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aardvaak
aardvaak Posts: 5,833 Forumite
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Why are microsoft win 10 updates such a major three part long winded excerise that takes forever?

It seems every update reinstalls the operating system everytime.

Has microsoft just lost it's way nowadays?
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  • I_have_spoken
    I_have_spoken Posts: 5,051 Forumite
    edited 14 September 2017 at 7:56AM
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    Other OS are available!

    Get ready for Oct 17th when Creators Edition Fall Update is going out, that is a biggie
  • forgotmyname
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    Block the updates and do them manually :D
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  • grumpycrab
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    1. Set your active hours to your normal computer usage time e.g. 6am - midnight; during this period you will never be asked to restart your PC
    2. when you switch off at the end of the day, if it says "restart neeed" select "update and shutdown" and leave your computer on overnight to let it do its thing.
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  • RumRat
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    aardvaak wrote: »
    Why are microsoft win 10 updates such a major three part long winded excerise that takes forever?

    It seems every update reinstalls the operating system everytime.

    Has microsoft just lost it's way nowadays?

    Are they? this weeks took about 10 minutes that took place when it was convenient.
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  • JJ_Egan
    JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite
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    As above .
    Non of the updates since day one have given me a problem .Is that because i always do a clean install on a new OS .
  • firefox1956
    firefox1956 Posts: 1,548 Forumite
    edited 14 September 2017 at 11:20AM
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    Turned on my laptop the other day after about six weeks of no use.
    6 hours later my win updates were finished & intalled along with something called Creator ??
    Completely & utterly removed all the audio off my laptop.
    4 or 5 hours later after searching Dr Google AND Microsoft for a fix I gave up & had to do a restore...........
    Not entirely happy with these largely unstoppable win 10 updates.
  • wongataa
    wongataa Posts: 2,628 Forumite
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    firefox1956 wrote: »
    Turned on my laptop the other day after about six weeks of no use.
    6 hours later my win updates were finished & intalled along with something called Creator ??
    Completely & utterly removed all the audio off my laptop.
    4 or 5 hours later after searching Dr Google AND Microsoft for a fix I gave up & had to do a restore...........
    Not entirely happy with these largely unstoppable win 10 updates.
    The major updates are a complete new OS so take longer. It seems your computer hadn't had the latest major update (called the Creator's update) when you last used it and it got it when you turned it on again.
  • donnac2558
    donnac2558 Posts: 3,610 Forumite
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    I had an update last night which I was surprised to find went through in about 15 minutes.
  • chunter
    chunter Posts: 2,001 Forumite
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    Yip. The world has went to phone and tablets, rather than wait for Windows 10 to do it's updates.
    Maybe someday Dell and HP will sue Microsoft for destroying the computer market by releasing Windows 8 and 10.
  • RumRat
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    chunter wrote: »
    Yip. The world has went to phone and tablets, rather than wait for Windows 10 to do it's updates.
    Maybe someday Dell and HP will sue Microsoft for destroying the computer market by releasing Windows 8 and 10.

    Balderdash.....:rotfl:
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