Windows 10: How long for feature update to Windows 10 version 1709 install

Well that took a while, failed again once, restarted itself at 20.04 just got to the schedule a restart stage at 21.35 *Smile So, as I am off work Friday I have scheduled it for then, so far so good *Smile

 

Usually a fail is from it already is installed. It shows in my updates as a fail because when I did a clean install back on Sunday, it actually installed Version 1709 Build 16299.

 

I went to MS website and did it manually and it took about 1 1/2 hrs each and this was doing it to 3 desktop PC's all with i3 chips and 8gb of ram.

 

How can I put this..... This 1709 update must be the worst f****** update Microsoft have released!!!

After failing twice month ago, failing once last night then taking ages to get to restart stage... I scheduled for tomorrow.. tonight turned on and it is preparing to install again... turned it off after 90 mins and still only 66 % !!!

In the update list it shows restart required.. restated tonight and all that did was break th HP accelerometer... and did offer to show me what's new... we're still on 1703 in winver ...

See if it does it tomorrow...

Every other major version has done in an hour or so... This seems a nightmare...

 

Right... after a few hours it said "restart now" so I did..... but still on 1703 and it still says a reboot required....





I have restarted twice and it checks for updates and says up to date.....

I have all the folders in my C Drive





Any ideas why I still have 1703 in winver.... and in about page?

Now , I did schedule a reboot after the first one for 2.30 today could that be the reason? it need to automatically do it?

If not can I run cleanup and remove the windows old and installation files? then reset windows update?

DRIVING ME MAD! *Smile

 

When you go to restart, does it go into Configuring Updates, 30% then shut down/restart then go back to Configuring Updates?

 

No, that is what I was expecting, this Notebook came with 1511 so It has done a couple of major updates now....

I can't see anywhere that says the scheduled restart is set for 2.30 today, should I?

I was thinking maybe the 2nd one down is the one "waiting" as postponed by me and the other from today..

 

Yes you could do that.

I know you may not like this idea but I think at this point it is one way to go that will yield an excellent go forward base. Of course you make the final decisions after considering pros and cons.

Copy all you data out and perform a clean install or maybe do an install from the recovery partition (think it is older Win 10) and then redo the update to 1709 with a USB key.

Myself, I would do a clean install and then reapply the software from HP that you want / need. Just checking their site and it has a pretty good list, can't say complete as I have nothing to compare to. I think device came with McAffee and I'm not sure where you are in that trial period of if you even used it.

Typing this has me thinking, should you try the updates again, disable or better yet uninstall McAffee. Ensure you know how to get it back in, I don't think they gave you disk.

I make this recommendation as something is not right. How is that for stating obvious. I've updated a dozen machines, some built for XP and haven't had the issues you've had.

We may have discussed this but does SFC/SCANNOW run clean.

Thoughts?

Ken

 

I will see what happens at 2.30 the time I scheduled, but I would have thought I would see a restart and update option somewhere.... Just running SFC

I do have Macrium so maybe use that and restore the c drive from Monday (pre update) would that work? and would it be just the c drive I need to restore or all the hard disk *Smile

 

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Is there a place to check if a restart is pending?

 

You could restore to Monday but I don't think that we change how the update is processed next time.

On your update screen it should say restart now or you could click start and power icon. It will say update and restart. Of course you could just restart.

 

In update it just states up to date, and the power button the normal 3 options, although when I postponed it did say update and shut down and update and restart but they disappeared... very odd...

I have a feeling at 2.30 it will do nothing but the update seems to have disappeared... would I be safe running disc cleanup and removing the windows old and intallation files, then maybe reset windows update?

 

SFC came back clean... but I have just ran CCleaner and the WIndows.old file is empty almost ..

 

It took my MCT 55 minutes altogether to download it on 10-Mbps broadband and create the media on Pentium G3240.