Microsoft blocking the Win10 version 1803 update on some PCs with Intel solid state drives

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Details are sketchy, but there’s a post on the Microsoft Answers Forum from “Microsoft Agent” Lonnie_L: When attempting to upgrade to Window 10 April
[See the full post at: Microsoft blocking the Win10 version 1803 update on some PCs with Intel solid state drives]

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Was this version tested prior to release?

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HA! Probably by two interns sitting in a windowless room in East Seattle…

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When you say “windowless room”…

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Cascadian

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Testing Windows patches on a Linux Distro?

Hmm … that explains a lot.

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Since it’s Microsoft that is blocking the update – it means it was.

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Hey Y’all,

Just a little conjecture here but could it possibly be the Optane SSDs? Surely, Intel wouldn’t want that known!

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I’ve got an older Intel SSD as my primary drive and it blocks me from applying 1803, so no I think it’s just Intel SSDs in general.

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I’m not even gonna install this month’s updates or next month’s UNTIL I can hide the 1803 update. it didn’t appear today with the other updates and I’m on 1709

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woody

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I use WPD to lock down my Windows Update. Until the all clear is given, which is usually a small window of a few days lmao. Best windows ever? Maybe for a few days a month, and that’s being generous.

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woody

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Windows 1803 was installed very early on my laptop, so this problem ws not known yet, I guess.

There is a Intel 600p in there and I noticed that with 1803 the SSD ran hot (55-60 degrees) after a while and stayed on that level. I could not notice any additional activity on either CPU or Disk with Process Explorer.

With 1709 it normally runs around 25-30 degrees, so I wonder what was going on under the hood with 1803.

For the time being I am back on 1709.

I wonder how I know that the problem is solved, as I set the update to Semi Annual with 40 days delay.

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HiFlyer, woody

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Microsoft and Intel have stated that the following SSDs are impacted (as of May 10):

1) Intel 600p series
2) Intel Pro 6000p series

The recommendation is to roll-back to version 1709 if you have one of the above SSDs and have 1803 currently installed.

See:

Microsoft Community

Tom’s Hardware

Carl

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HiFlyer, satrow, woody

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Couple of other links:

Microsoft KB4103721

The Register

Carl

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HiFlyer, satrow, woody

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Good stuff. See

https://www.askwoody.com/2018/microsoft-officially-clrifies-win10-version-1803-is-not-compatible-with-intel-660p-and-pro-6000p-solid-state-drives/

and the forthcoming Computerworld post.

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