Windows 10: Starting Over - Guidance Request: What's the best way to prepare?

Silky · Mar 13, 2021

What's the best way to prepare for "starting over" with a fresh install of Win 10 Pro? I'm not talking about the steps to reset, refresh, etc. Rather, I'm looking for guidance on how I can get back to normal the fastest. Consider...

I have a home LAN with IOT devices, IP Camera's connecting to wireless, mapped drives on LAN peers, mission critical software, utilities, and a whole bunch of other things I've tweaked to suit my needs. This is going to be a nightmare and I need to get things in order before I shut down Jurassic Park, so to speak.

Ideally, my plan would be to create a VM of my current state and then I could go back and look at my old set up as a reference. Sadly, the main reason I'm going to reset/refresh/whack my system is because I am having problems installing Hyper-V; so I can't use that strategy. I have Macrium Reflect paid version and have rigorous backups.

So how would the cognoscenti here prepare to start over?

EditionWindows 10 Pro
Version20H2
Installed on‎12/‎18/‎2020
OS build19042.867
ExperienceWindows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.551.0

:)

EdTittel · Mar 13, 2021

a request for device descriptor request failed

Maybe it's time to step back from the current efforts, and start over. I suggest you read over this excellent tutorial and try all of its steps: [Solved] Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed) for Windows 10 - Driver Easy. The one that may provide you with some easy relief is the one where you uninstall the device whose descriptor is failing, reboot, and see what happens when device enumeration recurs during boot-up. If you're lucky, it will fix itself.
HTH,
--Ed--

Brink · Mar 13, 2021

Microsoft offers IT guidance to prepare for Windows as a Service

When Windows 10 arrives this summer (and Windows Server 2016 next year), Microsoft is going to be making some noticeable changes to how and when it delivers security fixes, hotfixes and rollups.

What can IT pros do now to prepare for the new Windows world order?

Company officials provided some potentially controversial suggestions and guidance during Microsoft's Ignite conference in Chicago. In a session entitled "Getting Ready for Windows 10: Servicing Windows Client and Server in a Managed Environment Today" (Video and slides available here; a good summary from Microsoft Premier Field Engineer Robert Smith is here), Thierry Paquay, a manager on Microsoft's Customer Experience Engineering team, discussed where Microsoft is and where it's going with its patching and updating process.

The reason Paquay's guidance could be considered controversial is Microsoft's current patching track record leaves quite a bit to be desired on the quality front, as more than a few have noted. At Ignite, Microsoft execs said they believe the company's move to require more users to apply Windows patches in sequential order on a regular basis will help improve the current Patch Tuesday approach.

Microsoft's track record with security fixes is better than many might expect, Paquay told Ignite attendees. He said in 2014, 87 percent of Windows and IE security updates were successful and didn't require a re-release, a percentage he maintained was quite favorable.
Click to expand...

Read more: http://www.zdnet.com/article/microso...-as-a-service/

Brink · Mar 13, 2021

Microsoft offers IT guidance to prepare for Windows as a Service

When Windows 10 arrives this summer (and Windows Server 2016 next year), Microsoft is going to be making some noticeable changes to how and when it delivers security fixes, hotfixes and rollups.

What can IT pros do now to prepare for the new Windows world order?

Company officials provided some potentially controversial suggestions and guidance during Microsoft's Ignite conference in Chicago. In a session entitled "Getting Ready for Windows 10: Servicing Windows Client and Server in a Managed Environment Today" (Video and slides available here; a good summary from Microsoft Premier Field Engineer Robert Smith is here), Thierry Paquay, a manager on Microsoft's Customer Experience Engineering team, discussed where Microsoft is and where it's going with its patching and updating process.

The reason Paquay's guidance could be considered controversial is Microsoft's current patching track record leaves quite a bit to be desired on the quality front, as more than a few have noted. At Ignite, Microsoft execs said they believe the company's move to require more users to apply Windows patches in sequential order on a regular basis will help improve the current Patch Tuesday approach.

Microsoft's track record with security fixes is better than many might expect, Paquay told Ignite attendees. He said in 2014, 87 percent of Windows and IE security updates were successful and didn't require a re-release, a percentage he maintained was quite favorable.
Click to expand...

Read more: http://www.zdnet.com/article/microso...-as-a-service/

Windows 10: Starting Over - Guidance Request: What's the best way to prepare?

Starting Over - Guidance Request: What's the best way to prepare?

Starting Over - Guidance Request: What's the best way to prepare?

Starting Over - Guidance Request: What's the best way to prepare?

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