Windows 10: Strange behavior in build 10074, wont update to 10130

About a week after build 10074 was released to the slow ring, I updated my laptop to it, No real Issues. Then along came build 10130 to the fast ring, I decided I wanted the new build so I began downloading it on the fast ring. It downloaded and installed taking a while to install but it seemed to be successful, windows 10 build 10130 open in my user account. At first everything seemed fine and then I noticed I didn't have and internet connection and I also saw that this build was asking for activation - I freaked out and decided to use the option in update to revert to the previous build (10074). I started it and after a while my pc started build 10074, the sound was fine but I noticed certain small things wernt working. I had an internet connection - I connect through wifi. I decided eventually to google my problems on the internet and found this advice to reset the update cache, the instructions were to type some commands into an elevated command prompt. I did what was instructed and it all seemed to go ok without any problems. I continued trying the not working aspects of 10074 and they were the same. I thought to myself maybe if I create a new account it will fix things up. So I created a new account and moved my stuff to the new account, a few things didn't work but eventually I solved them and I deleted the old account. Then I got a bit paranoid because windows 10 didn't seem to ever be downloading and installing updates (not new builds but the smaller updates) I tried changing to the fast ring to see if the were and new builds - nothing, I changed back to slow ring. Ever since then (about a month ago) those little updates are installing but no new builds - I seem to be stuck on 10074. Tonight I decided to give it another go, I changed to fast ring and checked for updates - no builds. After 10130 has been released to slow ring????
Have I done something wrong?
Do I have to wait until a new build is released to the slow ring (after 10130)?
Did I mess things up by clearing the windows update cache?
I have also noticed that my insider hub app seems to be frozen at the 29/5/15 (the date of the last update news item) - I think this was when I reverted back to 10074. Another reason why I think something is wrong is because if I look at the section entitled "Preview Build Status" in the insider hub app it says I'm on the latest build. 10074,
Do I need to worry and fix this? I don't want to go the ISO route because that means that Ill have to reinstall all of my apps and stuff, if I'm correct.
Thanks in advance.

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Will Microsoft rip me off again and will activation fail?

Which build of Windows 10 are you running, 10130, 10122, 10074, 10061?

 

Window 10 download choice

Thanks Ramesh. The good news is that overnight my evaluation copy has been updated to build 10130, and like all previous versions apart from 10074 the problem does not occur.

 

Looking through one of the posts in the same forum I posted it I (called Updates Stalled) - on that post I read how the poster is having trouble with update not working. In the post it had a link to https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/971058 so I went to it and there I found a Fixit thing, I ran the one for windows 8.1 and it gave me the following Service registration is missing or corrupt.

 

Hey Nicky
Build is available for download at this link http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-iso
scroll down the page and select your download. Make a dvd or usb and clean install. Good luck to you. https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...n-install.html

 

Thank you Charlie

Never done a clean install, obviously I download the ISO and follow your instructions - what about my laptop drivers, wifi and all that other stuff? Or will I be able to do and upgrade with the ISO, keeping my programs, personal files and drivers - basically like letting windows update update the build? Also is it better to wait for something more stable than 10130 - heard horror stories about it?

 

Yes Nicky you can do an inplace upgrade just like letting windows update do it for you. Follow some simple instructions and No problems that can not be fixed with a little help right here. I have not had problems with 10130. Some have yes you are right. If you have never installed before then maybe waiting would be the right choice. *Biggrin
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...8-a.html?ltr=W Go to Option 2 halfway down the tutorial
Just assume you are upgrading from windows 8 and mount your download and procede to instruction 5

 

Thanks Charlie, you restored my faith in this forum, I was beginning to this only the hyper complicated issue and problems are worthy of answers. Oh Ive decided to wait until for something after 10130 is released to the slow ring. Read about 10147 on this forum, seems ok but its only in the fast ring at the moment.
Thanks again

 

Just glanced at that update install thing (option 2) I made a mistake and now windows 10 is the only operating system I got on my laptop - got nothing to go back to. So I will be updating the build only (from build 10074 to build xxxxx)

 

Nickynoo
So not a bad choice to wait but I think you could maybe go with the fastring when it drops. 10130 is still the official build right now. This should change sometime soon and it should be a problem free build. Just wait a few days to see if any major bugs are with it. Then change to fastring and see if your build will update.*Smile

 

I will follow your advice to the letter.

 

What?
Well that's ok is 10074 running ok for you? Just won't update right?

 

Jip its running ok, in the past Ive been lucky I havnt had any trouble with sound and other stuff. Well once with sound, I think it was build 9860 or something, just reloaded my sound driver and all was fine. Can you apply those instructions for inplace upgrade from 8.1 to 10 to inplace upgrade from 10 to 10?

 

Nicky
Yes. Windows 10074 is just the same as windows 8. Where it says mount your downloaded ISO that's just the same. You are looking at the files in your downloaded ISO and when you click on set up exe. its all the same from that point.*chuckle. Its very easy to do but if you have never done it before it can be tense.

 

You've put me at ease, thank you. You asked if everything is ok with 10074, it does seem to be running ok. The updating to a new build via windows update doesn't work. I had ESET installed but read its a problem with windows 10 at the moment so I uninstalled it to see if it would fix the problem with updating - it didn't. Refer to my original post, I made that post before uninstalling ESET, with ESET gone nothing has changed. Funny thing is I'm getting other updates just not the build updates. Also Ive noticed that I often get a toast notification about updating my Microsoft account. I thought this was because I'm not connected to the internet all the time my laptop is working. But even if I'm connected to the internet and signed in with my Microsoft account (its verified) I still get these notifications to verify it every now and then. Very annoying, I usually just ignore those notifications, after Ive verified once or twice.