Windows 10: Update W-10 manually

Automatic Windows Updates - I cannot change the setting on this machine, but ... there were two updates offered that were not automatically downloaded and installed.

When I checked update history, a Defender update repeatedly failed.

But ... I cannot change the setting re: automatic updates.

Windows Technical Preview October Update for x64-based systems (KB3010668)
KB3010668

Windows Technical Preview October Update for x64-based systems (KB3008956)
KB3008956

Definition Update for Windows Defender - KB2267602 (Definition 1.187.618.0)
Installation status: Failed
Error details: Code 80070002
Update type: Important
Microsoft Internet Safety and Security Center
Help and Support:
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Get help took two click attempts and then brought up the Help and support window - getting help updates.

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Search results for "WindowsUpdate_80070002 OR WindowsUpdate_dt000"? (1)

Troubleshoot problems with installing updates

• I tried to install updates but one or more wasn't installed.
  
  
• I don't know what updates have been installed.
  
  
• I keep being offered an update from Windows that I don't want or I already removed.
  
  
• I hid an update and now I want to install it.
  
  
• I restored hidden updates, but I can't find the one that I want to install.
  
  
• My PC was turned off during a scheduled update.
  
  
• I keep getting prompted to restart my PC to finish installing updates.
  
  
• My PC stopped responding while checking for or installing updates.

Windows (1) Learn more about common problems with installing Windows updates, and steps you can take to solve them to help keep Windows up to date.
Selected the first help offer and then tried the Windows update troublshooter offered.
This initiated a download of WindowsU...diagcab from microsoft.com - saved that to Downloads and then clicked Open when it finished.
The WU troubleshooter opened offering WU and BITS fixes. I clicked advanced and unTicked fix automatically, clicking Next launched the TS (WU I suppose)



After the repair, I returned to WU and clciked try again.
The results:
The updates were installed
Not needed: 1 update

Checked for updates failed again!
Definition Update for Windows Defender - KB2267602 (Definition 1.187.618.0)
Download size: 1.8 MB
Update type: Important
Install this update to revise the definition files that are used to detect viruses, spyware, and other potentially unwanted software. Once you have installed this item, it cannot be removed.
More information:
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Gave up on a defender update through WU and tried updating in Defender.
This pointed to a connection error, but it's more likely an issue with MS servers - I can connect to everything else.





Bill
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Hi,
The custom setup in the beginning shows all of the options for search and apps if you used the express I don't you would see the option to use bing search but I would image it's in folder and search options or start menu properties I'll boot to 10 in a bit I'm messing with a sig right now *Wink

 

Windows custom setup?

I'm pretty sure the 9860 bld didn't walk me through the setup questions. I'm almost fairly certain I had the Bing Beast under control in 4681 (prev bld). That leads me to conclude that the introduction of Phone features has changed how / where Bing is. I can't even get the settings on Bing.com to stick (off filtering instead of moderate, and suggestions - can't untick ... well I can, but it gets ticked again ... yes I'm logged on to my MS account).

If you can tell me the exact search options (in the exact location (Modenr settings, Control Panel Folder options, Taskbar properties...). I've looked at everything I can think of but nothing sticks / nothing unliks Bing from search results and or displaying trends in the taskbar search pane.

There might not be anything we mere mortals can do until the next bld. I'll wait for your post Mike before I give more feedback - I might have missed something somewhere.

Thanks
Bill
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Windows custom setup?

I'm pretty sure the 9860 bld didn't walk me through the setup questions. I'm almost fairly certain I had the Bing Beast under control in 4681 (prev bld). That leads me to conclude that the introduction of Phone features has changed how / where Bing is. I can't even get the settings on Bing.com to stick (off filtering instead of moderate, and suggestions - can't untick ... well I can, but it gets ticked again ... yes I'm logged on to my MS account).

If you can tell me the exact search options (in the exact location (Modenr settings, Control Panel Folder options, Taskbar properties...). I've looked at everything I can think of but nothing sticks / nothing unliks Bing from search results and or displaying trends in the taskbar search pane.

There might not be anything we mere mortals can do until the next bld. I'll wait for your post Mike before I give more feedback - I might have missed something somewhere.

Thanks
Bill
. Might have to see if @topgundcp can kill it via group policy magic :/
My refresh install brought it back *Sad
If no group policy I'll kill 10 and reinstall *Devil

Yep I got rid of it the new build really is no different on the surface no pun intended
I'll wait for the new build to start again but the options are in the install you just have to uncheck all of the apps except for internet explorer and feedback app as far as I can remember :/

 

I understand why Microsoft is pushing Bing. What Microsoft doesn't seem to understand is many don't want Bing.
Their should be a simple way to remove Bing everything. I don't believe Microsoft will make it simple. This way the average user will always be stuck with Bing. Microsoft doesn't want the average user to even know their is a way to remove Bing.

I'm am as positive as I can be if the final version comes out with all that Bing B/S members here will figure out a way to remove it if one desires.
When I type something into the Start Search I do not way it to go on the internet. I want it to search within my system.
If I want to search online I will open a browser of my choice and do my searching.

 

I don't have nothing against Bing as a search engine as it does not trail others as far as searching and finding results but what MS is overlooking is human nature. More forcefully you push something, more of negative and opposite reactions you get.

 

Yep the only workaround I found to search the computer instead of Bing hitting the enter key is to hit the down arrow key first then enter to search the computer then your on the top suggestion :/
It's a silly default,
Post your feedback I did,
Remove Bing from the start menu search is the beginning of my feedback I doubt it will do any good Microsoft heads have their agenda
We might have to buy the Euro version because they would no doubt sue over this *Biggrin

 

MS is banking on Bing to replace Windows Search, IMO. They'll need to differentiate between search scopes just as they did in Windows Search (start menu searched programs, Explorer searched the location in focus, and saved Searches had two default searches; Everywhere and Indexed)

I've already submitted three or four feedbacks on search, but I'll do one more suggesting that Search be added to Control Panel -> Default Programs just as browsers, eMail, and media players are now. Furthermore, search settings should be added to control the scope of searches from the various search boxes (start, taskbar, search app ...)

I installed the Google Search app (from the MS store) hoping I could dovetail it into the taskbar - no such luck yet. I'll have to dig around the tutorials to see if Shawn already found the control (.search filetype ala .libraries - registry, xml file, special desktop entry ... ). I haven't spent much time trying to figure out what controls the search.

Side note: MS has made some fixes to the Bing website. Settings now stick, customization of the page now works, history and interests off stays off. MS also fixed Ad preferences - before you had to lower IE privacy to minimum to allow 3rd party cookies - I complained in feedback and it seems now as though you can off MS ads without changing the privacy setting. You still have to change it for the non MS ad opt-outs. That needs to be corrected to, all you need is the opt-out cookie and they should be 1st party cookies.

The thing that bugs me most is MS is trying to make Modern apps (search on the taskbar is a good example) be part of the Desktop. This just clouds the issue - they tried to force feed users the Modern apps in the initial release of Win8 and that wasn't well received. The Modern GUI might become the defacto GUI, but not in Win10 - maybe Win12 or Win14. That's almost 7 tears away, so they'll have to slowly move people over to the Modern apps. Some of them are cool (IE has a reader feature), some of them are just Modern versions of Desktop apps (ala vinyl, 8-track, cassette, CD, DVD, portable media players - same songs, different media format) Keep the two separate for at least another release. They'll be fewer of us old timers around to kvetch. Young folks will be wearing their computers/phones/media players/whatever those devices will be called on their wrists.

Bill
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