Microsoft Rolls Out the Windows 10 Anniversary Update

[RCoon]

Ran the update last night on a my Win 10 Pro (which was cleanly installed). All my settings were kept, none of my privacy settings were changed. I used a tool that literally gutted Windows 10's datamining stuff and all but removed Cortana entirely. Went back to check and my options for Cortana still don't exist, so I assume the tool I used was a little more permanent than what anybody else used. Took about 15-20 minutes in all.

Haven't noticed any difference to anything tbh, except for the nice change to the start menu.

 

[bug]

That's not the point. The point is because of this update, Microsoft is stealing my free personal time in order to re-configure all the drivers and apps related stuff AGAIN!
Why do I have to waste my time because of a stupid update??

Because you insist using Windows? I wasn't aware Microsoft has any obligations regarding your (of my) free time.

 

[Jetster]

Ran the update last night on a my Win 10 Pro (which was cleanly installed). All my settings were kept, none of my privacy settings were changed. I used a tool that literally gutted Windows 10's datamining stuff and all but removed Cortana entirely. Went back to check and my options for Cortana still don't exist, so I assume the tool I used was a little more permanent than what anybody else used. Took about 15-20 minutes in all.

Haven't noticed any different to anything tbh, except for the nice change to the start menu.

Just curious what tool did you use to remove those features?

 

[RCoon]

Just curious what tool did you use to remove those features?

Destroy Windows 10 Spying. I believe it physically removes a lot of files.

 

[Basard]

Ugh, what a pain that was... sorta.....

I'll give them SOME credit... they added a clock to the taskbar on my my second monitor!!!! OMFG!!!! AWESOME!!! FINALLY!!!

But now I have a damn Windows Defender icon stuck on my taskbar again. Time to get rid of some of that crap.

Haven't noticed any different to anything tbh, except for the nice change to the start menu.

I hate the new start menu, but then I hated the old new start menu as well...

 

[qubit]

I'm so excited about this update that I still haven't bothered installing it manually on my PC. No doubt the auto update will nail it eventually, lol.

 

[$ReaPeR$]

quite irritating this new update, had to go through all the settings in order to restore my choices.. battery life seems better though.

 

[RejZoR]

I'm so excited about this update that I still haven't bothered installing it manually on my PC. No doubt the auto update will nail it eventually, lol.

Global release is scheduled for 9th August 2016.

You can initiate the update now like this:
https://rejzor.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/update-to-windows-10-anniversary-update-now-without-waiting/

 

[Prima.Vera]

Because you insist using Windows? I wasn't aware Microsoft has any obligations regarding your (of my) free time.

As long as I am a paying customer, IT HAS!

 

[$ReaPeR$]

i really dont get why the privacy options needed to be reset to their factory defaults.. couldnt all those M$ geniuses just leave them alone?..

 

[rtwjunkie]

i really dont get why the privacy options needed to be reset to their factory defaults.. couldnt all those M$ geniuses just leave them alone?..

Basically there is nothing to reset. It's a complete new OS install, so it will be at all defaults

 

[bug]

As long as I am a paying customer, IT HAS!

You may think they have. But since it's not in the EULA, they actually don't.
Fwiw, you're not even a customer. You didn't bought Windows, you merely bought a license to use Microsoft's product. You're a licensee (just like everybody else).

 

[iiee]

Not sure if nvidia modded inf can be accepted under this new version of windows since it accepts only signed driver... or i better keep the old version for the time being.

 

[Divide Overflow]

something you would understand if you took the time to understand how this stuff works

You should take the time to understand how this is working yourself. This UPDATE did NOT give me the option to do a custom install. It did NOT present a list of configuration changes.

 

[Recon-UK]

I never had any config options either... i also have no problems with the update either post installation, others do, it don't mean people are braindead.
Stop the elitism and suck your thumbs, good little boys.

 

[Easo]

I must admit, the whining here is epic.
P.S.
Upgraded within 10 minutes with no issues, it seems.

 

[$ReaPeR$]

Basically there is nothing to reset. It's a complete new OS install, so it will be at all defaults

i know, i got that from the time it took to install.. since they have a system to leave the installed programs intact, i think they could also have left my os choices intact. i feel M$ just got lazy, or they want badly for those privacy options to be on their default (let me see everything) setting.

 

[Aquinus]

Thanks to Windows update, it decided that cram-packing my SSD RAID full to the point where it couldn't even run the update was a good idea. Here I am wondering why I can't boot Linux and it's because Windows didn't "safely" unmount my RAID-5 which the Linux NTFS driver does not like because it had to revert the update.

