Latest Windows 10 Update Warning

[Bambino]

Delay installing it, if you can.

https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/05/windows-10-october-update-1809-delete-data-wipe-user-profile/

[anticpated]

It could be that peer-to-peer data is transferred with Windows update unless is turned off. Or it could be after the update your hard drive needs a quick clean up and defragmentation.

Windows updates can sometimes break things also. I'm not a fan and still prefer 7.

[Anonymous]

Thank you @anticpated ... it sounds like a trip into town for me to see a nice young man called Dominic who will do what you mentioned ... thank you again 

[dgilbert2]

Any news when the role out will start again, hopefully fixed!?

[jonsie]

Well I've since had an update which fixed the Office problem so maybe they're close now.

[dgilbert2]

Thanks @jonsie  I will need to keep an eye on what my Windows Update status is 

[Anonymous]

For those interested. it looks like its been made available via Windows Update again.

As I speak mine is indicating it is installing but I suspect it's more likely to be decompressing based on previous experience, a restart is usually required and the actual installation begins then.

At that point I usually think of the point in Jurassic Park (the original) when Samuel L Jackson sits down at a PC. types furiously for a bit and then shouts "Hold on to your butts!" while he waits for the system to reboot.

[dgilbert2]

Hope the update goes well @Anonymous , look forward to reading how you got on.

[anticpated]

Was slj in Jurassic Park?

[Anonymous]

He was the other computer geek in the very first film.

[dgilbert2]

This is worrying @Anonymous has gone AWOL in this thread since the restart? 

Was the update THAT bad?