So, Windows 10 recently told me there was a new Windows 10 Feature Update ready to install, which would upgrade my Windows 10 laptop from version 1909 to 2004. Stupidly I told it to go ahead, having not read about all the issues it’s causing for those who have already done the upgrade, but fear not!!! After spending half an hour or so preparing to download, then another half hour or so downloading, then another hour or so preparing the upgrade, then another hour or so performing the upgrade, followed by another half hour or so of dot spinning on the boot screen, I was presented with……. the same old version of 1909, but with an error message to say the update failed.
I did a bit of googling to see if anyone else had this problem, and there were a few words of advice to follow involving clearing of caches, disabling anti-virus, running troubleshooters, stopping and starting services, etc, but none of them fixed the problem. The upgrade option was still available in the update section, but it just wouldn’t install. At one stage, during a reboot after an attempted install, the screen went a corrupt mess of rapidly changing white, green and red pixels. It’s never done that before. Luckily switching it off and on again fixed the video problem, but I’m still on version 1909.
Windows has decided to stop offering me the upgrade for now. Glad it didn’t go through after reading about the problems it’s been causing for a lot of people.
Looking at the update history it says:
Feature Updates (2)
Feature update to Windows 10, version 2004
Failed to install on 11/06/2020 – 0xc1900101
Feature update to Windows 10, version 1909 (2)
Successfully installed on 6/03/2020
If anyone’s wondering about the specs of my laptop, it’s one of these: https://www.laptoparena.net/hp/notebook-hp-15-bw063au-2dh18pa-black-36002
