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October 2, 2018 2:00 pm

 

By John Cable / Director of Program Management, Windows Servicing and Delivery



Earlier today, Yusuf Mehdi announced the Windows 10 October 2018 Update, the newest feature update for Windows 10. I’m excited to share our October 2018 Update rollout plans, how you can get the update today, plus some new update experience enhancements.

How to get the Windows 10 October 2018 Update

As with prior Windows 10 feature rollouts, our goal is to deliver the October 2018 Update in a phased and controlled rollout to provide a great update experience for all. We are beginning the global rollout out via Windows Update in the coming weeks.  As with previous rollouts, we will use real-time feedback and telemetry to update your device when data shows your device is ready and will have a great experience. You don’t have to do anything to get the update; it will roll out automatically to you through Windows Update.

Once the update is downloaded to your device and ready to be installed we’ll notify you.  You are then able to pick a time that won’t disrupt you to finish the installation and reboot.   We are continually working to improve the update experience with each new release of Windows 10.

The last Windows 10 feature update rollout, the April 2018 Update, utilized machine learning (ML) to identify devices that were ready to update, incorporating key attributes like compatibility data. By leveraging machine learning we were able to safely rollout quickly, and as a result the April 2018 Update is now the most widely used version of Windows 10.  Further, our artificial intelligence/ML targeted rollout approach led to the lowest call and online support requests for any release of Windows 10.

With the October 2018 Update, we are expanding our use of machine learning and intelligently selecting devices that our data and feedback predict will have a smooth update experience. We will be further enhancing the performance of our machine learning model by incorporating more device signals such as improved driver telemetry and weighting of key features such as anti-malware software as we broaden the phased rollout. As we did with the April 2018 Update, we will be proactively monitoring all available feedback and update experience data, making the appropriate product updates when we detect issues, and adjusting the rate of rollout as needed to assure all devices have the best possible update experience.

Want the Windows 10 October 2018 Update today? Start by manually checking for updates

While we encourage you to wait until the update is offered to your device, if you’re an advanced user on an actively serviced version of Windows 10 and would like to install the Windows 10 October 2018 Update now, you can do so by manually checking for updates. In the Search box in the taskbar, type “Check for updates.” Once there, simply click “Check for updates” to begin the download and installation process. We are also streamlining the ability for users who seek to manually check for updates by limiting this to devices with no known key blocking issues, based on our ML model.  If we detect that your device has a compatibility issue, we will not install the update until that issue is resolved, even if you “Check for updates.”  You can also watch this video that outlines how to get the October 2018 Update.



If you’re using a Windows 10 PC at work, you will need to check with your IT administrator for details on your organization’s specific plans to update.

Improving the update experience

We have heard clear feedback that while our users appreciate that updates keep their devices secure, they find the update experience can sometimes be disruptive.  The October Update includes several improvements to the update experience to offer more control and further reduce disruptions.

Intelligent scheduling of update activity: For our many mobile users on laptops and 2-in-1 devices, we have improved Window’s ability to know when a device will not be in use and perform certain update activities then, so as not to disrupt the user. This ability to update at night when plugged in and not on battery power will help hide update activity and minimize user disruption from updates. To further minimize disruption (in case your system is updating overnight), Windows also silences audio when it wakes for Windows Updates.   If your device hasn’t updated for several nights, we will then suggest you plug in your device so that we can update at night.



Intelligent reboot scheduling:  Windows Update will now automatically determine the least disruptive opportunity, outside of Active Hours, and will use an enhanced machine-learning-powered activity check that can determine if a user is going to be away for a while or is only stepping away temporarily.

Faster updates, less down time:  We’ve also made further improvements to the feature update installation process and are targeting to further shorten the amount of time your device is offline during updates by up to 31% compared to the Windows 10 April 2018 Update (based on results from the Windows Insider Program) during the rollout of the October Update.

Smaller downloads:  In the October Update we are introducing a new update package delivery design for monthly quality updates that creates a compact update package for easier and faster deployment.  Users will benefit from the new small update size when installing applicable quality updates as they are 40% more efficient.

