Users Rush to Install Windows 10 Anniversary Update on Both Phones and PC

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Stats show adoption of the Anniversary Update is growing

   Windows 10 Anniversary Update adoption going well on the desktop too

 

Microsoft rolled out Windows 10 Anniversary Update to PCs on August 2 and to mobile devices shortly after that, and it turns out that the majority of users rushed to install both of them on their devices, with statistics showing excellent early adoption for the new version.

AdDuplex data shows that the majority of Windows 10 Mobile users are already running version 1607, even though it was only recently launched, and a small share of consumers are testing Windows 10 Redstone 2 builds as part of the Insider program.

Adoption going well on PC and mobile

Windows 10 Mobile version 1607 (Anniversary Update) is currently installed on 82.4 percent of phones in the Windows 10 ecosystem, while Windows 10 Mobile version 1511 has a share of 11.6 percent. Redstone 2 builds are currently running on 6 percent of phones already upgraded to Windows 10 Mobile.

“Things are way more active inside the Windows 10 Mobile space. Close to 90 percent of the users are already on the latest stable release or even newer insider builds. So if you are developing apps targeting Windows 10 Mobile primarily, it is quite reasonable to start using 1607 specific features,” AdDuplex results show.

Windows 10 Anniversary Update adoption is also going well in the PC market too, and figures show that this version managed to double its share in a month from 16.2 percent to 34.5 percent. At this point, Windows 10 1511 (November Update) is the top version on the market with 59.9 percent, followed by Windows 10 Anniversary Update with 34.5 percent. Windows 10 RS2 builds are far behind with just 0.5 percent, but this is because there are many more PCs than mobile devices in the market.

The bigger the number of users installing the Anniversary Update, the more successful Microsoft’s strategy is, as the company is obviously aiming to bring as many devices as possible on the latest version. And there’s no reason not to update given the plethora of improvements available in the Anniversary Update, so at least give it a look before saying no.

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[InsaneAl]

"Adoption" did you (M*cr*soft) say..??  I had it rammed onto my PC without so much as a by your leave..

 

One minute I am sitting there enjoying the WWW experience, then next minute, up pops a message that I had to reboot to install etc etc... I thought it was just one of those annoying little updates that I don't really mind accepting, so once I finished my surf, I indulged... Well, approx 30+ mins later I finally got the use of my PC back,, BUT what a process... Let me tell you, this PC is lightning fast in most of everything it does, but nothing could have prepared me for this update. It's all a bit of a blur now,, but after I tried the 'first' reboot, it just sat there on the blue shutdown screen with its little circle of dots dancing around like a ring of little devils taunting you.. After about 5 mins I got worried that it was locked, so I pressed and held down the power button to force a power down, which it did, then I powered straight back up to the desktop and still got the message that I had to install. Try No2 did basically the same thing but I think it eventually rebooted back to the desktop, but still no update (usually you get the 1 - 100% notification don't you - well I didn't..!!) and yet another message to reboot. This looks like a problem... I clicked on the pop up message and it took me to the scheduled reboot option screen, so I clicked on "reboot now" button and at last it began its update sequence, finally I got the % thingy indicator (once again though, it's all a little bit of a blur now) but It eventually got to 1% and sat there forever, then 2%, then 3% etc etc. This alone must have taken 10 - 15 mins, then suddenly it went a lot quicker up to 10%, 20 %, 30+%, within about 1 min and I noticed a message that this PC will reboot many times, and that's just what it did. Between 33% and the eventual 100% it must have rebooted up to 6 or 7 times and somewhere in among all those reboots the operation began to frame-out, just like a game with it's resolution set too high for your PC to handle and the text got rough looking too (I'm sure it was updating graphics files at this point), but it eventually came right after the next reboot or so.. Even after 100% done, it booted very poorly the first time and the red HDD/SSD LED light kept blinking continuously, so you could see lots of behind the scenes activity going on, still finalizing things I guess. Feeling a little upset at the slow boot up, I manually reboot 2 or 3 times after the LED stopped, and each time it got progressively better. Back to almost same old same old...

 

After 2 days now, I am sure that as an overall observation, it is definitely booting up as fast, possibly slightly faster than before.. Even with the fast boot switched OFF, it takes barely 20 secs from the instant I hit the power button, to ready at the desktop, or, no more than 2 secs once it gets past all it pre-checks and begins to boot my account,, and apart from a bit of re-tweaking some settings that went back to default (nothing major), I can't see a reason to be upset at its performance, so at least it hasn't slowed down any, which has been the case so many times in the past with Win updates.. There are a few things though that have changed, like Windows Defender, whose operating settings cannot be switched off via msconfig (it just re-appears the next time you boot up) and via Component Services where the "Start / Stop / Pause / Resume" buttons have all been greyed out, so it boots up and stays there - no problem here though as I quite like W-Defender.. A few programs now don't start any more but once again, that may yet be resolved. After cleaning up 19GB of backups created by the update, I am "reasonably content", well I'm not unhappy anyway...

 

In retrospect, I can see just how people get concerned with the manner of this update. It is a rude way of updating and gives you no fore-warning of what will happen during the proceedings. One of the biggest concerns I've been reading about since I heard and did some reading about this anniversary update, is the apparent hanging once it starts and the failure to actually start updating. Now having been through it, I can only think - If I had have only known what was happening instead of resorting to forced shut downs and reboots (which MS always warn you never to do),, but what the heck else can you do if the PC just sits there for more than 5 mins, without any knowledge of what this update was about,, just sit there and take it like a good little schoolboy...!!! I didn't even know that it was updating to the Anniversary 1607 update,, like I said "NO WARNING" what-so-ever... I only found out it was once I got suspicious and checked the build number then compared it to the offline installer I downloaded 2 days previously,, well what do ya know,, the Same,, "Well I never"...!!! So much for turning off all those online update settings...

When they want to,, they DO...!!!

 

Maybe someone/anyone yet to do "it", can read this and see a little bit into the events about to unfold...!!!

 

InsaneAl