Windows 10: Windows Update has become a nusiance KB3194496

A week ago mine through automatic WU installed Windows 10 version 1607.
Soon after on my desktop sound failed.
I have Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme music card. In the device manager the driver detail was showing as 6.0.1.1373 of 03/06/2009.
I uninstalled that and updated to 6.0.230.4 of 28/02/2004 and sound started to work.

This morning (2nd Oct 2016) the Automatic WU presented my desktop with a cumulative update for Windows 10 V1607 for x64 based system -KB3194496.
As soon as the update was complete my Creative sound system failed. The driver details this time remained as the one I updated a week ago.
I have to uninstall this driver and restarted the desktop computer. On restarting device manager opened and installed something to effect "installing auxiliary ports". Soon after sound works...
I am mystified as in the past 9 years no automatic WU ever mess up the sound system and in a week twice with automatic essential WUs I am having problem with sound, though I am up and running without loss of the sound through some work around.
I wonder if the same problem will happen with the next WU!! Paranoid I am now...

I wonder if any other have similar issues/experience?

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Can’t open folders after update.

The problem has been resolved after the last W10 update (Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems (KB3194496)).

 

Updates that fail

My computer has failed numerous times to update windows with the error code being KB3194496.

Appreciate any ones help.

 

Yes, it is actually getting pretty common. Windows Updates are becoming less and less reliable.
Consider yourself lucky, WU installed a bad driver and I got a black screen and could not boot.

 

Is anyway to prevent from WU being installed?
If that is possible, Would it be a save option do so even to stop installing the ones presented as "Essential"?
What is your views?

 

I have disabled Windows update and driver updates via WU. I use Driver Easy Free to check for drivers.

Windows Update Automatic Updates - Enable or Disable in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

Driver Updates in Windows Update - Enable or Disable in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

I am subscribed to email alerts about new updates

Technical Security Notifications from Microsoft

Once I receive an email alert, I check this forum and watch for a few days, if the update causes problems.
If it is OK, I use Windows Update MiniTool to check for updates and then I hide or install them.





Afterwards I use WC.bat to perform a cleanup to make sure, that the next update will work.