Enhanced privacy controls

We continue to focus on putting our customers in control so in the October Update we are enhancing the privacy choice and controls available to users to manage their privacy.  We are now enabling each new account on a device to personally tailor the main privacy settings, instead of only the initial user who sets up the device.   Furthermore, during new device setup, we now offer an activity history page that allows users the opportunity to opt in to sending activity history to Microsoft, to help improve cross device experiences.  This allows users to pick up where they left off in various activities (such as a working on a Word document) on their other devices (Learn more about activity history).

Additionally, we are splitting Inking & typing personalization out from the Speech privacy page.  This enables more granular control of your inking and typing personalization data by managing it separately from your online speech recognition data. Learn more about online speech recognition and inking & typing personalization.



Semi-Annual Channel (Targeted) released

For our commercial customers, the release of the Windows 10, version 1809 on October 2, 2018 marks the start of the servicing timeline for the Semi-Annual Channel (“Targeted”) release; and beginning with this release, all future feature updates of Windows 10 Enterprise and Education editions that release around September will have a 30 month servicing timeline.  Just as we’re immediately beginning rolling out the October Update in phases to consumers, we recommend IT administrators do the same within their organizations to validate that apps, devices, and infrastructure used by their organization work well with the new release before broadly deploying. We use data to guide our phased consumer rollout and encourage commercial customers to do the same through Windows AnalyticsThe update is now available through Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), Windows Update for Business (WUfB) and System Center Configuration Manager’s (SCCM) phased deployment.  For an overview of what’s new and what’s changed, please see What’s new for IT pros in Windows 10, version 1809.

Continuously evolving Windows 10 and the update experience

We’re excited to bring you the latest Windows 10 Features and improvements and hope that you enjoy the improved update experience.    Please provide us feedback as we continue our journey to evolve the update experience, so that our great new product and security features and other enhancements arrive without disruption.

 

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/10/02/how-to-get-the-windows-10-october-2018-update/#OQOcukQXdULJ9PqB.97
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Greetings friends, In regards to the Windows 1809. This update attempted to automatically install on my HP desk top on 10/3/2018. It stopped all by itself at 61%. Then a day later it tried again only to stop at 74%.

 

So here we are 2 days later and the update/security still shows " failed to install ". There have been other updates that were successfully updated and installed.

 

At this point should I just not worry about the 1809 and don't do anything until Microsoft figures the issues out. If they do figure the issues out, will it automatically pick up from 74% and continue with the install ?

I'm not a computer guy and I can almost guarantee that if I attempt a fix, something will go haywire and I will probably end up tossing the computer out the window.

 

Reading some of the horror stories about people loosing files and photos and music, etc... has me leery, hence the hesitation to do any manual fix's.

 

Just forget it Robert. The update has been stopped now by MS, when it has been fixed (hopefully) it will be rereleased again to the general public.
Thanks for answering Jasper.
One problem I encounted and I count myself luckier than some.

I lost of my downloads in my download folder, not a huge thing as I put them back from my back up.

However at the beginning of the week I had as little as 10GB of memory left on C drive aand now I have over 50GB, I cannot find what has gone YET, surely it cannot be important 😉
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I never seen the issue because I use VM's but if was on a Test machine then we would of noticed.

That is exactly the same for me Daniel, I just use VM's for the Insider Program

Same here Jeff and Daniel. I do have the Windows Insider on an old laptop but I haven't opened it yet.

 

@ if my memory serves me right, on my updates when they fail usually start over again....
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One problem I encounted and I count myself luckier than some.

I lost of my downloads in my download folder, not a huge thing as I put them back from my back up.

However at the beginning of the week I had as little as 10GB of memory left on C drive aand now I have over 50GB, I cannot find what has gone YET, surely it cannot be important ;)

That's a good chunk of Data to lose Jeff.
Well, I just spotted this thread, and I haven't read any of the previous comments. 

 

But, it seems Microsoft have messed up bigtime!  ...and, they have pulled this release for the time being. 

 

I am glad I am still on Build 1703. :D
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Well, I just spotted this thread, and I haven't read any of the previous comments. 

