'Your version of Windows 10 will reach end of service soon'

james.miller said:
Because it's a year and a half old - it is out of date. It goes end of service in May, meaning no more security updates. Not good for people still running 1909.

Windows update is one of the things MS continue to change. It's still not brilliant but it's far better than it used to be. It's good to stay up to date.
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Yes, BUT, Windows update is set to auto, and it hasn't updated. I've actively gone in to the update option and selected 'Update', and it hasn't updated...

To update, nothing is offered in Windows 10, I've had to scurry off to a website, download something, and run it. Why isn't it offered within Windows 10 options itself?

BTW - This might be of interest to get rid of GB of old windows installations - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GwOaevzDT0
 
NeilF said:
Well all seems OK now.

I don't know why Windows would report it was out of date, and if you asked it to update.... Nada... And then you have to go onto a website to download a Microsoft Assistant to do the update? Why isn't it all built in/friendly?
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It asked me to update in Windows update - but then stuck (twice) at 49% installed - an unwound itself. Installed in 1 go with the "Windows Update Assistant". It's a process supported by MS. Googling - quite a few people report "stuck at 49%".

Mel
 
Mel_P said:
It asked me to update in Windows update - but then stuck (twice) at 49% installed - an unwound itself. Installed in 1 go with the "Windows Update Assistant". It's a process supported by MS. Googling - quite a few people report "stuck at 49%".

Mel
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Bizarre! What can that Assistant program do, that Windows 10 couldn't?
 
NeilF said:
Yes, BUT, Windows update is set to auto, and it hasn't updated. I've actively gone in to the update option and selected 'Update', and it hasn't updated...

To update, nothing is offered in Windows 10, I've had to scurry off to a website, download something, and run it. Why isn't it offered within Windows 10 options itself?

BTW - This might be of interest to get rid of GB of old windows installations - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GwOaevzDT0
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I know, but Windows update was quite broken in the past. I know it's a massive inconvenience for yourself but its done now eh? :)

NeilF said:
Bizarre! What can that Assistant program do, that Windows 10 couldn't?
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Broken Windows update....
 
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james.miller said:
I know, but Windows update was quite broken in the past. I know it's a massive inconvenience for yourself but its done now eh? :)



Broken Windows update....
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james.miller said:
I know, but Windows update was quite broken in the past. I know it's a massive inconvenience for yourself but its done now eh? :)



Broken Windows update....
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All understood... But if Windows 10 can't simply offer the same functionality as Windows Assistant, at least offer a link to it in Windows directly? Seems bizarre I (& others) had to hunt around the internet to find seemingly a solution to a known issue?

So, on the Windows update page, "Trouble updating? - [Click Here]"... Done!

Sorry, I design software for a living so this is utterly bizarre for me :) ;)
 
Sure ok :) why not use the feedback hub to send Microsoft that feedback. I dont personally have all the answers, I'm just telling you why Windows update probably wasn't picking up its updates - because it was a broken mess 18 months ago when 1909 was released.
 
Using prof here too. Does the usual preparing, downloading, then I now get Windows Update Error 0x80d02002 so investigating what's stopping it from updating.
 
Th0nt said:
Using prof here too. Does the usual preparing, downloading, then I now get Windows Update Error 0x80d02002 so investigating what's stopping it from updating.
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Broken Windows update.

You can either force a full reset of WU and hope it works or use the assistant app to update Windows.
 
I have the Pro version and used the update assistant as suggested. It done the job!

Computer is now running like a bat out of hell. I can’t keep up with it :D
 
Mel_P said:
I used the windows update assistant successfully.
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This worked for me also. Thanks @james.miller - I did try some normal teasers to see if it would work but seemed to be stuck in a loop. The most annoyingthing was my laptop fan was quite aggressive since it behaved this way with no obvious sign of what is doing it (no cpu/ram/process was red flagging) but the machine was terrible for normal use even after reboots.

After the assistant applied it, the next reboot still had the cpu fan thing but the system was almost back to normal. I used it for a bit then when got some work cleared rebooted it once more. Since then its back to normal and the cpu fan is quiet.
 
Philtor said:
I have the Pro version and used the update assistant as suggested. It done the job!

Computer is now running like a bat out of hell. I can’t keep up with it :D
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Did you have any of the symptoms I mentioned too? Good to confirm the state it got in was just down to windows update. Weird thing was just before I used the assistant (after a reboot) the regular windows update said I was all up to date and had no recommendations lol.
 
Th0nt said:
Did you have any of the symptoms I mentioned too? Good to confirm the state it got in was just down to windows update. Weird thing was just before I used the assistant (after a reboot) the regular windows update said I was all up to date and had no recommendations lol.
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Everything went ok thankfully but it did take a good while to do the update.

I had no idea my version was so old as Windows update was telling me all was ok and I had all the latest updates lol
 
Philtor said:
I had no idea my version was so old as Windows update was telling me all was ok and I had all the latest updates lol
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Yes I had a nagging notification since the expiry date and wondered why it hadn't updated itelf (even to other builds) for weeks beforehand as it had plenty of time to do it.
 
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