Karlston Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Credit: Thinkstock The newly released KB 3197954 tips the scales in favor of upgrading to Windows 10 1607 It took nine cumulative updates and more than 12 weeks, but the latest version of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update seems good to go. I've converted my production Win10 Fall Update (version 1511) systems to 1607, and recommend you do the same. For those of you who used the wushowhide trick to block the upgrade to 1607, now's a good time to go back and "unhide" the update. Why the optimism? Microsoft has finally fixed most (although certainly not all) of the myriad problems that appeared in the original Aug. 2 release. The biggest problem I see right now is that the 1511-to-1607 upgrade and the KB 3197954 patch installers may move very slowly. My upgrades, early Friday morning, went through quickly. But many folks aren't having the same kind of luck. Two weeks ago Microsoft told me that "we are not currently seeing widespread issues with the upgrade process." My email, comments on AskWoody.com, and many complaints on the web led me to believe otherwise. Now, as best I can tell, the installation process may be slow, but given an hour or two or three, it finally goes through. The Windows 10 Update history page lists 11 specific improvements in this release. In particular, the SCOM crash I talked about last week has been fixed. A couple of patterns are emerging. The SCOM crash bug introduced Oct. 11 in MS16-118 and MS16-126, was fixed differently depending on the version of Windows 10. For Win10 RTM (1507) and Fall Update (1511), the bug was fixed with two cumulative updates issued on Oct. 18: the KB 3119125 cumulative update for Win10 RTM, and the KB 3200068 cumulative update for Win10 version 1511. If you look at the Win10 Update History page, you won't see either of those cumulative updates listed. Folks running Anniversary Update 1607 didn't get the fix for the SCOM crash until Oct. 27. That is an official fix, listed on the Update History page. If Microsoft continues in this vein, it's possible that bugs in Win10 security updates will in future be fixed by cumulative updates that aren't on the official list. (Can we call them "cumulative hotfixes"?) The most recent branch of Win10 -- in this case 1607 -- may receive bug fixes a week or two after the older branches. The other pattern I detect lies in the general cadence of major Windows 10 updates. It took months for Windows 10 Fall Update to stabilize; it's taken three months for Win10 Anniversary Update to stabilize. Your perception of "stabilize" might vary from mine by a few weeks, but there's still a significant lag between the initial release of a new official update and the point at which it has acceptably few bugs. During those intervening two or three months, Microsoft is using the public to beta test its product. That's the motivation of the Current Branch for Business approach. Looks like it's working. Source: Windows 10 Anniversary Update: Finally ready for prime time InfoWorld - Woody on Windows AskWoody.com - Woody Leonhard's no-bull news, tips and help for Windows and Office Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metatron Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Quote Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems: 827.38 MB (!) Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1607 for x86-based Systems: 443.64 MB http://ms-vnext.net/UpdateArchive/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPECTRUM Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 2 hours ago, Metatron said: Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems: 827.38 MB (!) Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1607 for x86-based Systems: 443.64 MB http://ms-vnext.net/UpdateArchive/ yes, but that size is only for clean installs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Still every version of windows 10 so far when you right click to open something with a program it changes you're defaults I never had this trouble on older versions of windows or Linux. Also the other bug in all versions getting double entries of fixed hard disk drives in Navigation Pane of Windows explorer, If you have 2 external drives it will show 4 you can delete a reg entire and make it go away but every time you do windows updates it will come back ,so it seems related to them updating Windows explorer,. Good thing they gave to me free Because it never been bug free and its annoying. . I been running Windows 10 Anniversary since 2 weeks before released GA , over 3 months and other than bugs that's been in Windows 10 the whole time I never had no trouble . Just because Joe Bob or Sue has a problem dont mean it's going bother Fred and Martha .. Now they got it were everyone can install it, they need to work on removing bugs that's been there the whole time.. . Funny how they fix new bugs that dont effect but a certain group of users but ignore others that they known exist over a year that effect most everyone . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 On undefined at 6:13 PM, SPECTRUM said: yes, but that size is only for clean installs. No its not Quote Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1607 and Windows Server 2016: October 27, 2016 If you have installed previous updates, only the new fixes that are contained in this package will be downloaded and installed to your computer. If you are installing a Windows 10 update package for the first time, the package for the x86 version is 443 MB and the package for the x64 version is 827 MB. If you are installing a Windows Server 2016 update package for the first time, the package for the x64 version is 827 MB. if you install msu file Microsoft it will only apply witch updates you dont have installed . I just updated flash player from there And i installed a msu for https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3194798 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPECTRUM Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 18 minutes ago, steven36 said: No its not if you install msu file Microsoft it will only apply witch updates you dont have installed . I just updated flash player from there And i installed a msu for https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3194798 no what ? I said the same you quoted. that only for first/clean install you get the whole update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 37 minutes ago, SPECTRUM said: no what ? I said the same you quoted. that only for first/clean install you get the whole update. Its faster for me to download 800 mb and install it offline than fool with windows updates getting stuck I install the msu and cab files from Microsoft it just removes the old one and replaces it with the new one so its not exclusively for clean installs MSU is offline updates it means i can install them without taking windows updates off block All up too date And auto updates have not checked since the 25th because its blocked in my Firewall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPECTRUM Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 On 29-10-2016 at 11:28 PM, steven36 said: Its faster for me to download 800 mb and install it offline than fool with windows updates getting stuck I install the msu and cab files from Microsoft it just removes the old one and replaces it with the new one so its not exclusively for clean installs MSU is offline updates it means i can install them without taking windows updates off block All up too date And auto updates have not checked since the 25th because its blocked in my Firewall I install it offline too KB3199986 and KB3197954 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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