 

But, it seems Microsoft have messed up bigtime!  ...and, they have pulled this release for the time being. 

 

I am glad I am still on Build 1703. :D

You're too funny..that build 1703 will not be supported by Microsoft eventually.. LOL. But you had XP forever!!!! 😉
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Well, I just spotted this thread, and I haven't read any of the previous comments. 

 

But, it seems Microsoft have messed up bigtime!  ...and, they have pulled this release for the time being. 

 

I am glad I am still on Build 1703. :D

You're too funny..that build 1703 will not be supported by Microsoft eventually.. LOL. But you had XP forever!!!! ;)

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I follow this: "slow and steady wins the race"   :D   Plus, I am too old to change. ;)

 

P.S. I am going back to bed, I only got up because I had to.  Can't sleep through, and wake up 8 hours later, like when I was young, anymore. 😞
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Well, I just spotted this thread, and I haven't read any of the previous comments. 

 

But, it seems Microsoft have messed up bigtime!  ...and, they have pulled this release for the time being. 

 

I am glad I am still on Build 1703. :D

You're too funny..that build 1703 will not be supported by Microsoft eventually.. LOL. But you had XP forever!!!! ;)

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I follow this: "slow and steady wins the race"   :D   Plus, I am too old to change. ;)

 

P.S. I am going back to bed, I only got up because I had to.  Can't sleep through, and wake up 8 hours later, like when I was young, anymore. :(

Goodnight Tarnak! Learning from the wise! 😉
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One problem I encounted and I count myself luckier than some.

I lost of my downloads in my download folder, not a huge thing as I put them back from my back up.

However at the beginning of the week I had as little as 10GB of memory left on C drive aand now I have over 50GB, I cannot find what has gone YET, surely it cannot be important ;)

That's a good chunk of Data to lose Jeff.

It is I know but I cannot see what I have lost.

Pics and docs are on a different drive, I cannot see at all what I have lost if anything, so I am not sure if I will miss what has gone if anything.
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One problem I encounted and I count myself luckier than some.

I lost of my downloads in my download folder, not a huge thing as I put them back from my back up.

However at the beginning of the week I had as little as 10GB of memory left on C drive aand now I have over 50GB, I cannot find what has gone YET, surely it cannot be important ;)

That's a good chunk of Data to lose Jeff.

It is I know but I cannot see what I have lost.

Pics and docs are on a different drive, I cannot see at all what I have lost if anything, so I am not sure if I will miss what has gone if anything.

Do you have a Windows.old folder in your C drive? Maybe you can see what you might of lost by checking that out. You have10 days to roll back if you had to.
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So Baldrick these issues were reported and not tended to. So whomever releases these builds are not taking these issues seriously.  One Microsoft user lost 260GBs of 23 years of saved Data,  Documents, pictures ..etc that were wiped clean with Windows October 2018 Update. He was able to roll back but Documents were gone. But he had a backup and could retrieve most of it but not all. Very sad!

My Action Center was broken by one of the Insider builds (4 or 5 back, I think ) and it still hasn't been fixed in the release, or Insider builds since. There are many complaints about that issue too that have been ignored by Microsoft, it appears.

 

My Windows Insider PC is running the release version now and I didn't lose any data, but my action center is still broken so I was going to do a clean install, but I think I'll wait a few days and see if there's any news about when Microsoft will resume the update.
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One problem I encounted and I count myself luckier than some.

I lost of my downloads in my download folder, not a huge thing as I put them back from my back up.

However at the beginning of the week I had as little as 10GB of memory left on C drive aand now I have over 50GB, I cannot find what has gone YET, surely it cannot be important ;)

That's a good chunk of Data to lose Jeff.

It is I know but I cannot see what I have lost.

Pics and docs are on a different drive, I cannot see at all what I have lost if anything, so I am not sure if I will miss what has gone if anything.

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I signed up with Zoolz, recently, for a free 100 GB, and now, I have my documents backed up. They are in cold storage, and even if this laptop dies, I will be able to retrieve, and restore to a new desktop or laptop. :)

 

 


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One problem I encounted and I count myself luckier than some.

