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Microsoft is Notifying Users If Their Devices Aren't Ready For Windows 10 1903 (zdnet.com) 57

Posted by msmash from the never-gonna-give-you-up dept.
A reader shares a report: There have been some bugs and issues with Microsoft's Windows 10 May Update/1903 feature update since Microsoft kicked off its rollout in late May. But the 1903 complaint I've gotten most often (so far) is from users who want to install the update but can't and don't know why. Microsoft has added a new notification which some users whose devices aren't ready or able to install the update are seeing when they attempt to proactively grab the 1903 release. As originally noted last week by Windows Latest, Microsoft has added a new message to its Windows Update page. Users attempting to install 1903 on machines with out-of-date drivers or other issues are seeing this message:

"The Windows 10 May 2019 Update is on its way. We're offering this update to compatible devices, but your device isn't ready for it. Once your device is ready, you'll see the update available on this page. There's nothing you need to do at this time." I confirmed with Microsoft that this notification is part of its 1903 rollout strategy. "The notification started with the latest changes made to improve the quality/transparency of the Windows update process," according to a Microsoft spokesperson. Microsoft officials said in a blog post on May 21 that the company planned to start automatically updating devices running the April 2018 Update and earlier versions of Windows 10 to Windows 10 1903. Last week, via the Windows Update account on Twitter, Microsoft officials communicated that they were building and training machine-learning rollout processes that would enable this to happen.
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  • Transparency? (Score:1)

    by Anonymous Coward

    That's a positive way to spin "worst Windows Update failure since the last one that deleted your files."

  • If only we had the technology to build a package manager that understands and can handle software and library dependencies and versions.

    • Re: (Score:1)

      by Anonymous Coward

      You still wouldn't be able to update. If there are no drivers that work with the new OS, you can't install the new OS. Unless you want to lose your devices.

  • I can recall getting an "offer" (more of a demand really) to update from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10. The computer was just one of many I keep for testing websites and such so I didn't much care if it was updated or not. So, mostly just to get rid of the nagging I go through the update process and after it completes my computer was left unbootable. It says my system didn't meet the minimum system requirements. Then I had to back the update out of the computer so I could have it working again. That was a waste of my time. I learned a lesson and so perhaps not a complete waste.

    Microsoft,
    I know you want people to use your latest and greatest OS but could you have your "nagware" actually check if the system would work with what you are advertising before it bothers to nag? I'm already not a fan but you really got on my nerves with that one.

    • Re: (Score:1)

      by Anonymous Coward

      Microsoft didn't care about Windows 8.1 users because those users weren't monetized. Windows 10 has telemetry and any unbootable machine decreases cashflow, so Microsoft is much more careful with Win10-to-Win10 updates.

    • As far as I can tell, the only thing the "compatibility appraiser" does is test if your PC has a certain much of GHz, a mucho num of memory, and... a pulse.

      I know for a fact my laptop and my old media PC do not meet the requirements for Win10, but back in the day, MS kept nagging me to upgrade anyway. I did actually update one of my test PCs, and sure enough, I had no audio and no networking.

      It's almost as if they don't care if it works or not. Heaven forbid!

  • "There have been some bugs and issues with Microsoft's Windows 10 May Update". After over three decades of the same of bullshit, what's new?
    • What new is that they are trying to put band-aides on the side-effects of forced updates, but it doesnt make them any less obnoxious.

  • Five tries to get 1903 installed. (Score:1)

    by Anonymous Coward

    I joined the Windows Insider Program to get the newest version of Mixed Reality for my headset (it was worth it for that.) When the 1903 build started getting pushed out to Insiders, Windows would download the update and try to install it. Only once it downloaded the entire update would it inform me that my "computer is not eligible for this update." There was no indication of what made my computer ineligible, and Windows would continuously attempt to install the update. I am not sure why it wouldn't check

  • I've had to deal with this one. (Score:4, Informative)

    by 0ryn ( 471109 ) on Thursday June 27, 2019 @05:35PM (#58836734) Homepage

    I've had this message on every machine I've tried to upgrade.
    When using a USB stick made using Microsoft's own installer. It seems that running the installer from a stick on a booted OS triggers this message, If you need to do an offline install, just make a folder on the C drive or other non-USB storage device, copy the files from that USB stick to the folder, then run the setup.exe from the folder not the stick. Remove the USB stick First!

    It's worked 100% for me and that is even on machines that have a built in SD card reader.

  • Between windows 10 pissing me off with their updates/issues.......and the cat destroying my laptop............ubuntu it is.............very satisfied. Its not as polished but haivng no issues at all and some things just work faster/better
  • I had this issue on one of my household PCs, didn't know why, but I worked it out. The PC had an old version of Fortnite on it. I ran the Fortnite loader, let it update the anticheat software, and then it was all good. Would've been nice to have a message that told me exactly what the problem was though.
  • I got that message, and after I removed both USB drives plugged into the computer, I was able to do the upgrade.

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