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Stop the Anniversary Update?

I was dreading the unavoidable Windows 10 "Anniversary Update" (AU) to version 1607, but tonight it bombed out on me after attempting to install itself. I got this message twice:

Feature update to Windows 10, version 1607 - Error 0x80240017 and Googled it.

This article tells you how to "fix" the problem under "additional manual steps", #3, by restarting the Windows Update Service. Sure enough, mine was not running and I plan to leave it that way. In fact, I'll try to use that method to stop our other Win10 computers from AU as well.

AU makes it much more difficult to turn off Cortana, which hogs resources and opens up privacy concerns, FYI.

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  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    You prompted me to investigate how to get rid of that Cortana pestilence.

    I have the AU running here so I was very pleased to find that it was easy to do by following the instructions here:http://www.kapilarya.com/how-to-completely-disable-cortana-in-windows-10

    Well, it's a bit of a trick. You have to delete/rename the cortana executable file, which you can't do because it's running. So you have to kill it in task manager first. But you need to be quick as it gets respawned!

    After a restart I see no sign of cortana running.

    No doubt it will be back after the next update.
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    I'm happy to report that after a Win 10 upgrade just now the cortana thing, disabled as above, is still not running !
  • Cluso99Cluso99 Posts: 18,069
    edited 2016-09-17 14:01
    My AU 1607 update caused Outlook 2016 (part of Office 365 Business) to fail on opening. I have spent a whole week without email, deleting and reinstalling Office 365, roll back W10, etc. From the Internet, this is not a new problem. MS are trying to help. What a shambles!

    Guess this thread will get locked assp
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    Give them a break, they have only been working on Windows for 30 years, it will work correctly real soon now :)




  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2016-09-17 14:49
    Ray,

    I would vote to keep it unlocked. This is a informational thread, as long as no MS bashing crops up. In my mind, this may help Parallax users with their new computers.

    But...Parallax has the last word.
  • As a matter of fact, I am doing the same upgrade as we speak.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    "Upgrade" is debatable, depending on whether you enjoy privacy and control or not. :)
  • It's on the RCA Tablet from Walmart. It just runs Parallax software offline. Just checking compatibility for us Parallax users. Never used Cortina yet.
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2016-09-17 16:08
    This security/privacy issue is very weird.

    Whilst I was busy googling around trying finding out how to disable all such things on a Win10 machine I started to think "Surely someone has created some script or program that does all this already?" After all it's a tedious business having to find all the relevant setting pages and check boxes, hack the registry, remove/delete files etc. And repeat that for every machine you have.

    There is Spybot Search and Destroy that goes some way to do this https://www.safer-networking.org/2015/spybot-2-4-and-windows-10/

    Perhaps products from anti-malware companies like F-Secure can do this?

    Then I thought: WTF? It's got to the point that I want anti-malware companies to protect me from the malware that comes from the operating system vendor itself!

    Outrageous.




  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    It must be a good programming challenge for SuperAntiSpyware to avoid quarantining Windows 10 in its entirety.
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2016-09-17 16:11
    Even weirder is that MS has produced the Free, Open Source and cross-platform Visual Studio Code IDE that is actually really nice. It runs better on Linux than Windows!
  • Publison wrote: »
    It's on the RCA Tablet from Walmart. It just runs Parallax software offline. Just checking compatibility for us Parallax users. Never used Cortina yet.

    We will see how in runs on a puny 32bit 2GB system.
  • Seems Windows 10 Home does not upgrade to 1607.
  • abecedarianabecedarian Posts: 312
    edited 2016-09-17 22:26
    Publison wrote: »
    Seems Windows 10 Home does not upgrade to 1607.
    Home will upgrade to 1607: my 7" Toshiba tablet is running it already.

    This zdnet article might shed some light on not receiving it as of yet. A curious excerpt is:
    Microsoft is throttling delivery of Windows 10 Anniversary Update, and, presumably, future updates, so company officials can keep tabs on what's working and not as the update rolls out to the many, many permutations and combinations of Windows machines where it's qualified to run. This is part of the reason why Microsoft is obsessed with telemetry and has been for the past few years.
  • zappmanzappman Posts: 418
    edited 2016-09-18 00:19
    Thumbs Up for "Windows 10 Anniversary Update" edition.

    Earlier today, I tried to install a "Windows XP driver" for an External USB Wi-Fi adapter (I could not find any newer drivers, anywhere). Windows 10 warned me, there be a problem using the driver, but I proceeded at my own risk (oops, I should have known better). The driver corrupted my Windows 10 installation, things got really Bonked Up, Windows 10 crashed, and could not restart.

    But, instead, Windows 10 then asked me if I wanted to try an automatic repair. I said yes, and Windows 10 tried to do the repair, but then gave me a message the automatic repair failed.

    But, then it gave me a message asking if it should do a restore from its last Restore date of 3 days ago, I clicked yes, Windows 10 successfully completed the restore. I restarted, the computer, and everything is back to normal, all my data is intact.

    Windows will automatically reinstall the few "Windows 10 updates" it installed 3 days ago.

    So to summarize, thumbs down to "Broadcom" for not having any drivers for my "antique" External USB Wi-Fi adapter, newer then those for Windows XP. Thumbs up for "Windows 10 Anniversary Update" edition, being able to restore its self to operation.
  • Cluso99Cluso99 Posts: 18,069
    edited 2016-09-18 02:56
    Publison wrote: »
    Seems Windows 10 Home does not upgrade to 1607.

    Really interesting comment because my log reveals that This is what I have now. Was previously 5?11 (5311?) 1511. It's 64-bit W10.
  • Cluso99Cluso99 Posts: 18,069
    What worries me the most is when Windows doesn't work with Office. Both MS products, and possibly the most used too.

    I hear via the grapevine that an OS company is working on an expensive product that lets the user monitor and prevent OS software from phoning home. They expect to make more $$$ than they could selling the OS.

    Sort of like the rumours that virus companies are writing some of the viruses.
  • My Windows 10 installation updated itself sometime throughout the night. Everything seems to be working fine.


    Sandy
  • Cluso99 wrote:
    What worries me the most is when Windows doesn't work with Office. Both MS products, and possibly the most used too.
    I'm not so worried, but completely amused when Win7 asks me if I really want to run my old version of Excel, since it can't vouch for the publisher! :)

    -Phil
  • The IT guys at my last job told me that it looks like MS finally got it right with Win10. Ha!

    I sincerely thank everyone for working through the issues while I continue to use my horrible (but predictably so) Win8.1 laptop. I can tolerate horrible, but I am rather adverse to surprises.
  • Well Dell tells me that Win 10 is not recommended for this laptop. I've got both Win 8.1 X64 and Linux to run on this laptop hands and wings down.

    And whilst in a Micro Center in Yonkers yesterday on other business, I saw plenty of Parallax stuff there, but since it was other business.... I didn't buy any. I did see plenty of items running Win 10, and looking unhappy.

    And erco I saw two of your robots visiting. They were with a selection of robot kits....
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2016-09-18 13:08
    Publison wrote: »
    Seems Windows 10 Home does not upgrade to 1607.

    Turned out to be a two-step upgrade on my tablet. Now at 1607.

    Runs a little better than my old OS.

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  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    hatallica wrote: »
    The IT guys at my last job told me that it looks like MS finally got it right with Win10. Ha!

    :):):)


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  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    Those IT guys sound totally hopeless.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    Or perhaps hopelessly optimistic?
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  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    I did put AU on one computer. Turned off Cortana and so far so good.
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