LangaList: Should you force your machine onto Win10 1809 or wait for 1903?

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It’s a tough question. Fred Langa takes you through the pros and cons, and offers some solace during these trying times. If every version of Windows w
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What’s up with those […] articles all the time: put the PC on “Semi-annual channel+100 days” and it’s fine. By that time the drivers, software and the Windows build itself will be fine.

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There is no Semi-Annual Channel any more.

Even though it’s an option in the Win10 1803 and 1809 Update Advanced Options, it isn’t in 1903 – and Microsoft’s been waffling about whether it’ll continue to announce CBB/SAC.

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I will wait til 1903.

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Hi Fred,

I just wanted to make a comment on your recent newsletter….

Some background… I have always had trouble updating my Windows 10 PC to a new version.

No matter what I tried the update always failed in the migration phase with the 0xC1900101-0x4000D error described by Fred Langa.

This issue has been ongoing for me for about 18 months.

Each time I have had to complete a fresh install (i.e. not an update) and reinstall my apps afterwards.

I did try the tips that you recommended in the newsletter but without success.

However it did spur me on to conduct another search for an answer.

As a result I located this page:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-windows_install-winpc/0xc1900101-0x4000d-the-installation-failed-at-the/7f777708-3e42-45cb-8e78-ad469acf762a?page=8

… which suggested (see below) that the fix lay in temporarily removing the wireless adapter.

So I tried this on my Acer Veriton L6610 by removing the RALink WiFi card – the update to 1809 then worked!

So this may prove to be a solution for others who may have this same issue.

Cheers,

Kim.

P.S. by the way, once the update has completed and the adapter reinstalled all is well.

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KimBracknell wrote:

Each time I have had to complete a fresh install

If you had an image backup and recovery boot CD/USB you could have restored your system in about 20 minutes.
There are plenty of free backup programs that will do what you need.  A quick search here will find recommendations.

cheers, Paul

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My main PC has suddenly decided to update itself to 1809, and this took about 8-9 minutes.
Admittedly I have an SSD…!

BATcher

Plethora means a lot to me.

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