Simply put, Microsoft should stop filling my SSDs full of shit and should just ask me if I want to upgrade because this kind of behavior is simply unacceptable. It's one thing to install updates without you knowing, it's another when it tries to install despite not having enough space.

 

[OneMoar]

Thanks to Windows update, it decided that cram-packing my SSD RAID full to the point where it couldn't even run the update was a good idea. Here I am wondering why I can't boot Linux and it's because Windows didn't "safely" unmount my RAID-5 which the Linux NTFS driver does not like because it had to revert the update.

Simply put, Microsoft should stop filling my SSDs full of shit and should just ask me if I want to upgrade because this kind of behavior is simply unacceptable. It's one thing to install updates without you knowing, it's another when it tries to install despite not having enough space.

the updater does two things
it download the full installation image for a source saved in Windows~ws and $windows.~bt or %ESD if you used the media creation tool

AND backups \windows as windows.old and archives the old install and registry hives (about 20 to 30gb )

its not the updaters fault you run your drives to the point of having no available space

and RSL1 is not a optional update its flagged as critical


you can free up the space by running disk-cleanup

 

[$ReaPeR$]

Thanks to Windows update, it decided that cram-packing my SSD RAID full to the point where it couldn't even run the update was a good idea. Here I am wondering why I can't boot Linux and it's because Windows didn't "safely" unmount my RAID-5 which the Linux NTFS driver does not like because it had to revert the update.

Simply put, Microsoft should stop filling my SSDs full of shit and should just ask me if I want to upgrade because this kind of behavior is simply unacceptable. It's one thing to install updates without you knowing, it's another when it tries to install despite not having enough space.

this is M$ we are talking about.. remember the "vista"?..

 

[Prima.Vera]

This new build also broke my SSL-VPN RDP settings. Firstly, now it asks for credentials every time I RDP to my remote machine from work, even if the SSL-VPN profile already defines those by default;
Secondly, after authentication complete, it just exits without any messages or errors.
Unbelievable!

 

[Aquinus]

the updater does two things
it download the full installation image for a source saved in Windows~ws and $windows.~bt or %ESD if you used the media creation tool

AND backups \windows as windows.old and archives the old install and registry hives (about 20 to 30gb )

its not the updaters fault you run your drives to the point of having no available space

and RSL1 is not a optional update its flagged as critical


you can free up the space by running disk-cleanup

You mean how it's been trying to "clean up files" from the failed update for the last hour when it says, "This may take a few minutes"?

Simply put, you can do some simple math to figure out how much disk space is required to do said backups and I don't think you're explanation excuses the laziness from actually doing the work to figure out if it can run. I had 30GB free on my 240GB SSD RAID (which is actually 210GB formatted,) so yeah, I fill it up because 210GB isn't much and for that reason, I would like to get a 512GB drive but, that doesn't change the fact that it shouldn't have tried in the first place. So stop making excuses for lazy developers.

 

[$ReaPeR$]

You mean how it's been trying to "clean up files" from the failed update for the last hour when it says, "This may take a few minutes"?

Simply put, you can do some simple math to figure out how much disk space is required to do said backups and I don't think you're explination excuses the laziness from actually doing the work to figure out if it can run. I had 30GB free on my 240GB SSD RAID (which is actually 210GB formatted,) so yeah, I fill it up because 210GB isn't much and for that reason, I would like to get a 512GB drive but, that doesn't change the fact that it shouldn't have tried in the first place.

M$ never fails to deliver a halfassed job.. what can you do..

off topic: what kind of read/write you get with your raid? is it worth it over a single 240 drive?

 

[Aquinus]

M$ never fails to deliver a halfassed job.. what can you do..

off topic: what kind of read/write you get with your raid? is it worth it over a single 240 drive?

I haven't tested it in a while but, right after I built the machine I would see 1GB/s and about a year ago I was seeing 800-900MB/s. I did RAID because two 120GB drives at the time was cheaper, not because I wanted bandwidth and in all seriousness, you don't really notice the difference unless you're moving huge amounts of data.

 

[Nobody99]

I haven't tested it in a while but, right after I built the machine I would see 1GB/s and about a year ago I was seeing 800-900MB/s. I did RAID because two 120GB drives at the time was cheaper, not because I wanted bandwidth and in all seriousness, you don't really notice the difference unless you're moving huge amounts of data.

SSDs still get fragmented and if you don't have a fast PCIe SSD you will notice the slowdown especially when transferring data to-and-from a single drive. I imagine RAID would be faster.