Windows 10: Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17101 Fast + 17604 Skip Ahead Feb. 14

On your computers downloading build 17101 what ring were they on? The reason I'm asking is because I have two computers on different rings but they both downloaded build 17604.

 

Mine is on the fast ring and downloading 17101.

 

Fast ring downloading 101; skip ahead loading 604.

 

Mine was set on Fast Ring and downloaded 17604. I was surprised when it stared to download and checked to be sure. No doubt it was set on Fast Ring but downloaded 17604.

 

My first attempt GSOD at 97% installing with SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION. mwac.sys shown as the culprit. Uninstalled MalwareBytes 3.4. Restarted the update and it completed in 50 minutes.

 

My laptop did the same thing. I wonder if it is a fluke or if it was because at one time my laptop was on the Skippy Ring.

 

Thank You.

 

Thank you.

 

I'm Making the ISO on my desktop then I'll hit restart and see what happens.

 

Updated fine on fast ring, but the Windows Update panel did something odd after the initial phase (download, etc): it never told me to restart. It just said something like "All up-to-date."

I clicked in "View update history" and saw mention of 17604 there, and it said "pending restart."

Odd. OK, so I restarted, but it quickly rebooted into 17093.

So I went back into WU, did a "Check for updates," and about a minute later the Reboot button was presented.

Maybe the concurrent Windows Defender update threw it off, but it's never done this before and there usually is one waiting.

 

I was on the Fast Ring at one time but that was a long time ago. It could be a fluke because most people downloaded the correct build.

 

I was debating if I wanted to do the reg hack to switch to the Skippy ring or not. MS helped me to make my decision. *Smile

Edit: The last time I tried to rejoin the Skippy ring on my desktop it took me several tries. My desktop kept reverting back to the Active Fast Ring.

 

Fast Ring DL'd and installed 17101. Went fine, but slow, as noted in the release notes. About 1.5 hours from check for updates to desktop. Made ISO using existing UUPtoISP.

Will do my Skippy build tomorrow and make ISO with the temporary process outlined in Kari's note here:

UUP to ISO - Create Bootable ISO from Windows 10 Build Upgrade Files - Page 107 - | Windows 10 Tutorials

Then do my last Fast Ring 17093 > 17101 and make ISO the new way, also.

Enough for tonight.........*Smile

 

Goodnight Tomcat

 

17604 ISO's made on physical. It is awaiting restart. After copying ISO to 2 Removable drives I uninstalled uuptoiso saving 10.3GB
Both VMs are in the process of installing. I will disconnect to the ESXi server and the Windows update to 17101 will continue. Hyper-VM is set to resume installing after the physical machine is rebooted. OK - see you on the other side. Thanks for upgrade to RS5!