Windows 10 Automatic Updates Start Causing Problems

[LazyLion]

Last week Microsoft MSFT -0.3% confirmed every Windows 10 update will mandatory and installed automatically. This was met with a hostile reception from Forbes readers with over 100 comments on my news article voicing their concern. And now some of those fears have been realised…

With just four days left before launch, Windows 10’s policy of automatic updates has run into its first major problem and it is causing many PCs to stop working correctly.

The flaw revolves around Nvidia graphics cards with users taking to Nvidia’s forums to report Windows Update is automatically installing new drivers which break multimonitor setups, SLI (dual card) configurations and can even stop PCs booting entirely which pushes Windows 10 into its emergency recovery mode...

Full Story here....
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/07/25/windows-10-automatic-update-problems/

 

[Foxhound5366]

Well there's the thing, innit? I read that Windows 10 updates were only going to start rolling out on July 29, but I've noticed a sudden spike in the number of automatic updates my laptop is doing, and some of those haven't gone too well ... issues with laptop's trackpad, slow rebooting etc.

Running smoothly now, but I DID wonder if this meant that Microsoft had already started rolling out Windows 10.

 

[skimread]

My biggest issues is the windows 10 install failing when you select keep my programs.

I don't want to do a clean install and install everything again.

 

[Rikus_Strydom]

When I updated to the RTM build (build 10240) I didn't have any problems with windows itself. But the windows apps are still a mess. That's kind of what I should have been expecting.

 

[CataclysmZA]

Changing this setting should resolve most of the update issues and I've no idea why Microsoft doesn't put this on the update settings page to allow people to discover and configure it easily.

 

[Bryn]

I think I read that Windows 10 Pro won't have this issue? I'm upgrading from 8.1 Pro, so hopefully I won't have to deal with automatic updates.

 

[jansdejager]

Don't install anything but your OEMs drivers from their website! I couldn't put my pc into suspend for a year before I realised it was dodgy Intel graphics drivers, from their website!