W10’s Update/upgrade schedule

Published on July 16, 2015 By DrJBHL In Personal Computing

If you’re interested in the scheduling of the W10 updating/upgrading…whatever, Gregg Kizer explains this in an article here:

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2949110/microsoft-windows/the-when-of-windows-10-microsofts-update-and-upgrade-schedule-explained.html

MS and its new way of doing things should prove “interesting” for software and app designers…

Comments (Page 3)

alaknebs

on Jul 29, 2015

i seriously don't understand what the hang up is about 8 months. if a machine has been sitting on the shelf for 8 months.. then when someone buys it and turn it on.. one would imagine it'll have a load of old updates autoinstalled as soon as it connects to the net. to bring it up to speed in stages... before dumping yet another load of updates after that. sort of like you have to install sp1 before sp2, etc, except it'll be automatically done if it hasn't been manually done before the date is up.

unless it stays offline totally.. in which case it's moot.

harpo99999

on Jul 29, 2015

the many download and install updates, then reboot and repeat happens in win7 & 8 as well, and also can cause the dreaded 'update(s) failed to install restoring to previous state and reboot', then re-download and install all the updates, rinse & repeat

harpo, the ghost NON-subscriber

alaknebs

on Jul 30, 2015

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/07/30/windows-10-privacy-settings/

http://www.ghacks.net/2015/07/30/windows-10-and-privacy/

far more concerning than forced updates. wonder if anyone dug through and compared the eula between the beta and retail.. especially the keylogging bits.

Daiwa

on Jul 30, 2015

alaknebs -

That issue would merit its own post for wider exposure - I'd encourage you to make it one as you brought it to the table. And thanks for doing so.

Polistes

on Jul 30, 2015

Well I reserved my "free copy" of W10, I hope I have the choice of installing it when I want too. It certainly saeems like a wise course of action to wait and see for now.

Fuzzy Logic

on Jul 31, 2015

Windows update - the main reason we have backups

Borg999

on Jul 31, 2015

I couldn't get the invite for some reason. (Yes I meet all the requirements, and have the necessary updates).

Here's a direct download site.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

Nonetheless, I'm going to wait a while before I upgrade, as Win 7 is working just fine.

alaknebs

on Aug 01, 2015

btw... if you plan on upgrading... have a look at your antivirus/security suite for proper compatibility 1st... for example, from what i read in their forum, kaspersky 2016 is supposedly compatible but apparently has some caveats. and bugs.

not to mention what steps to take (with the av/etc) to prepare for the upgrade

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