Winxows 10 Anniversary Update: The Road to Redstone

As I've moved to Linux, I can afford to see what washes out in this new version. It (the old version) will remain untouched for now.

I have been running windows 10 on all my computers since it came out and love it and this sounds like it will make it even better yet.

Sounds like a win win to me.

Is if this update is for everyone or will this be a paid version?

... update is free, and as far as I can tell will continue to be

Sure, it's free. There was never, ever, a question about that! All future upgrades are said to be free as well.

The upgrade took about an hour to download and install. Plus, there are some settings and defaults to reset.

After the Upgrade:
Version 1607
OS Build: 14393.10
Product ID: 00326-10000-00000-AA627

Did the upgrade pop-up for you or did you seek it out? I ran Windows Update and it doesn't show as available yet, I did read that "newer" machines will get the update first.

I transitioned my two computers, desktop 10 home, laptop 10 pro, a few months after it came out and haven't looked back.

Just checked for updates and version 1607 is now downloading. Showed last checked yesterday morning no updates available before this.

Did you see this thread

"How To Skip The Windows 10 Anniversary Rollout Period And Update Now" here:

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/46413

there's a link in there that describes how to get it "NOW"

Maybe I'm older than you are.

Windows 3.x was not free
Windows 95 was not free
Windows XP was not free
Windows Millenium was not free
Windows Vista was not free
Windows 7 was not free
Windows 8 was not free

So to say sure is not necessarily a given !

That list appears to be the original OS versions which, of course, you may have had to pay for. I don't recall any OS UPDATE that you had to pay for although there may have been some away back.

Subscription is the future!

dobs108

Unfortunately, I believe you are correct. They will have their hand in your pocket constantly.

Not Good......

OS updates (not OS upgrades) have always been free.

There was no MAY have had to pay for.

I remember when Microsoft announced the new Windows 95, people lined up to BUY the OS for over $ 150.00. I was cheap and bought the update from windows 3.x to Windows 95 for about $ 95.00. But if it crashed you had to reload W 3.X and then W 95 from a CD.
There was a trick then, you installed floppy disk #1 of W 3.x which fooled the CD and then you could install W 95 from the CD without the hassle of installing the full W 3.x

I've been through them ALL !!!

THERE WERE NEVER EVER any free updates offered from Microsoft !

I forced the Windows 10 Anniversary (Version 1607) update by using Microsoft's 'Update Assistant'.

Link ► https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3159635

You may have to give the 'Update Assistant' a few tries over a period of time before it provides the download window for you. I assume this delay is because the MS servers are very busy.

It took about 4-5 minutes to download (using 100Mbps speed) and about ~50 minutes to install it on one of my PCs (Intel i5-3330 CPU @ 3GHz). As with the original Windows 10 install, the computer will intentionally restart a few times throughout the install process.

Completed the update to my laptop and desktop computers and everything went smooth and pretty much automated.

Takes between one and two hours depending on the download speed and computer speed. At the end it waits to ask a couple of questions before completing. It allows you to choose between automatic settings or customized settings. If you choose customized it takes you through the settings one at a time with a explanation of each and a toggle to turn it off.

I assume you forced the update like I did, right?

That's not entirely true.

During the normal support period, operating systems (and some products) could receive normal, periodic updates also known as "Service."

After the product came out of it's serviceable life (usually month and year) you could, if you had deep enough pockets pay for additional service updates after end of support for the product.

Now, if those product updates that were created via the extended product serviceable process were made generally available to everyone I don't know. I know numerous large organizations, that paid explicitly for this beyond end of service option.

After the (pick one of the various incantations of the "Microsoft Update" processes) were introduced I know my machines, should I choose to manually run the "Microsoft Update" program would sometimes receive and install updates to OS and various Products.

So those OS updates were not free! Someone paid for them, it may not have been me or you, but those outside the normal end of support weren't free.

Just trying to keep this boat equally balanced and afloat.. it doesn't need to capsize.. glub.. glub... glub... where's my PFD?

Thanks for the update... have been running 10 for a year now with no problems....

