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I saw this thing in the notification center that said something about a windows update. I can't remember exactly what it said or looked like. But I clicked on it and let it update and do it's thing.
Then when it was done. I set the computer to restart and update. When it updated and restarted I started to have problems like the start menu refused to come up. And I could not start task manager. Task manager would just get a timeout error after a bit of waiting. I could not do anything from the taskbar except open file explorer. I tried waiting for 20mins and that didn't work. So I tried restarting a couple of times and that did not work.
Then I tried holding the shift key and restarting from the log in menu to try resetting it with a restore point and there was no restore points? I know I made restore points before the troubles started to occur?
So the thing that fixed it was this option to revert to a previous version of windows.
In that menu that I got up from holding the shift key at windows login and restarting the computer.
This is a brand new computer I bought from Costco.
I would really like feedback from you. And want to know what you think?
Is it happening to a lot of other people? Or just me so far?
I really hope you can give me a good answer that would make me feel better about the whole thing!
I kinda freaked out and thought... what if I got a lemon! :)
Moved from: Windows / Windows 10 / Windows update, recovery, & backup
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After 7 or so attempts have now managed to get windows to revert to the previous build and everything works as expected.
Please Microsoft PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE give us the option to turn the updates off. The 1709 build refuses to work on my systems and I therefore do not want it to ever install.
Just tried to re-install graphics drivers and they still fail to load on restart. Went to go into control panel and get system call failed. Went to uninstall updates and get system call failed.
This is turning into a nightmare, I'm surprised I can even open chrome to post
I also have run into problems, previous updates have in the past left my system in a non bootable state whereby I have had to fully reinstall Windows and start again. Now I choose to try and ignore the updates but this in December deliberately created a manual restore point incase again the update forces itself onto my system.
AND BEHOLD yet again the update has be run even though I do not want it but at least this time my systems boot but not fully functional now with memory issues, all my start items are missing, it has corrupted my graphics drivers and at least 50% of programs will not load needing reinstall.
With this I though hay lets just do a system restore as it will be quicker but now found the update has deleted this as well to just get a message " There were no restore points found"
Thanks Microsoft, I spend thousands each year and you can't seem to get a simple update right.
Microsoft will screw you. Go Apple next time.
mine said i had an update and i clicked and went to teach a class. came back and the damn windows 10 was installed and all my work docs and excel sheets are disabled and i cannot use them...they told me to go to the recovery and then click back to 8.1....nice, except mine does not have this feature. so now I have to go to the store, buy a backup device and conveniently microsoft will allow me to PURCHASE 8.1 that i had already...even though their marketing the product over a year ago said all my apps would work
