Karlston Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Microsoft starts rolling out the new version of Windows 10 today. If you don’t want it, here's how to keep your version of Windows 10 intact Credit: Reuters/Tim Wimborne Today Microsoft starts pushing the latest version of Windows 10—version 1703, the Creators Update—to Windows 10 PCs that don’t have Automatic Update blocked. Microsoft posted the files for the Creators Update on April 5 for those who really wanted to install 1703. But April 11 is the first day of the unpaid beta tester phase called Current Branch. If you really want to draw 3D stickmen, run your HoloLens, marginally speed up games, chat while using your Xbox, or slide tabs in Edge, then knock yourself out—the Creators Update should be right up your alley. But don’t get sucked in by the misleading advertising. (Paul Thurrott has a great takedown of the official Creators Update promo video. Thurrott shows that the first 20 seconds alone covers 12 “features… of which 8 are completely fake.”) Those who don’t take steps to block the new version will get it delivered sooner or later, but the forced rollout starts today. The rollout of the last version—Anniversary Update, version 1607—looked like a mashup of the Keystone Kops and Godzilla 2, bringing freezing and randomly disconnecting hard drives; failure of a widely use webcam; strange installation bugs and tromped-on settings. And heaven help you if you tried to plug in a Kindle—the whole system would freeze. Now you can watch history repeat itself as we pile up bug reports for version 1703 on the AskWoody Lounge. Bring popcorn. Those of you connected to a corporate update server don’t need to worry about any of this. Your admins will spoon-feed you Creators Update if/when they feel it’s ready. For the rest of you, here’s how to keep your version of Windows 10 intact until you’re good ‘n ready to take the plunge on your own terms. If you’re using Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise, it's easy. Click Settings > Update & security. Click the link to Advanced options and check the box marked Defer Feature Updates. That puts you on the “Current Branch for Business,” which is the next phase in the deployment cycle; you’ll skip this initial unpaid beta testing phase completely. If you’re using Win10 Home, your choices aren’t as simple. If you have a Wi-Fi connection, you can set it to metered. Step 1: Check for a Wi-Fi connection by clicking the Notification/Action Center icon in the lower-right corner of your screen, then click (or tap) Network. If you're on a Wi-Fi network (in other words, you aren't plugged into the internet with a cable), you’ll see a list of your current Wi-Fi connection, plus other available (or remembered) Wi-Fi connection. Step 2: Click on your Wi-Fi network, click Properties. Step 3: Slide the Metered connection setting to On. If you are using Win10 Home and are plugged into an Ethernet connection, Microsoft gives you few good options—Home users are considered fair game in the pilot phase. To keep the Creators Update monkey off your back, you can either shut down Windows Update entirely (which I don’t recommend because you’ll miss cumulative updates and other patches) or you can play a cat-and-mouse game with the Creators Update. To turn off the Windows 10 update service (again, I don’t recommend this), use the method posted by Pradeep on the MSPowerUser blog. He steps you through the method to go into services.msc, find the Windows Update service (wuauserv), turn it to manual, then reboot. That disables Windows Update entirely. A less drastic but more difficult solution is to use Microsoft’s wushowhide utility to hide the “Feature update to Windows 10, version 1703.” The trick is that you can’t hide the update until it actually appears on your system—and you may not get it pushed to you for days, weeks, or even months. In the interim, you need to run wushowhide daily to catch the Feature update after it’s pushed onto your PC but before Windows Update grabs it and installs it (typically overnight). Here’s how to run wushowhide: Step 1. Go to KB 3073930 and download Microsoft's Wushowhide tool. (Click the link marked "Download the 'Show or hide updates' troubleshooter package now.") Drag the downloaded file, Wushowhide.diagcab, to any convenient location. Step 2. Double-click on Wushowhide.diagcab to run it. This part’s important: Click the link marked Advanced. Uncheck the box marked "Apply repairs automatically." Click Next. Step 3. Wushowhide will run for a long, long time. When it comes back up for air, click the link to Hide Updates. If you see a checkbox marked "Feature update to Windows 10, version 1703," check the box next to the item and click Next. (If you don't see "Feature update to Windows 10, version 1703," the upgrade isn't being sent to your box yet. Check again tomorrow.) Wushowhide is an odd bird. If it successfully hid the upgrade/update/patch, you see the "Troubleshooting has completed" dialog shown in the screenshot. (Note: The screenshot has been photoshopped; as of this writing, the Feature update hasn't been released. But it'll look like this, trust me.) IDG Step 4. Click Close, and you're done. If you don't trust Microsoft's wushowhide tool, you can verify for yourself that it hid the Creators Update. Go back to Windows Update (Start > Settings > Update & security, then Check for Updates). Your PC should show "Your device is up to date." The Creators Update didn't get installed, as you can verify by typing winver down in the Cortana search box—which should show build 14393, the older and much-more-stable Anniversary Update build. When you're ready to install the Creators Update—you probably will, at some point—the reverse procedure is just as easy. Here’s how to unhide the update: Step 1. Double-click on Wushowhide.diagcab to run it. This part’s important: Click the link marked Advanced. Uncheck the box marked "Apply repairs automatically." Click Next. Step 2. Wushowhide will run for a long time. When it comes back up for air, click the link to Show hidden updates. Step 3. Check the box next to "Feature update to Windows 10, version 1703," click Next, and click Next again. Wushowhide will dutifully tell you it is "Resolving problems." When it's done, you will see the same "Troubleshooting has completed" dialog as shown in the screenshot. Step 4. Click