Windows 10: Should I be concerned now? AU update arrived :(

That is what I mean, I think that Microsoft have upgraded, or should I say allowed the upgrade on notebooks and PC's that are not quite 100% compatible..

This new HP Envy I have had for a couple of weeks and it is so far fantastic, love Windows 10, my old 5 year HP Envy was originally on Windows 7 which it is again now, Windows 10 was great apart from when I used sleep mode it would not always wake up.. I had to reboot by holding the power button...

I have read a lot on the issue and as I say almost all I have read on many forums have all been upgrades....

As my old Envy is a 2nd machine I am going to use as a 2nd machine in the bedroom to replace my old desktop, I may try a clean install of Windows 10 rather than an upgrade to see if that improves the issue I had..

 

Oh well... here goes... I have powered up tonight and it has installed the Samsung update and is currently up to 70% of "preparing to install" the AU 1607 update... FINGERS CROSSED and everything else crossed....

Stay tuned....

So far 87% following restart....

Errrr 96%....

Restarted.... working on updates 5%

Aarrrrrgggggg....Starting to sweat and panic now... lol

 

Keep calm, mate, and carry on.

The update on my PC took almost 3 hours, between "Preparing to Install" (i.e., Creating a System Restore Point), "Working on Updates", and "Updating".

 

Well.... it took about an hour but I now have AU 1607 running... finger crossed all will be OK...

I have noticed I now have 2 folders... "windows.old" which I was not expecting and a "default.migrated" in the user folder... Is that correct? I presume windows.old is in case I want to go back to 1511?

See how it goes now... hopefully all OK *Smile

 

See how it goes now... hopefully all OK *Smile Seems OK so far, although only used for about 30 mins after....
I do like the new start menu when you select all apps... well I hope it is supposed to do that Lol and I must say I like how the action centre has moved to the right of the clock... Did not think I would having read about it, but looks OK...

 

win beta's all install about 15 min here on this SSD and ofc maybe 45 min for the AU I rolled in on OEM W10 OS - metal the first day on this new PC in my specs with the winbeta SSD and now 14395 added in and dual booting *really

 

I can't remember seeing the Windows Ink icon in the taskbar should it be there o does it need turning on?

 

Right click on taskbar, select ink option.

 

Thank you, I will take a look when I use it tonight...I must admit I did ckick on the task bar to open task manager and did not see it in the list unless I missed it? *Smile

I have just read a couple of site which mention it is only visible if your hardware supports it...

What would you need? maybe my notebook is not compatible?

I have read this"Ten forums" guide Windows Ink Workspace Button - Hide or Show on Taskbar in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

Maybe because mine does not have an active pen?

Also is it correct I should now have two new folders... "windows.old" on the "C:" drive and "default.migrated" in the "User" folder?

I presume the "windows.old" can be removed once I know all is OK with the "AU" update?

Final question my backup from the media creation tool is for v1511 do I need to re-download now for v1607?

Hopefully it will still be OK when I get home tonight lol

Stuart

 

Windows.old is basically a large file that allows a user to roll back to the previous build of Windows 10. Don't worry about manually deleting it (I think it's not as simple as right click and delete). After 10 days it will self delete so long as you give the PC a little bit of idle time. So basically you have 10 days to roll back should the need arise and after that MS deems your happy with the latest build!

 

Thank you all for the replies and help... I have found the Windows Ink button now... *Smile

I guessed the new folders were to do with the change to AU, but I did not know they self deleted *Smile

So far so good....

 

Here's a nice tutorial on how to delete the Windows.old. You can delete it yourself when you feel that the new version of Windows is stable.

Windows.old Folder - Delete in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

HTH..
Jeff

 

As I now know it self deletes and space is not an issue I may just leave it now... Used the notebook all last night and it seems perfect still... I hope..Lol

I must say I really do like Windows 10