You seem to be laboring under the impression that I/we are talking about new Windows versions being UPDATES. We are not. We are talking about having - pick a version of Windows - on your computer and getting an update (new features, bug fixes, etc.) to that version. Those have, to the best of my knowledge, always been free and I go back to the DOS days and have seen and used every version of Windows there has ever been.

Yes, went to the notifications and selected all settings, then updates, then learn more and selected update now, from that point everything was pretty much automated.

Having downloaded the Anniversary edition, I had to reboot a couple of times until my cable internet got connected. But there is no icon anymore telling you that it is connected.

I tried that before the post of mine you quoted to no avail, didn't show as available, never saw "You will see Feature update to Windows 10, version 1607, at which point you may click Update. "

That was yesterday, just checked again, not there.

ETA, my current version is 1511 build 10586.494

That's odd. After the update, my PCs still have their normal Windows Ethernet or Wifi icon (Lower right near the clock).

Thanks, didn't take that approach, just the onboard windows update app. I'll try later in the week when I have more time.

Installed the update this afternoon. Went very smoothly. Everything looks pretty much the same as it did before the update but I'm sure I'll find the new stuff after reviewing the link in the first post here.

Ahh the forced update in Windows Update was hidden in the "learn more" link, thanks.

If you have a Brothers wireless all in one printer that was set up for Windows 7 or 8. You will have to uninstall it and get new drivers from Brothers to make it work. And then reinstall it.
I have two of them and had to download new free drivers.

I used the media creation tool to get the new update using a USB device." How to Create an Install Disk / ISO" http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/download-windows-10-annive... . Checking out some of the new features now. Like being able to click on the time setting to see the events for that day and selecting other dates for upcoming events.

Did have to re-install my start tab (classic shell) don't like the icons and apps together on the new start button.

Updated my laptop without a problem, although I do still have to do some file cleanup as I now have a Windows.old folder. The rest of the computers are likely to be done this weekend.

I did an upgrade over the last build, and it's running very smoothly -- much better than TH2.

I probably didn't make it clear, the message about the update didn't
come from windows, it came from Brothers. My printers are only from last year but the disc's are for Windows 7 & 8. So they sent me to their web site for the new drivers.
Fast install and works great wirelessly.
Did the one in NY now i have to set up the one in FL.
It keeps track of IP

I got the original windows 10 pro install (upgrade)and then did the clean install . now ive done the update and on this computer it was easy and I had no problems (it's about 4 years old) but on my other computer (its about (6-7 years old ) it went into a loop and kept trying to restart. I know windows will restart several times during an install ! but this time it was locked in a loop and couldn't restart. any how I fixed that problem and all is well once again . I didn't notice to much difference the edge browser had some improvements and they turned every thing back on that I turned off and hid some commands to turn things off lol. I have Kaspersky and malware bytes running so I really don't need windows defender to many security programs running in the back ground just use system resources and cloud services and Cortana I don't need or want so I turn them off as needed (I build computers) so its not so hard to do correctly !

I really like Windows 10, and the Version 1607 Update made it even better. Everything works, and works very well. I have yet to have any problems whatsoever, which says a lot! I've quickly gotten used to the Apps and I think the interactive live tiles are really cool. Everything seems quicker. I like the ease of personal modifications to get everything the way you like it. As much as I liked Windows 7 this Windows 10 operating system is a definite advancement.

A 'Windows.old' folder is created on the computer's hard-drive if the computer was upgraded from a previous Operating System (e.g. Windows 7 or Windows 8) to Windows 10. And, I believe a 'Windows.old' folder is also created when the Windows 10 computer updates to Version 1607 (the so-called 'Anniversary Update'). One of my PCs has a clean install of Windows 10 and the Version 1607 Update...and I have a 'Windows.old' folder. What I don't know at this time is what happens to computers (most people) that were both upgraded to Windows 10 and also received the Version 1607 Update. Do they have two 'Windows.old' folders if both of these events were done in the last 30 days? I don't think so...

Supposedly the 'Windows.old' folder that was created when upgrading to Windows 10 is automatically removed after 30 days of upgrading, but how about the 'Windows.old' folder that is created from the Version 1607 Update? I don't know...

