Windows 10: WIN10 1909 Compliment

I have an old Gateway computer that has had nothing but trouble with 1909 updates. Finally it worked!!!

In the past it would tease you by almost completing the update, only to recover the previous version.

This happened so often that MS stopped making 1909 available. It just gave me a warning that my

operating system was nearly the end of its useful life span. I continued updating the old version and

I also checked for updates. Today, I noticed that I had the option of updating to 1909 once again. This old

computer is slow and it does not like to reboot automatically. You often have to power it off and

back on. It went through its usual procedure, even to the point of recovering the previous version.

This time it did something extra - something about recovering or setting up devices. Once that

happened it seemed to complete the 1909 installation very quickly.


I assume that after every past failure, MS is notified about the problem. I assume that the original 1909

update is tweaked a bit to overcome problems. Well, it took MS a long time, but you appeared

to get it right - at least for me. Thanks.

:)

 

Windows 10 1909 Causes Secondary Hard Drive to not be Recognized

Installing the Windows 10 1909 Update causes my secondary hard drive to not be recognized.

Steps to confirm issue:

• Secondary drive not visible in Windows Explorer
• Secondary drive not visible in device manager
• Secondary drive not visible in disk manager

Steps to replicate issue:

• Installing 1909 update

Steps to resolve issue:

• Uninstall 1909 update

Since updates can only be delayed for so long, an actual fix would be appreciated.

 

User.000 issue after updating to 1909

I'm one of the many people suffering from issues with user profiles after applying Update 1909 to Windows 10. I've read all the threads I can find on the topic here and have followed the suggestions, all to no avail. Any other thoughts are appreciated.

After applying Update 1909, the ProfileImagePath was changed to c:\users\User.000
One file that was always in use and couldn't be removed was left in c:\users\User (can't recall or find the exact file now), so I could never rename or remove the c:\user\User directory.

I followed the multiple suggestions from Brink and others:

• Rebooted at least 6 times
• Enabled hidden Administrator
• Booted into Safe Mode
• Changed ProfileImagePath
• Tried to rename c:\users\User but couldn't because a file was still in use
• Copied all data from c:\users\User.000 into c:\users\User
• Rebooted and had temporary profile
• Followed steps in Brink tutorial to change ImageProfilePath; rebooted with no change
• Restored using Restore Point from before Update 1909 - returned to single profile state (User.000)
• Removed each update that was installed individually and rebooted after each update removal - profile state never changed
• After all updates were removed, repeated the steps above with hidden Administrator, changing profile, etc. - same issue with file in use in c:\users\User
• Followed all steps above with hidden Administrator but without copying files from User.000 to User - same results

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

 

Compliments

I was working with the technician over the internet and we resolved the problem. I never received an email from Microsoft regarding this matter and the email you did send was bounced back so I never did get to pass on my compliments about Sharmine Raagas,
your very helpful and patient technician.