FYI: 1903 update

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Was able to avoid the 1903 update running a metered connection,
however it prompt me to download it for about a week and then showed an
install prompt. At no time did they try to force 1903, just the added
option to restart with the new feature update. I eventually used the Wushuhide, but
it took 3 days before it was removed and showed that my Dell laptop was
currently up to date.

After a reboot this morning, I received a message from my update utility that I ‘m missing some updates, but there is still no option to download or update and install 1903.

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IGS

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Update! No pun intended. The windows update utility now show I’m up to date again. It seems that when you re-boot, it says you are are missing updates, but since I hid 1903, it eventually shows my laptop as up to date. What a mess.

IGS

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Amongst the machines I support, there are 4 running Home v1809, all are set to “metered connection”.

All are now showing “Feature update to Windows 10, version 1903

Download and install now”.

I will wait and see…

Why?  Because on the 9th Sep, one of those machines tried to update the “Photo app”.  No, I don’t know what it is used for either.  It crashed the machine and it took me 2 days to get it working again.  Win10 is not stable enough for me.

Written on a Win8.1 machine where the last BSOD was Feb 2018.  And I caused that.

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Sorry, I forgot to add that, despite the v1903 advice on the screen, the monthly updates appear as expected and are downloaded when I am ready.

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For the last two days it says I’m all up to date. The combination of using a metered connection and the wushuhide delayed the need to download 1903 at this time.

IGS

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Per Woody’s column, using my backup desktop, I downloaded MediaCreationTool1903.exe and successfully got a fresh v1903 onto a flash drive yesterday. Bravo, Woody!

My question is: can I use that flash drive download on my laptop and main desktop, or will it be limited to use on the backup machine from which I accomplished the download?

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You can use the USB flash drive on both computers providing they are the same bitedness (32-bit or 64-bit) if you chose one or the other in the ISO creation process.
It is the equivalent of an install CD/DVD.

If you want to do an UPGRADE, start from within your current Operating system, access the USB, and click on setup.exe to start the process.
If you are doing a clean install, boot from the USB.

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PKCano…

Two points:

1. The speed of your reply is outstanding!
2. Your answer is just what I needed. Perfect. Thanks a bunch.

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