I still have my [one] 'Windows.old' folder from the Version 1607 Update. I'm anxious to see if it automatically is removed 30 days after the update.

I just learned that: "If you just upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7 or 8.1, note that the Anniversary Update will ►replace◄ your Windows.old folder with new files."

Thus, if you are within 30 days of having upgraded to Windows 10 and still had a 'Windows.old' folder, when you updated to Version 1607 (the Anniversary Update) it replaced the 'Windows.old' folder with a new folder with the same name.

That said, if you upgraded more than 30 days ago the 'Windows.old' folder was removed after 30 days...and when you updated to Version 1607 a new 'Windows.old' folder was created.

And, in the case of a clean install of Windows 10, of course there was no 'Windows.old' created since the harddrive was empty when Windows 10 was installed, but updating to Version 1607 created a 'Windows.old' folder.

I assume the last (and only) 'Windows.old' folder will automatically be removed after 30 days.

Note:
After upgrading to Windows 10 the previous Windows installation (e.g. Windows 7 or 8.1) that is saved in the 'Windows.old' folder is ~25GB in size.

After updating to the Anniversary Update (Version 1607) the previous Windows installation that is saved in the [replaced] new 'Windows.old' folder is 16.9GB in size.

To see the size of the 'Windows.old' folder file go to:
Cortana: Type 'Disc Cleanup' > OK > Clean up system files > OK > Scroll down to 'Previous Windows installation' This is the Windows.old folder.

Oh I knew what the Windows.old folder was all about. Part of the cost of doing the anniversary update.

On a side note, O&O Shutup 10 when run on the anniversary update will point out that the telemetry is enabled again if previously disabled.

... With a 0x80070057 error whatever that means!

You are not the only one, got the same error. From Google looks like many others have it also but I could not find a clear solution.

I got that error several times.Use this method that went right through the first time.Used a USB device. How to Create an Install Disk / ISO" http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/download-windows-10-annive...

I only have one system running Win10 (out of 6), and I still prefer Win 7 Pro over any other Winblows software.

There are just too many ways Win 10 can snoop on you. While I'm aware that 7 isn't monitor-proof by a long shot - at least I have more control over it than with 10.
JMHO...

Appreciate the information!

Thanks, that seems to be working. Created the install disk on a USB stick and update proceeding

It is good to see that Microsoft is making it easy to do this update. Making an iso file available for download and installation on a USB stick is a good idea.

New PCs will no longer have DVD drives. I just bought a Kingston 32 GB USB3 drive for $10-. Its capacity is many times that of a DVD disk. Another reason to make sure the PC is USB 3 capable.

dobs108

Windows 10 on my Notebook downloaded and installed.
It took just at an hour.
It never asked me any questions.
I checked my settings and nothing changed.
All is great.
I was expecting the worst and got the best.

Did you use the express settings or customize while it ran?

I always choose "custom" setup when it's available.

http://tinyurl.com/jzp5xlr

Using the custom setup I noticed a lot of phone home type stuff was automatically checked, which I unchecked as I went along. Prior to this update I had all that stuff turned off.

http://tinyurl.com/zqfudlo

http://tinyurl.com/z9qvjft

http://tinyurl.com/z2az5n7

I also did not setup Cortana as it sends your info to MS as well.

http://tinyurl.com/j7kuvmz

I have a laptop that is 10 Pro and it gave me the option to "defer" future updates, my desktop which is 10 Home did not have the same option during setup.

ETA: both updates were done via the internet, the laptop using Wifi, the desktop hard wired, no error messages encountered.

I was never asked anything. I did nothing. It was an automatic download and worked just like regular updates.it kept everything just the same.

Hmmmm... My two machines attempted to update this morning from Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10!

ARGH!!!!

When will this nonsense end?

People that care about their settings (privacy settings in particular) use 'Customize' to make changes to their settings. But I guess many people just go with 'Use Express Settings'.

http://s184.photobucket.com/user/soberbyker/media/win10anna/...

In that case I'll keep GWX Control Panel a little longer.