I lost of my downloads in my download folder, not a huge thing as I put them back from my back up.

However at the beginning of the week I had as little as 10GB of memory left on C drive aand now I have over 50GB, I cannot find what has gone YET, surely it cannot be important ;)

That's a good chunk of Data to lose Jeff.

It is I know but I cannot see what I have lost.

Pics and docs are on a different drive, I cannot see at all what I have lost if anything, so I am not sure if I will miss what has gone if anything.

Do you have a Windows.old folder in your C drive? Maybe you can see what you might of lost by checking that out. You have10 days to roll back if you had to.

NO chance Sherry

IF by any chance I find something I need I will use the back up but right now I have no idea but I am working on the assumption that if it was important of that size I would notice it.
That sounds Interesting @ I will look into that tomorrow (today)
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That sounds Interesting @ I will look into that tomorrow (today)

It was easy peasy, @ . I just went with their "Smart Selection" choice.  As you can see. 

 

I decided to choose my own password. But, word of warning don't ever lose it!!!!!!! ;)

 



 

 
Hi Tarnak

 

Nice find...seem to be a good setup as they are an AWS Technology Partner, using the Glacier Storage option from AWS.

 

Unfortunately, it looks like the 100GB free storage offer was limited to the first 10,000 applicants and this has now expired and one now only gets 5GB for free before having to start paying.

 

So looks like you got yourself a mega bargain there.  ;)

 

Regards, Baldrick

Windows 10 version 1809: pay attention to Disk Cleanup settings.

by Martin Brinkmann on October 09, 2018 in Windows - 7 commentsDisk Cleanup is a useful tool integrated in Windows that users may run to delete temporary files and old data to free up storage space.

Microsoft revealed plans recently to deprecate the Disk Cleanup tool in favor of a similar feature integrated into the Settings app of the Windows 10 operating system.

The company expanded Disk Cleanup in Windows 10 version 1809, the October 2018 Update. The core change adds an option to Disk Cleanup to delete all files in the Downloads folder of the user.

Note: Microsoft stopped the rollout of the new feature update for Windows 10 days after its initial availability. Some users reported that the upgrade to the new version of Windows removed personal data from the user profile folder.

Disk Cleanup and the Downloads folder



Some Windows users and administrators like to run Disk Cleanup after successful feature update installations to remove traces of the previous version of Windows and free up Gigabytes of space in the process.

Microsoft itself suggests to use the tool and other means to free up disk space on Windows 10 devices.

The option to delete files in the Downloads folder has caught some users by surprise. Uses who check all Disk Cleanup options without going through them one by one discovered that the tool deleted the entire downloads folder on the system after it ran its course.

WARNING: In Windows 10 1809 - Fall 2018 Update the Download folder was silently added to the Disk Cleanup tool list. I've just wiped out my entire Downloads folder by mistake, because I used to select all the options in Disk Cleanup every time

 

The Downloads option is not checked in the Disk Cleanup tool or in the Settings application. Users need to check it actively to add cleanup of the Downloads folder to the process. https://www.ghacks.net/2018/10/09/windows-10-version-1809-pay-attention-to-disk-cleanup-settings/
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Windows 10 version 1809: pay attention to Disk Cleanup settings.

by Martin Brinkmann on October 09, 2018 in Windows - 7 commentsDisk Cleanup is a useful tool integrated in Windows that users may run to delete temporary files and old data to free up storage space.

Microsoft revealed plans recently to deprecate the Disk Cleanup tool in favor of a similar feature integrated into the Settings app of the Windows 10 operating system.

The company expanded Disk Cleanup in Windows 10 version 1809, the October 2018 Update. The core change adds an option to Disk Cleanup to delete all files in the Downloads folder of the user.

Note: Microsoft stopped the rollout of the new feature update for Windows 10 days after its initial availability. Some users reported that the upgrade to the new version of Windows removed personal data from the user profile folder.

Disk Cleanup and the Downloads folder



Some Windows users and administrators like to run Disk Cleanup after successful feature update installations to remove traces of the previous version of Windows and free up Gigabytes of space in the process.

