Late-Month WU Items Equal Update Previews
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Here's an interesting tidbit of information, courtesy of Forbes magazine. That story references a December 10 Windows Insider Program...
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Can WUMgr Replace WUMT?
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Thanks to Martin Brinkmann at ghacks.net, I stumbled across a possible replacement for the excellent Windows Update MiniTool, aka WUMT. It's from a developer who goes by the name of a Disney character, David Xanatos. The program's name is Windows Update Manager, aka WUMgr. The program's 0 Comments
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Fixing Win10 Upgrade Stuck on Restart Issues
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The pace of new Insider Preview feature upgrades has picked up lately. I've seen a least half-a-dozen in the last three weeks or so. And with increasing frequency, I've also encountered an interesting issue during installation. Sometimes, on some PCs, the upgrade proceeds until a first reboot is...
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Done Waiting for Win10 Version 1703
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I admit it: I got tired of waiting for Windows Update to include my lone holdout PC in the April Upgrade to Version 1703. Given that it was officially let go on April 5, and today is June 28 (12 weeks to the day), I hope this doesn't come across as over-eager. I don't think it is, at any rate....
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Wait, the Windows 10 Anniversary Update wasn’t already enterprise-ready?
Microsoft's declaration in November that the latest version of Windows 10 is enterprise-ready created confusion in some businesses that had already been using it for months.
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UUP Starts Getting Real
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In early November, I blogged about Microsoft's Unified Update Platform (UUP). In that post, I reported that Insider Build 14959 would include UUP features and...
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WUMT Does Updates When WU Can’t or Won’t
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Late last month, I wrote a blog post about Windows Update (WU) Alternatives. Little did I know at the time that one of the tools I wrote about would so soon save my bacon. I'm talking...
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Current Branch or Extended Beta?
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Three Windows 10 release branches unfolded since the OS made its debut in July, 2015. Recent events and issues have me pondering this proposition: "Current Branch or Extended Beta?" Let me explain, first with some history, then with some recent observations. First the history part. At present,...
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Windows Updates: CAB vs MSU Files
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This morning, TenForums reported that Microsoft released a new Cumulative Update KB3197356 for Windows 10. But though some users have reported obtaining this through Windows...
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If WU Fails Try Update Catalog Download
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WU is, of course, short for Windows Update. I was reminded recently that when the Windows Update service fails to update a PC, there is another way to grab and install the necessary files. It's called the Microsoft Update Catalog,...
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