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Updated 3 Win10Pro & 1 Win11Pro without incidence.

Updated 3 Win 10 & 1 Win 11 using InControl app to prevent feature update as suggested on this thread. No Problems seen.

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Cybertooth

Updated 3 Win10 Pro & 1 win11 pro with no problems seen

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TechTango

Updated 3 Win10 Pro & 1 Win11 Pro with Novemeber updates without adverse impact.

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jburk07

Waiting for more reports of problems or success till next week. A search pulled up a lot of problem reports. If it doesn’t look better by next weekend, I’ll do another start pause to skip this update. Update problems are far higher risk than malware attacks in my experience. YMMV!

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Cybertooth, MHCLV941

Start-Stop method: Search update to pull up windows update settings, Click Resume updates, immediately click pause updates ..for Win10 keep poking the button till max weeks, For Win11 use drop down menu for max weeks.

Hope this helps.

I’m more risk/complexity averse than most since I’ve had more problems with boloxed updates than viruses and Avast handles the latter.

Scrolling thru the posts I see a couple who’ve updated without issue, but the vast majority are discussing complex issues and problems. I’m going to use the start stop method to skip this update and hope for a clearer path next round.

Applied Sept updates to 3 Win10 desktops and 1 Win11 laptop without adverse impact.

I haven’t seen anyone comment on having done a regular, non duel-boot related update without issue so I’ll wait till next weekend to see if folks are are aren’t having problems.

Updated 3 Win10 Pro and one Win11 Pro without incident after skipping prior month update.

No dual boot or other complications.

I post this because I appreciate when others post their updating success or failures.

Pioneers wear arrow shirts…appreciate their sacrifice.

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opti1, Cybertooth

Paused all PC’s till 9/9/24 after creating restore points. Too confusing. Will wait for clean update.

I went to settings, searched for bitlocker, clicked on manage bitlocker: 3 Win10 Pro’s didn’t have bitlocker enabled but the Win11 Pro did so I disabled it.

Someone asked if it was safe to patch if bitlocker is disabled. I’ll wait to see if there’s an answer and if not will skip this month.

Patching shouldn’t be this difficult.

I appreciate users posting experiences on this board. Given the negative stalls, I’ve decided to start/stop/Pause to skip the May update. The likelihood of a PC being bricked by a Microsoft update is, IMO, way higher than an attack by a threat actor exploiting a vulnerability over a month.

Updated 3 Win10 & 1 Win11, all Pro, with Apr patches. No problems seen.

I post this because this is the type of post I look for when new patches show up. If I see a bunch of posts like this, it confirms the Defcon rating. OTOH if users are talking problems & complexity, I delay till next month.

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WCHS

I’m reading so many problems with Feb. updates that I’m just going to start stop pause updates on all PCs till next month [again..did this last month] and hope Microsoft sorts it out by then. You’d think with all this AI they could get this right..unless it’s intentional to get ppl to buy new PCs.

February 2024 Windows 11 Update Causing Chaos For Millions Of PC Users (forbes.com)