Friday, November 23rd 2018
Microsoft Halts Windows 10 October Update Rollout Yet Again, Affects Only Some Intel Users
Microsoft has blocked rollout of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update on systems using Intel Integrated Graphics with specific driver versions. Apparently audio playback, when using a monitor connected to the IGP, will no longer work after the upgrade to October Update.
According to Microsoft, the underlying reason for the issue is that "Intel inadvertently released versions of its display driver [...] to OEMs that accidentally turned on unsupported features in Windows."
If you want to work around this, then check your Intel driver version using GPU-Z. If you see "24.20.100.6344" or "24.20.100.6345", just upgrade your graphics drivers and you should be good to go.
Source:
Microsoft
According to Microsoft, the underlying reason for the issue is that "Intel inadvertently released versions of its display driver [...] to OEMs that accidentally turned on unsupported features in Windows."
If you want to work around this, then check your Intel driver version using GPU-Z. If you see "24.20.100.6344" or "24.20.100.6345", just upgrade your graphics drivers and you should be good to go.
49 Comments on Microsoft Halts Windows 10 October Update Rollout Yet Again, Affects Only Some Intel Users
And, on those rare occasions I have the aforementioned blackscreen bug on login screen, which has a simple, 15 second workaround.
Its good for perspective to keep in mind a vast majority is *not* having problems. Still no excuse, but OK. Another big influence still is those systems that have done the upgrade from 7 to 10 without a clean install. Those setups are very susceptible to problems and benefit a lot from doing it your way.
- If I want to upgrade to the latest LTS of Ubuntu (every two years, mind you it doesn't do it unless I tell it to.)
- If I want to completely redo my partitioning scheme (which technically doesn't require a re-install, I could do this manually.)
Last re-install was bringing my machine up to Ubuntu 18.04 from 16.04 after 2 years. I guess I'm just the unlucky one where two major updates in a row bricked my installation. If Microsoft ever wants me to return, they need to stop releasing perpetual beta releases while expecting consumers to find their bugs for them that should be caught in QA. I'm not going to give them business for making foolish decisions with Windows. I'll just not run Windows because my life doesn't revolve around games and my Steam library is good enough to keep me satisfied (and Proton is an even bigger reason why I won't likely switch back.)So, unless I become a .NET developer, it's probably not going to happen unless Microsoft cleans up their house.
Anyways, it delays these updates for a while, hopefully all the bugs are worked out by then. There's also LTSB, but that's pretty hard to get unless... arrrr matey...
So, I guess that the bottom line (for me,) is that: I'm so familiar with using Ubuntu, that I would prefer it over Windows if both can do what I want. :ohwell:
Mind you, that I'm saying that after using it as my only OS for almost 3 years. Before that I dual-booted.
This is quite clearly unacceptable coming from the biggest and most significant software company in the world.
Also, its Microsoft's fault. Why are they changing the driver model daily? Previously they changed the driver model twice, once for XP, once for Vista. Now they are breaking drivers every 3-4 months. Linux drivers last longer than that.
Still, I agree with your point. Microsoft needs to stick with a driver model instead of changing things every 5 weeks.
Turn off Windows ability to install Hardware drivers
www.tenforums.com/tutorials/48277-enable-disable-driver-updates-windows-update-windows-10-a.html
www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/82137-drivers-turn-off-automatic-driver-installation.html