Microsoft itself suggests to use the tool and other means to free up disk space on Windows 10 devices.

The option to delete files in the Downloads folder has caught some users by surprise. Uses who check all Disk Cleanup options without going through them one by one discovered that the tool deleted the entire downloads folder on the system after it ran its course.

WARNING: In Windows 10 1809 - Fall 2018 Update the Download folder was silently added to the Disk Cleanup tool list. I've just wiped out my entire Downloads folder by mistake, because I used to select all the options in Disk Cleanup every time

 

The Downloads option is not checked in the Disk Cleanup tool or in the Settings application. Users need to check it actively to add cleanup of the Downloads folder to the process. https://www.ghacks.net/2018/10/09/windows-10-version-1809-pay-attention-to-disk-cleanup-settings/
I am wondering if out of habit I just went along and checked all those boxes which is why I lost the contents of my downloads folder.
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Windows 10 version 1809: pay attention to Disk Cleanup settings.

by Martin Brinkmann on October 09, 2018 in Windows - 7 commentsDisk Cleanup is a useful tool integrated in Windows that users may run to delete temporary files and old data to free up storage space.

Microsoft revealed plans recently to deprecate the Disk Cleanup tool in favor of a similar feature integrated into the Settings app of the Windows 10 operating system.

The company expanded Disk Cleanup in Windows 10 version 1809, the October 2018 Update. The core change adds an option to Disk Cleanup to delete all files in the Downloads folder of the user.

Note: Microsoft stopped the rollout of the new feature update for Windows 10 days after its initial availability. Some users reported that the upgrade to the new version of Windows removed personal data from the user profile folder.

Disk Cleanup and the Downloads folder



Some Windows users and administrators like to run Disk Cleanup after successful feature update installations to remove traces of the previous version of Windows and free up Gigabytes of space in the process.

Microsoft itself suggests to use the tool and other means to free up disk space on Windows 10 devices.

The option to delete files in the Downloads folder has caught some users by surprise. Uses who check all Disk Cleanup options without going through them one by one discovered that the tool deleted the entire downloads folder on the system after it ran its course.

WARNING: In Windows 10 1809 - Fall 2018 Update the Download folder was silently added to the Disk Cleanup tool list. I've just wiped out my entire Downloads folder by mistake, because I used to select all the options in Disk Cleanup every time

 

The Downloads option is not checked in the Disk Cleanup tool or in the Settings application. Users need to check it actively to add cleanup of the Downloads folder to the process. https://www.ghacks.net/2018/10/09/windows-10-version-1809-pay-attention-to-disk-cleanup-settings/
I am wondering if out of habit I just went along and checked all those boxes which is why I lost the contents of my downloads folder.

After I did my upgrade I noticed that Downloads was listed and I didn't check the box!
I will look next time.

Thankfully I had them in my backup and I was able to get them back.

October 9, 2018—KB4464330 (OS Build 17763.55)

 

Release Date:October 9, 2018

Version:OS Build 17763.55  

Improvements and fixes

This update includes quality improvements. No new operating system features are being introduced in this update. Key changes include:


  • Addresses an issue affecting group policy expiration where an incorrect timing calculation may prematurely remove profiles on devices subject to the "Delete user profiles older than a specified number of day.”
  • Security updates to Windows Kernel, Microsoft Graphics Component, Microsoft Scripting Engine, Internet Explorer, Windows Storage and Filesystems, Windows Linux, Windows Wireless Networking, Windows MSXML, the Microsoft JET Database Engine, Windows Peripherals, Microsoft Edge, Windows Media Player, and Internet Explorer.
If you installed earlier updates, only the new fixes contained in this package will be downloaded and installed on your device.

For more information about the resolved security vulnerabilities, please refer to the Security Update Guide.

 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4464330/windows-10-update-kb4464330

 



 


Thank you Daniel.
Thanks you mucho Daniel! 😉
Daniel I do know that you, Jasper & Baldrick have the October 2018 Windows Update v1809! I will have to wait till Microsoft rolls this WU out again is that correct? I have v1809 in my VM...

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