• Once more unto the breach: Win10 1809 starts rolling out again

    Posted on October 9, 2018 at 17:23 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    It’s official. Microsoft has started rolling out Win10 version 1809 today, but only to those in the Windows Insider program’s Slow and Release Preview rings. (Folks in the Insider Program’s Fast ring are already on RS6 — the next “19H1” version of Win10.) Here’s the official announcement:

    Last week we paused the rollout of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809) for all users as we investigated isolated reports of users missing files after updating. Given the serious nature of any data loss, we took the added precaution of pulling all 1809 media across all channels, including Windows Server 2019 and IoT equivalents. We intentionally start each feature update rollout slowly, closely monitoring feedback before offering the update more broadly. In this case the update was only available to those who manually clicked on “check for updates” in Windows settings. At just two days into the rollout when we paused, the number of customers taking the October 2018 Update was limited. While the reports of actual data loss are few (one one-hundredth of one percent of version 1809 installs), any data loss is serious.

    So I guess if you’re among the 1%, you’re among the 0.01%. Or something like that.

    As best I can tell, there are three builds of Win10 1809 floating around —

    • 17763.1 = the original release. Not available any more. Upgrading to this build can zap all of the files in the indicated folders.
    • 17763.17 = the version you get if you’re in the Slow or Release Preview rings.
    • 17763.55 = the version you hit if you install today’s Cumulative Update, KB 4464630

    Just as an admittedly snarky side note… read the description of the problem in the official post, and think to yourself, “If I didn’t have a doctorate in Computerstuff, could I understand this?”

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