Maybe Don't Manually Install Windows 10 Creators Update, Says Microsoft (betanews.com)

Two weeks after Microsoft started rolling out Windows 10 Creators Update, the company has asked the users to avoid manually installing the major update. A report adds: But why? Because the update is causing problems for users. The first phase of the rollout targeted newer devices -- those most likely to be able to run the OS update with the minimum of problems -- and Microsoft is using the feedback from that first batch of updated systems to decide when to begin the next phase of the rollout. "For example, our feedback process identified a Bluetooth accessory connectivity issue with PCs that use a specific series of Broadcom radios," an executive said.

Comments

Lame

[DontBeAMoran]

Why can't Microsoft test the trillions of hardware configurations before releasing an OS update?

Re:Lame

[Anonymous Coward]

Thank you, Pradeep. $5 has been credited to your Bing Rewards account.

Re:Lame

[rtb61]

What a PR lie, there are not trillions of hardware combinations. You have hardware and you have drivers for that hardware, they actually charge for testing. All that is happening is the incredibly cheap arse holes are using customers as crash test dummies, not even bloody pretending any more. Doing an absolute minimal amount of testing based upon using their customers to do it for free. They are just getting worse and worse, truly disgusting. Compulsary software installs of buggy software before daring to force that shit on corporate customers, what a pack of arse holes.

If Microsoft didn't collected so fucking much data

[aliquis]

.. they could had gotten my usage data.

Why can't Microsoft test the trillions of hardware configurations before releasing an OS update?

I'd totally be willing to let them collect SOME data to improve their product assuming they wouldn't pass it on-wards but when they want to log the keyboard and shit (and likely see visited urls, ran programs, get identification data, ..) then no.

Defer Upgrades

[Tukz]

Do yourself a favor and enable "Deferred updates".
That way, you won't be in the "open beta test" pool and won't receive feature updates until some time after release.

Security updates will still go through.

Re:Defer Upgrades

[Jerry Atrick]

Unfortunately that won't stop MS keeping broken drivers in their update db or trying to install them every time they 'accidentally' reset your preferences during an update (assuming you even found the 'don't update anything' option).

Until I built a dedicated PVR backend and locked it down, Win8 then 10 persistently tried installing broken 64bit DVB-T drivers for 3 of my tuners. On a good day they threw warnings, a mediocre one I found out when recordings failed. On a bad day it blue screened booting. WHQL certified drivers every time.

The correct settings: defer updates, disable driver updates, image the drive before any update. The install any other OS.

Re:Broadcom...

[Anonymous Coward]

Found the guy who's never dealt with the cursed b43 in any OS that isn't sold by Microsoft.

How about not install windows 10...period

[evolutionary]

Windows 7 is a better, has more user control, and no ad servers, with less privacy invasion. You can get Windows 7 on Lenovo laptops as well as Fujitsu and Toshiba business laptops. Or if you get a desktop/tower, insist on Windows 7 from your builder (or do it yourself..it's not that hard). You could also get Linux Mint. Free, easy, privacy and no bloatware. Windows 10 not only reduces (nearly eliminates) the ability to stop updates (you can shut the service down I believe in the "Services" screen) windows updates are not reliable, some descriptions are disturbingly vague, and others are strictly to add things of no use to use, but are in the business interests of MS. Of save yourself a lot of pain..try Linux Mint. :D

Re:How about not install windows 10...period

[Thad Boyd]

Not a good solution if you just bought a new Kabylake system; MS has disabled Windows Update for Win7&8 installations running on them. There are workarounds, but it remains to be seen whether they're worth the hassle.

I've been running Windows on my HTPC for years, mostly for the ease of playing games and Blu-Rays, but I finally got fed-up with Win10; my new HTPC runs Fedora. MakeMKV handles Blu-Rays great so far, and the games I've been playing lately either have Linux-native versions or work in WINE. So far so good.

It's a pity, because Win10 does a lot of things right. But I just couldn't take the spyware and the tough-sell anymore.

Not touching 10

[ArchieBunker]

We have a few 10 desktops here and every update seems to break something new with our software. That or the update process takes an entire morning sucking ram and thrashing the hard drive. Try running a resource intensive application while this is going on... Maybe when support for 7 ends we will switch to Mac.

Re:List of data collected by microsoft

[LVSlushdat]

Disclaimer: I work for Microsoft.

Geez, I'm sorry for your loss.. Perhaps you might find a less obnoxious employer, like maybe the IRS??

Re:List of data collected by microsoft

[DontBeAMoran]

Or a place with more joie-de-vivre, like the DMV?

Who could have possibly imagined...

[Thad Boyd]

...that laying off your entire testing department could have negative consequences?