Close. The Creators Update will then get queued up again, and the next time Windows Update runs (you can check for updates manually or let it run by itself, likely overnight), your PC will reboot into Windows 10 Redstone 2, version 1703, Creators Update, build 15063. Except it'll be stable by then ... one hopes. Discussion continues on the AskWoody Lounge. Source: Today’s the day to block Windows 10 Creators Update (InfoWorld - Woody Leonhard) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryrynz Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 I've done it on one machine by simply by disabling the Windows update service.. In saying that I have Creators update on this machine and it's pretty sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 12 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Yes, it runs here too, sometimes with a "cold"start ,I get blue-screen with the message; "something wrong, this PC will restart now" ,errors ;ACPI.SYS, IRQL and/or NETIO.SYS This only with a "cold"start , so no restart. I ,sure, would like some help............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc71520 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Running Enterprise x64 (Creators Update). So far, so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 12 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Nice for you, but do you have some help for my problem also................... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 A question for those who have installed the Creators update, Is it a simple update (I know it's a big one) like those we receive every month, or is it an update which re-installs all the programs and resets some settings? Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 12 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Its no update, its an upgrade ! About from Win8 to Win10............! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyko666 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 1 hour ago, Pete 12 said: Its no update, its an upgrade ! About from Win8 to Win10............! Why no clean install? It's better.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straycat19 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 10 hours ago, Pete 12 said: Yes, it runs here too, sometimes with a "cold"start ,I get blue-screen with the message; "something wrong, this PC will restart now" ,errors ;ACPI.SYS, IRQL and/or NETIO.SYS This only with a "cold"start , so no restart. I ,sure, would like some help............. These are 'inbox' drivers. You could run System File Checker (sfc /scannow) to see if you have a file problem. Chances are a clean install would fix the problem if SFC does not. Microsoft is just confusing the issue with the constant upgrades. No one ever upgrades systems anymore, that is a sure way to have problems. New versions of Windows always get a clean install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 12 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 I know you are right ! Problem is the bunch of software,Office etc.,etc, I have to reinstall after every upgrade ! Not talking about the personalisation of the whole system............ its taking me a few weeks , so I try to upgrade with everything on its place................. Just did the upgrade all over again from backup and it seems to go well this time, btw ,is the text-size in your regedit small ( I can barely read it !), still dont know how to resize text in regedit..........( I need some bigger text !!) BUT HOW ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sefton22 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 2 hours ago, Pete 12 said: I know you are right ! Problem is the bunch of software,Office etc.,etc, I have to reinstall after every upgrade ! Not talking about the personalisation of the whole system............ its taking me a few weeks , so I try to upgrade with everything on its place................. Just did the upgrade all over again from backup and it seems to go well this time, btw ,is the text-size in your regedit small ( I can barely read it !), still dont know how to resize text in regedit..........( I need some bigger text !!) BUT HOW ??? by going to view and font...but having just tried it, there's a bug in the creators update (Doh!!). the address bar is no longer at the bottom of the window, its now at the top (which is now editable), but the box doesn't adjust to the text/ font size, it just stays the same as seen below... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 12 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Well, it looks like this, much tyoo smal ! Can you,please, explain how we can make it better for reading ( bigger text ).......? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 12 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 After upgrade from previous 10 to Creators-upgrade I got two recovery-partitions next to the OS-partition. So, one of the "old" Win-OS and the second for the upgrade. Is it safe to remove one of them and which one .............?? How can I find out which one is the latest recovery-partition ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_MlgPk_ Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 @Pete 12 Go to View -> Font (Like in the image ) Then select the font size: For the recovery partition problem: one recovery partition is for WindowsRE (winre.wim) and the other one is for Recovery Image (install.wim), like it was said here: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-update/two-recovery-partitions-on-a-windows-10-install/2e08201c-fa4b-4fda-9a86-e5b34bbe2689 so don't delete any of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 12 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 I thank you for this 1000 times !! Have been looking for hours , just overlooked it..................! I set it on 12 , its perfect now ............. Remains the question with two recovery-partitions ( only after upgrading, not with new install ), I want to remove the one that belongs to the previous Win10-OS. Maybe you have a solution for this problem also........... Yes, thanks again, can push the "thanks-button"only once ! I will leave this partition as it is , for now............ PARTITION-PROBLEM SOLVED !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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