Windows 10 Creators Update Fail (vanity)

Self | Dec. 9, 2017 | (self) Pearls Before Swine

[Pearls Before Swine]

Re the link to the Windows Update script:

I tried it. After unzipping, when I run as Administrator, it gives me the initial screen of numbered choices, but I can’t access the help file.

When I go directly into the directory to view the .chm help file, I can see the table of contents, and the index topics, but none of the information.

So, it doesn’t look like it’s going to work for me. Thanks for the link, though. It looks like the script is being actively maintained, and I’ll use this thread as a reference and check back later.

[Wuli]

You can refuse the update.

Set your WiFi or other internet access service setting to “metered” (works whether in reality it is or isn’t “metered”). When MS knows it’s metered, it knows you pay for access in time increments, and the update can take quite some time. So it thinks it must ask permission. It stops the automatic update, forcing it to ask you, each new startup, and you again just answer with the “ask me later” option.

I had apps that no longer worked at all in 1703. Rolled it back and have never let it run again.

[zeugma]

before the first reboot

OK, I can understand having to reboot when you're doing a kernel upgrade. What I do not understand is the need for MS-Windows to reboot sometimes 3 or 4 times. (When I did my first load of MS-Windows 7 in a VM it required 6). I can do a fresh install of Linux Mint from bare metal, and all it requires is to boot off media, then reboot once everything is installed. The first full update generally doesn't require a boot, though I normally do a shutdown/boot after that first major update just to make sure everything is fully stable.

To me it is astonishing how horribly primitive the MS-Windows update process still is after all these years.

[usconservative]

Well this is certainly interesting.

My AMD FX-8350 on an ASUS 990FX R2.0 motherboard with 32GB of Memory and an NVidia 750TI Video Card updated to Windows 10 Creators Update *flawlessly.* I was expecting this machine to have several issues updating and was pleasantly surprised that none happened. In fact, the entire update took under 45 minutes once the updates were downloaded.

My Intel i3 on an ASRock H87M-ITX with 16GB of memory and an NVidia 1060 Video Card is having issues with Windows 10 Creators Update complaining that it doesn't like the default Windows Firewall settings, and to take the firewall DOWN in order to to the update.

I'm sorry, but that's just laughable!

My Intel i5 4690K on a Z97 motherboard with an AMD Radeon RX480 with 32GB memory and an SSD Raid updated fine, zero issues.

Finally, three Virtual Machines running on VMWare Workstation on my my FX-8350 and my Intel i5 4690k all updated without incident.

I'll spend some time tomorrow looking at the i3 with the ASRock H87M-ITX motherboard to see what that issue could really be. I suspect it's not really the default settings on the Windows Firewall but will work through that then.

[usconservative]

Well this is certainly interesting.

My AMD FX-8350 on an ASUS 990FX R2.0 motherboard with 32GB of Memory and an NVidia 750TI Video Card updated to Windows 10 Creators Update *flawlessly.* I was expecting this machine to have several issues updating and was pleasantly surprised that none happened. In fact, the entire update took under 45 minutes once the updates were downloaded.

My Intel i3 on an ASRock H87M-ITX with 16GB of memory and an NVidia 1060 Video Card is having issues with Windows 10 Creators Update complaining that it doesn't like the default Windows Firewall settings, and to take the firewall DOWN in order to to the update.

I'm sorry, but that's just laughable!

My Intel i5 4690K on a Z97 motherboard with an AMD Radeon RX480 with 32GB memory and an SSD Raid updated fine, zero issues.

Finally, three Virtual Machines running on VMWare Workstation on my my FX-8350 and my Intel i5 4690k all updated without incident.

I'll spend some time tomorrow looking at the i3 with the ASRock H87M-ITX motherboard to see what that issue could really be. I suspect it's not really the default settings on the Windows Firewall but will work through that then.

[KevinB]

My updates on five computers all went through without a hitch.

I know this is an old thread, but I have just gotten the update. The update did not install on three of my four computers, all of which are fairly powerful and new and one of which is a stock Surface Pro 3. They can't even get their sh*t to install on their own machines! I have spent days trying to sort this out by running memory tests, removing video cards, etc. I finally gave up, put everything back together and turned off automatic updates.

[lorein0688]

In none of the above-given solution works for you then perform a clean boot in Windows 10
Follow the steps to do so:
• In the Windows Search > type msconfig.
• Right-click System Configuration > select to Run as Administrator.
• Now, go to Services tab > check Hide all Microsoft services box.
• And click on Disable All > Apply.
• Go to Startup tab > Open Task Manager.
• Separately disable entire Startup programs.
• And lastly, restart your PC/laptop

https://www.fixwindowserrors.biz/blog/resolve-creators-update-install-errors