Wow, glad I'm staying on a way back build. 1709 IIRC. It runs pretty stable except for not liking to leave my icons on display #1 either after a reboot, or after having had the monitors turned off for a bit.

edit: this is even with using Stardock Fences. I still have to open the Fences configure and reload from a snapshot of the correct layout. Likely it has to do with different resolutions on the two monitors. My main (on the right) is 2560x1440, my secondary (on the left) is at 1920x1200.

A question!

Is Microsoft creating updates for update sake?  To appear as if they're busy over at Redmond?

Orright, that's more than one question, but are these updates even necessary?  I've managed without the last two major ones and I'm still doing okay... unlike others who got the 1809 update.  I don't feel like I'm missing anything, either.

Another question!

Wouldn't it be better if MS reverted back to annual or bi-annual updates for major changes, to give more time to test for bugs and other quirks?  Obviously MS would need to create updates and patches for emerging threats, but major system changes need more time and quality assurance than is currently being given for major updates.

Personally, I think the management at Redmond has a lot to answer for, laying off QA testers and support staff in their hundreds, and leaving millions of users with a myriad of issues because of sub-par updates that were not properly tested prior to release.

In my opinion, kick Satya Nadella to the kerb and get in somebody who IS qualified and who actually gives a shit about what's going on in the world of Microsoft.  I had high hopes when Nadella took over from Steve Ballmer, but I was sadly disappointed and can't wait to see the back of him.  What I don't understand is why Bill Gates is allowing this failure of a CEO to destroy his company.

I'm not familiar with C. Northcote Parkinson, but I am quite familiar with bureaucracies justifying their own existence. 

I once worked in the Queensland [Aus] Police Department and saw dozens of public servants walking around aimlessly all day, achieving absolutely nothing. 

They looked busy, though, carrying a piece of paper or a file/foler, etc. 

To make it look even more authentic, one or more would gather around said file/folder and appear to be having a discussion about the contents, when in fact they were more likely discussing aspects of their social lives.

And what annoyed me most was that one, a more consciencius worker, who was often snowed under with more work than he could handle, could get nothing done about it.  They were protected by the bureaucracy.  Was a safe, secure job but it wasn't for me.

I'd like to be a fly on the wall to see if it's the same over at Microsoft, dozens of lazy bastards walking around and filling in time 'til clock-off.

What's the difference between monopoly and conglomerate? Nothing...

Hi! Anyone remember me? LOL I haven't  been on here in forever....why? Because Windows did an update and crashed my computer! No one could seem to fix it so I finally got another and here I am. So, I need to know how to turn off those auto-updates please!

1809 working perfectly here. I had to disable some of the things I had turned off in the previous version, but, that's typical of major updates. Other than that, business as usual.

Windows 7 IMHO was the best version of Windows.  Which is why I use Stardock products to make Win10 look as much like Win7 as I can.

No....not entirely the fault of Win 10.  All other MS OS vers suffered from 'issues' now and then...but the real difference was that before 10 you could choose to ignore/avoid potential issues....so that others would see the bugs sorted FOR you....and you avoided the grief.

Win 10 just does it whether you like it or not [unless you stop all updating via GPedit or similar].

The truth of Win 10 is that it is a PUBLIC BETA.  It is NOT a 'stable OS', no matter how much the fanbois claim.....oh...we're using the early access versions which are betas...the public one is stable.  Bull-fucking-shit, it is not.

No-one should EVER have the temerity to claim an OS version is stable at the same time it simply deletes ALL your personal User Files....you know....the actual bloody WORK you are trying to do with the 'stable' OS.

Having your own backups is NOT-THE-POINT.  Your OS should not delete your work.....under the auspices of 'a Windows Update'.

You are one of the lucky ones.  Many users lost data and could not get various programs to work.  And now, with the revised 1809 update, users cannot set default programs to open various tasks.  The entire update process is a complete debacle and MS should be ashamed of itself for the ways its customers are being treated.... with disregard and contempt.

I believe there is a way to prevent this.  When going into update settings, untick 'other updates'.  That should disable driver and 3rd party updates.  Well that's what I did early in the piece when updates feched my network driver, along with my soundcard drivers and graphics card.  MS' inferior graphics drivers are the pits and should never be used over the proprietary ones.

If only I had a copy of Win 7.  I do have a couple of copies of Win 8.1, though, and I'm very nearly tempted to put one of them on my primary machine and do away with 10 altogether.

Yes, the issues with Windows Update pretty much began with Win 10.  There may have been occasional issues on some machines with earlier Windows editions, but nowhere near as consistently as with Win 10.  Put it this way, a betting man could make a fortune betting on each Win 10 update having massive flaws... if he could get a bookie to take those bets.

The latest cumulative update to Win 10 did exactly as I anticipated. In other words it failed, as per usual with these updates. I thought I had fixed the problem with windows updates a while ago but no...I ran the troubleshooter and it said some update components could not be repaired. Now I'm running dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /Restorehealth for the second time. The first time was after I did a sfc /scannow after the last update. It found corrupted files in the update, go figure. I haven't lost anything, knock wood but that doesn't mean some other stupid shit won't happen. I think whatshisname over at MS is in bed with Murphy. You know...the guy who invented Murphy's law. 

If you want to really update to 1809 go here and click the Update button at the top. Read the instructions as it loads. I had the same problem with the Windows Update. It kept telling me everything was up to date.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

I have never heard that. My old HP laptop that had Vista 32bit is running 1809 32bit. Not the fastest thing but it's running.