Windows 10 defered updates build 1607

ed79 · 22 Jan 2017 at 04:55

I'm currently on version 1511 of Win10 and have "Defer updates" enabled. Yesterday I saw win update downloading 1607 and now have the following 112MB folder on my c: drive

Assuming this is the anniversary edition, how long until it installs itself?

ed79 · 22 Jan 2017 at 07:51

To answer my own question, it waited around 12 hours since it downloaded but is now asking to start the install.

Muska · 22 Jan 2017 at 19:09

Is it safe to install this update now? Last time I tried the anniversary update I had to roll back as it was not stable in the slightest.

Django x2 · 22 Jan 2017 at 20:14

Muska said:
Is it safe to install this update now? Last time I tried the anniversary update I had to roll back as it was not stable in the slightest.

eh? It's been out for 7 months....

Rroff · 22 Jan 2017 at 20:15

Django x2 said:
eh? It's been out for 7 months....

Some systems had/have significant driver issues with the AU update especially USB3 drivers which in some cases would kill the entire install after the update. AFAIK its solved or mostly solved now.

It was 3+ months after it was released before it was safe to update my tablet to 1607 (fortunately it was blocked on my device before it auto updated due to the severity of the issue with USB3 drivers on it).

Django x2 · 22 Jan 2017 at 20:18

To be fair you're not wrong. We're on an agressive update at work (a key window for most organisations to follow) and MS release an update and bork the network stack. I think that happened with 1607 too. It's silly things like Win10 natting in Hyper-V. It's there one minute, then gone the next. Gaahhhh!!!

JasonM · 22 Jan 2017 at 23:58

I had an issue with the update, lost full day of work Friday.

Turns out it does not like triple monitor setup - had to roll back, then unplug 2 monitors. The install was ok after that, once into windows I could connect my remaining two monitors back.