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[Drone]

Just noticed that they finally optimized search indexer. Yay!

Microsoft asked why people were turning off the search indexer and received three main areas to improve: “excessive disk and CPU usage, general performance issues, and low perceived value of the indexer.” Microsoft says it’s now detecting peak usage times so it can better optimize when the indexer runs. For example, it won’t run when gaming mode is on, if power saving mode is on, if low power mode is on, when CPU usage is about 80%, when disk usage is above 70%, or when the battery is below 50%.

 

[SL2]

First of all, thanks for the update. (No pun intended.)

Fresh install w/o drivers ~ 25 GB

Hard to tell what that means without knowing hiberfil.sys and pagefile.sys size in that very install.

 

[Drone]

@Mats
You're right, I forgot to mention that was right after installation; hibernation was on and all settings out of the box by default and I have 16 GB of RAM. I forgot to check after I turned hibernation off *bummer*

 

[SL2]

Well, I've kept track of the size in the past, and realized that not much have happened since the launch of Vista in 2006. It's been 7.3 - 8 GB all the time for x64.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I am very much not a fan of this baby-blue colour scheme. However, the theme can be changed. Functionally it seems promising! Privacy and whatnot seems easier to control. Cortana is gone and the existing search no longer hops on the internet by default. However, Edge and WD are still present and removing them takes the usual efforts.

Well, I've kept track of the size in the past, and realized that not much have happened since the launch of Vista in 2006. It's been 7.3 - 8 GB all the time for x64.

That's right along with what I'm seeing. Hibernation disabled and the pagefile moved to another drive the installation, even with drivers, is about 8.4GB.

 

[biffzinker]

Writing the install.wim to a flash drive atm.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Writing the install.wim to a flash drive atm.

Don't overwrite your current installation, use a spare drive for testing.

 

[biffzinker]

Don't overwrite your current installation, use a spare drive for testing.

Should be able to revert back from the old windows install directory it leaves on the drive?

 

[lexluthermiester]

Should be able to revert back from the old windows install directory it leaves on the drive?

Why risk it? Do you have a spare drive?

 

[biffzinker]

Microsoft needs to redo the recovery partition placement during setup. Instead of putting the recovery partition at the beginning of the drive space place it after the C: partition if more space is needed.

Two recovery partitions because there wasn't any spare space to resize the partition with the 100MB EFI partition nearby.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Microsoft needs to redo the recovery partition placement during setup. Instead of putting the recovery partition at the beginning of the drive space place it after the C: partition if more space is needed.

Two recovery partitions because there wasn't any spare space to resize the partition with the 100MB EFI partition nearby.
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Users don't need to do this. If you create the partitions before running installation, setup will automatically shift the efi and recovery data to folders on C:\, ultimately leaving more usable space for the user. This also makes dual boot situations much easier to manage.

 

[biffzinker]

I upgraded from 1909 to 2004. I'll do a clean install at later time. Always wonder what the recovery directory at the root of the drive was for.

 

[Mussels]

honestly i havent ran into any issues, seems like the people with major W10 issues are using prebuilts that the maker has customised weird shit

 

[Fangio1951]

hi all,

Just need a little direction regarding win 10 upgrades.

I was gong to go to 2004 and downloaded the ESD file.

I changed my mind and stopped after the download as I've been having problems with the latest updates to build 1909.

Updates kept failing, so I downloaded the stand alone KB's but still failed.

I've downloaded the win10 pro 64 bit file and created the iso image.

My plan is to do an in-place install to see if it will fix/replaced any/all damaged/corrupted existing windows files.

Any thoughts/advise would be much appreciated.

regards

 

[biffzinker]

I haven't had any stability issues with 2004. I did run into the upgrade not migrating all of the Nvidia driver components from the old Windows directory to the new Windows directory (folder.) Everything else installed was migrated over.

 

[Fangio1951]

I haven't had any stability issues with 2004. I did run into the upgrade not migrating all of the Nvidia driver components from the old Windows directory to the new Windows directory (folder.) Everything else installed was migrated over.

hi Biffzinker,

Thank very much for the quick reply.

Did u use the 2004 esd (from this forum) for the install ?

Were all your programs/apps/data/files retained ?

regards

 

[biffzinker]

Did u use the 2004 esd (from this forum) for the install ?

Were all your programs/apps/data/files retained ?

Yes I used the 2004 ESD that was posted by @Drone

Everything was retained although I have Documents, Pictures, Music, and etc going to another drive with symbolic links.

The Complete Guide to Creating Symbolic Links (aka Symlinks) on Windows

Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, and Vista all support symbolic links — also known as symlinks — that point to a file or folder on your system. You can create them using the Command Prompt or a third-party tool called Link Shell Extension.

www.howtogeek.com

 

[Fangio1951]

Yes I used the 2004 ESD that was posted by @Drone

Everything was retained although I have Documents, Pictures, Music, and etc going to another drive with symbolic links.

The Complete Guide to Creating Symbolic Links (aka Symlinks) on Windows

Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, and Vista all support symbolic links — also known as symlinks — that point to a file or folder on your system. You can create them using the Command Prompt or a third-party tool called Link Shell Extension.

www.howtogeek.com

Awesome m8 = thanks very much.

regards

 

[biffzinker]

The cumulative update from yesterday has been updated to include a fix for a security vulnerability in SMBv3.

• Updates a network communication protocol issue that provides shared access to files, printers, and serial ports.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4551762/windows-10-update-kb4551762

It's a mandatory update, you can install it manually, get it through Windows Update or if you haven't installed the cumulative update from Tuesday you can get bundled into the cumulative update.

There's one issue to be aware of.

 

[Drone]

KB 4540673 causes bsod

Windows 10 KB4540673 causes BSOD and other issues

The major and monthly updates to Windows 10 can be a headache for some people. From the infamous blue screen of death errors, installation issues, reduced performance, and data deletion bugs, installing Windows update isn’t a seamless process for everyone. Windows 10 KB4540673 is the latest...

www.windowslatest.com

 

[Drone]

Cumulative update for Windows 10 2004
Brings system to 19041.153
Download KB4541738 x64 (154 MB)

 

[j0taDasFestasPT]

Hi guys this is the Insider version or what ? "Microsoft Windows 10 2004 (aka 20H1) build 19041.84 (February 2020)"

im on 1909 ver. and didnt get update to
Microsoft Windows 10 2004 (aka 20H1) build 19041.84 (February 2020)
Should i update my win10 64x ?
Thanks for the share !

 

[Ramo1203]

Yes, version 20H1 is for people signed in to the Windows Insider Program. It's not a final product yet so only install if you want to test things out, willing to put up with bugs or like to live the dangerous OS life.

 

[j0taDasFestasPT]

Ok i understand the only cool feature i found when i tested insider was in task manager showing SSD text on SSD disk and HDD on the HDD disk
Cheers !

 

[biffzinker]

Ok i understand the only cool feature i found when i tested insider was in task manager showing SSD text on SSD disk and HDD on the HDD disk
Cheers !

The reported temperature for the GPU went unnoticed?