Windows 10: Windows 10 1803 cumulative update killed ASUS laptop

I have a 2010-era ASUS laptop (i5-M460, 4G RAM) that has been running Windows 10 well since RTM, and has been on 1803 since auto-upgrade about a month after it came out. Worked fine until today. The second update of the month came through, and killed the machine. Destroyed the graphics and "turbo-boost" drivers saying they are corrupt but no drivers are available. What? Drivers were available as recently as May of this year when 1803 installed without a hitch. Now there aren't any? Looking at Intel, that might be true - they no longer list Windows 10 drivers for anything older than Gen-3 i-series. What?? Anyway, what next? I'm trying a "fresh start" which is up to 29% after an hour, but if that doesn't work (leaves my widescreen display in VGA mode) what's next? I do have a CD of Windows 7 - could always reinstall that I guess. And Linux on the other partition works fine (Intel apparently has drivers for that...).


When Intel upchucked on the Clover Trail drivers, MS was somehow able to keep things working and committed to updates until 2023. Why do I have to just throw away a computer that was working yesterday because Intel simply deleted drivers that were available until recently? Plan C, I guess would be to use the Win7 (8?) drivers in 10, but my recollection is that it is fiddly at best to install those.


Thinking of suing Intel if that is the source of this. Anybody want to join? Otherwise: what's the story MS?


EDIT: perhaps related? After the update the computer was locked into S mode (Store Apps only). I did not choose that. So again, what happened? The same update did nothing unusual to a 2007-era desktop (Win10 Pro 1803, nVidia graphics) or a cheap junk RCA tablet (Bay Trail Atom, Win10 Home)


EDIT2: I did, already, try using the Device Manager to uninstall the device and driver, then restart and let it do the detection & driver routine. No luck. The only driver without errors is the MS Basic, and it doesn't support the wide screen.

:)

 

Windows 10 update being enabled.

https://www.computerworld.com/artic...ows-10-april-2018-update-from-installing.html
https://www.windowsphoneinfo.com/threads/hide-or-show-windows-updates-in-windows-10.9702/
https://www.computerworld.com/artic...in10-version-1803-through-windows-update.html
https://pureinfotech.com/prevent-windows-10-installing-april-2018-update-1803/

wushowhide and group policy atm is the only surest way

 

Cumulative Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB3156387) will not install

Anyone else having problems getting the Cumulative Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB3156387) installed? This update has been failing for me & doing a failed to update after downloading & reboot, then rebooting & removing the update.

V 10.0 build 10240

 

Windows 10 Update

Well just noticed a pretty large one pop up coming in at 914MB, seems it makes some pretty serous updates.

KB3172985
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3172985

This security update includes improvements and fixes in the functionality of Windows 10 Version 1511 and Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4. It also resolves the following vulnerabilities in Windows:

• 3175677 MS16-094: Security update for secure boot: July 12, 2016
• 3174060 MS16-093: Security update for Adobe Flash Player: July 12, 2016
• 3171910 MS16-092: Security update for Windows Kernel: July 12, 2016
• 3170048 MS16-091: Security update for .Net Framework: July 12, 2016
• 3171481 MS16-090: Security update for Kernel Mode Drivers: July 12, 2016
• 3170050 MS16-089: Security update for Windows secure kernel mode: July 12, 2016
• 3170005 MS16-087: Security update for the Microsoft Print Spooler: July 12, 2016
• 3169999 MS16-085: Cumulative security update for Microsoft Edge: July 12, 2016
• 3169991 MS16-084: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer: July 12, 2016