Posted on 03/12/2018 9:11:04 AM PDT by Swordmaker
Some users reported being pushed to the Win10 1709 upgrade with no advanced warning.
Some Windows 10 users are reportedly being forced to upgrade to version 1709, even if they had chosen to opt out of automatic updates.
As reported by Windows blog AskWoody, Windows 10 users on versions 1607 and 1703 were pushed into the update, even if they had Feature Updates deferred. In a separate Woody on Windows column in Computerworld, it was also noted that the updates were forced on users with no advance warning.
Version 1607 is also known as the Anniversary Update, and version 1703 is called the First Spring Creators Update of Windows 10. The push to version 1709 is an upgrade to what is known as the Fall Creators Update, originally released on October 17, 2017.
SEE: System update policy (Tech Pro Research)
The forced updates are interesting because they seem to bypass a safeguard feature that prevents automatic updates. By deferring feature updates, Windows users can push back certain updates for quite a long time, placing them on a path called "Current Branch for Business." But this surprise upgrade was unavoidable for some users, even with the deferral in place.
I retract post #36. After spending a ridiculous amount of time on it, I finally got 1709 installed. It is not incompatible with all Atom processors, just Clover Trail processors.
They fixed the problem with PDFs not opening in mobile. I’m happy.
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