Issues Updating from 1703 to 1709

Older computers that were given the "free" windows 10 upgrade are being outdated with new firmware. They have an article in yahoo about this that was published about a month ago...

The only solution is to downgrade to windows 8 or buy a new computer with newer hardware or dump windows all together and load another operating system all together....

Copy and past this into your browser and you can watch just 1 video that Yahoo published...

https://youtu.be/lXgBBeE5PbY

I will attempt yet another try to install the 1709.   I had the update forced upon me a week ago which I could not stop .  I am not ready to make another attempt but the B-- Update is yet again being forced with another background download, God help those who have a download limit in my position.  This is absolutely ridiculous, with getting on for 20 tries over the past 2 months. 

                   How am I expected to get to grips with this problem between the work I must do and the work needed to prepare the PC for another Update 1709, preparation work that is being destroyed by the background download of the Update yet again?

1/.  How do I stop this continually repeated Update Download action?

2/.  Which of the many methods already tried do you suggest I use,

      a/.  auto download,

      b/.  Update Assistant

      c/.  an .iso of the complete Win 10 Pro including the 1709 Update

    It would appear that my only recourse is to stop all updates, which I don't think is wise.  With the limited time available to me to do anything aside from deal with my wife's and my own disabilities and what work I must do I know the multiple attempts have cost me many, many wasted hours and loss of income.

PLEASE, THIS IS GETTING BEYOND CONTROL AND I AM BEING SHAFTED BY THIS D--- UPDATE.   I appreciate the assistance you are giving me but I am not a guru of command Prompt, the commands required are numerous and I have no idea how to run them as a batch, I have started them several times to find that the auto update comes behind downloading and replacing files before I can get my breath to start the next stage.   What is need is beyond my limited hours and abilities, if Microsoft Help Desk did not do these steps then I would like to know why in the 5 tries they have had.   Until I have the ability to run a clone of my Win 10 as a second drive I am unwilling to risk my laptop any further.  A number of Windows Apps have had the data destroyed that I needed for reference during the last attempt plus during the last month, due to my ISP connection continually failing, I get sweet F all done as the 1709 updates steals the micro amount of remaining download I currently have on my main PC.  Yes, I do have another, a 10 year old laptop which does not have my own laptops software and was once used by my daughter and now my wife.

         This tread has been running for more than a month (date uncertain due to split tread) and  I was already into 4 Help Desk attempts after multiple failure from the normal system including several Win 10 inc 1709 .iso attempts.   

         WHY DOES WINDOWS 10 NOT CLEAR UP ITS OWN RUBBISH BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANOTHER INSTALLATION OF THE SAME UPDATE?

         PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, BUT I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT A COMPLETE .ISO UPGRADE INSTALL OF A HIGHER VERSION WOULD IGNORE THE CURRENT UPDATE SITUATION.  AS FAR AS I AM AWARE ALL THE SYSTEM FILES ARE REPLACED, CHANGING OUT OF DATE AND INCORRECT WINDOWS 10 FILES IN EXACTLY THE SAME WAY AS IT WOULD FOR A WINDOWS 7 or 8 version!!

If that is the case, there is a possibility that there is an issue with components of Windows Update. We mentioned in our previous reply that you can reset the Windows Update components to resolve the issue. Just to verify, did you already reset the components? If not, we recommend that you do so. This will clear all of the Windows Update files so that it can download the update again with a clean slate. You can refer to our previous reply to know how to reset the Windows Update components.

Let us know if you were able to update after resetting the Windows Update components.

Hi yet again AO,

                   I have removed the WiFi Card and attached a working ethernet cable to the PC and restarted the Update as occurs twice now under Updates.  I have to tell you that it has again failed to install and is winding back to the original version.

        You must surely have taken in the fact that the WiFi card is not the cause of this as a result of this further failure which I thought was a bit of straw catching anyway.   Who knows what damage this latest failure has done that I need to repair to get it working reliably again.

        It is my intention to modify a CLONE of my Windows 10 to as near a vanilla version as I can, currently a usb3 **SSD and swap it for the HDD to allow the update/s to work on it.   As a usb3 device the current Win 10 design restrictions will not allow me to Update a NON Enterprise OS (an obstacle for which someone has an answer but I don't need that hurdle right now).  I may need parts to accomplish this, which will not be tomorrow or even next week, but I will do it because I feel I can no longer risk my working OS.  

       I would have liked to send you some screen shots showing the way my OS and partitions and associated files are set up but there is no way via Answers.

My Win 10 with all Software runs obviously on the C:/ partition

All my Files, including .pst from Outlook 2010, FAX, Dropbox, One Drive, Documents, Music, Pictures & Videos Folders are moved and located in F:/

I use a T:/ partition for all Temporary files including the Downloads folder.

Using partition letters associated with the contents makes it easier for me to accessing, backing up and otherwise working with the shared files when accessing from other devices.

        **I bought the usb3 SSD from which to run the various early builds of Win10 prior to final release.  Tried the same with Win 8 but it was too slow from a usb2 HDD which was all I had available then.

      I ASK AGAIN, WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT FROM THE 1703 UPDATE THAT IT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM FOR ME WITH 1709?

      The 1703 update failed initially because one update was missing.  That History has been wiped by the 1709 update attempts as has all the other later updates regardless of condition!  I know all the latest about the final Major Update not being dependent upon missing updates as they are supposed to cover all previous minor updates, BUT OBVIOUSLT NOT.  I have had a look at my Feedback but cannot find a reference, there so I must have included it as a related problem with something else regarding Updates

       ARE THERE INDIVIDUAL UPDATES WHICH FORM THE 1709 AVAILABLE?   Some way to reduce the mountain to a mole hill and enable location of the precise problem.  You obviously don't think the Windows Error Reports worth hanging on the toilet wall for reuse, otherwise you would have asked for them.

AO, There appears to be languge problem here. I used the built in WiFi Card, it just not the origal one.

The N7260 (was originally incorrectly shown as N7360) is built in and working totally satisfactory and it downloaded the Update, the last update.  Downloading the 1709 Update by Ethernet connection will not change the built in components.

ARE  YOU SUGGESTING I DOWNLOAD A NEW COPY HAVIN REMOVED THE WIFI CARD.  The card is situated under the keyboad, not from a panel on the bottom, but i will strip it off again if you think this is answer. I think i may still have the original and could maybe refit it but I think a malfuntioning card would cause a problem. I changed to the current card beause you wanted Win 10 drivers even though that card was good with the 1703 Update.

I had a problem initally with the 1703 but that was a missing prior update, not hardware!