 21:46:13 GMT
Sydney, did you update voluntarily before you were forced to do so? My Updater has for weeks shown a message saying something like 'you don't have to wait. If you want it right now, do such and such'. Is that what you did? Rita When I turned off my laptop it started updating automatically, but on restart consistently froze before booting into windows. The best I could do was to boot into safe mode so that I could get all of my data and images off the hard drive. After that I reset the laptop to factory settings. A friend of mine rang me a couple of days ago and said that her laptop also was having issues after the update, but it eventually came good after a few reboots. Mine didn't despite rebooting several times. |
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Post by ritage on May 21, 2017 22:13:20 GMT
Sydney, that sounds absolutely scary. From now on Updating has to be put in the same category as Death and Taxes.
Thanks for the tip about Safe Mode. Very smart of you, I wouldn't have thought of that, especially not on the spur of the moment.
Rita
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Post by Sepiana on May 21, 2017 22:18:27 GMT
I’m honestly not trying to be picky or argumentative here but the control options for Windows 10 Home updates come nowhere near matching how we were able to do it in Windows 7. Win 10 Pro allows more control over updates. It seems that the only option I have to try and delay updates with Windows 10 Home is to invoke the ‘metered connection’ which I am strangely reluctant to do and I can’t say why . . . I don't think you are being picky or argumentative at all. I quite agree with you. The Automatic Updates in the Home edition of Windows 10 are much more restrictive. I couldn't tell from your signature if you had Windows 10 Home or Pro. So, I just located some workarounds to postpone or turn off these updates on Windows 10.
I wouldn't play around with the "metered connection" either if I were in your shoes.
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Post by Moto on May 22, 2017 0:17:19 GMT
I had no major problems updating Win10. Just some minor settings changes were required.
Good practices are to backup to an external hard drive your important docs, photos, videos and music files, etc.
If the update goes nuts just clean install Win10. Do this even if some things simply don't work right.
It works.
Overall on most systems there's no problem. But of course problems do show up sometimes.
The only real problem is the it takes time to re-install all your favorite apps.
Good luck with your updates.
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Post by Lillias on May 22, 2017 13:55:04 GMT
Thanks Moto...
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Post by ritage on May 22, 2017 14:26:15 GMT
Moto, your report is encouraging. Thanks.
Rita
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Post by ritage on Jun 4, 2017 17:56:59 GMT
My Laptop has updated itself. The choice was between Restart Now and Restart Later, so I just let it go ahead and after all the dire warnings it turned out delightfully to be a total NON-Event.
It took a little over 1-1/2 hours, but otherwise was the same as any other update plus a few self-congratulatory blurbs and demonstrations after it let me log in.
My Apps and Settings remained as before. So far nothing seems to be missing. It did not even mess with my reactionary desk top.
I found one exception: The System Protection feature which saves Restore Points had not just been cleared (which I expected) but been disabled. Making a Restore Point was the very first thing I did.
The new so-called 3D Paint App was installed. Very primitive, looks useless to me. The technical stuff installed is beyond my understanding, but does not seem to require being understood.
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Post by Lillias on Jun 4, 2017 19:52:11 GMT
I’m so pleased that this update has gone well for you Rita. Thanks for letting us know how you got on.
I’m still getting that pop-up every now and again to review my privacy settings before installing the Creators Update and I’m still putting it off.
I know eventually it will update and I hope my experience is as good as yours.
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Post by Major Major on Jun 4, 2017 21:09:10 GMT
If the update goes nuts just clean install Win10. Do this even if some things simply don't work right. You say this as if it's a trivial process, but it isn't. It requires you to reinstall all of your programs and whatever tweaks you made to the OS. For many of us, that's a whole lotta work. |
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Post by Moto on Jun 6, 2017 15:24:00 GMT
If the update goes nuts just clean install Win10. Do this even if some things simply don't work right. You say this as if it's a trivial process, but it isn't. It requires you to reinstall all of your programs and whatever tweaks you made to the OS. For many of us, that's a whole lotta work. Great point if you have a lot of apps. I crossed out the word just from my original post. |
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Post by michelb on Jun 6, 2017 15:53:26 GMT
I have just updated my second computer to that Creator's update. It's a new computer from a few months ago, with minimal up to date applications: PSE15, Firefox, Open Office, Avast antivirus, Acronis...
No big problems; I just had to reboot once more because the 'Microsoft Print to pdf' driver was not present at first.
I am still anxious about my main computer with many older programs, including PSE6, 10, 12, 14...
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Post by michelb on Jul 9, 2017 19:09:23 GMT
I have just updated my second computer to that Creator's update. It's a new computer from a few months ago, with minimal up to date applications: PSE15, Firefox, Open Office, Avast antivirus, Acronis... No big problems; I just had to reboot once more because the 'Microsoft Print to pdf' driver was not present at first. I am still anxious about my main computer with many older programs, including PSE6, 10, 12, 14... Well, I was prompted to update today. After due backups, I agreed... and the process did not last two hours, without a glitch. All my Elements versions seem to work well (6, 10, 12, 14,15)... time will tell. |
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Post by Lillias on Jul 24, 2017 8:07:47 GMT
I've been deferring this update on both my Desktop and Laptop for weeks now but last night was crunch night for my Desktop and I had to accept it.
The whole thing took around 1 and three quarter hours and appears to have gone smoothly I'm glad to say. Apart from three icons on my Desktop having moved three paces to the right as far as I can tell at the moment everything else is ok.
As a result of the update a Mail icon appeared on my Taskbar but I was able to unpin that.
I just hope it goes as smoothly on my Laptop when the time arrives which shouldn't be long now.
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