Windows 10: USB devices not working after Device Manager spring clean

I have got all my devices workng again by doing a reinstall of 1703 on top of the exitsing 1703 (without losing any data or programs)

I tried using :-
Settings>Recovery>Reset this PC

But this approach is not possible as mounting the 1703 ISO is not recognised as a valid recovery source

Instead I mounted the 1703 ISO and then ran setup.exe

I chose the options to remember my personal files and my programs

Let windows do a clean install

This completed successfully and all drivers are working again.

Device manager shows 7 entries under Volumes after a clean install so it looks like I deleted some I should not have.

I am reluctant to let windows try any further 1709 update attempts as as it has has cost me so much time. About 45 hours over the past 2 months.

I am wondering if the 1803 update might be worth trying (using the ISO). I guess it is cumulative i.e. everything from 1709 will be in 1803.

If anybody can report that they have managed to get a Lenovo X230 onto 1709 or 1803 I would be very interested to know that it is at least possible.

Why does the Windows Update utility not provide better reporting of specifically why it is failing?

The log files from PowerShell Get-WindowsUpdateLog are useless. they do not contain any information about what happened during the actual update process. The log entries stop at the time you execute the update command and restart from the time the machine recovers after failing.

If the failure to update is being caused by a specific driver why can the update utility not report which driver is causing the problem?

 

@mojorising

Awesome news! *Thumbs

Wait at least 3 months before attempting Windows version 1803. There are a few known and unknown glitch that needs to be sorted out.