The Windows 10 November 2019 Update is the update that you should definitely install

[ENTERPRISE]

While I am always excited to see what the latest Windows brings both in performance improvements and use ability, there recent track record has not been fantastic so I think (while hard for me) I will sit and wait for a couple of weeks before updating. Lets hope we are all wrong and its a smooth and great update.

 

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Last night, Microsoft announced the Windows 10 November 2019 Update, which is coming soon. And that doesn't mean what it used to mean. Previously, the company assumed that if you were checking for updates, you were seeking the update, so it would just give it to you. It had the potential to cause real problems on Patch Tuesday when you might have just wanted a cumulative update instead of a feature update.

 

But earlier this year, everything changed with the Windows 10 May 2019 Update. Microsoft finally added a 'download and install' option to Windows Update. That means that you could check for updates, and then be presented with an option to download the update, rather than being forced to.

 

Source: https://www.neowin.net/news/the-windows-10-november-2019-update-is-the-update-that-you-should-definitely-install/

[Andrew]

Why you wouldn't want to install updates at all is beyond me. Waiting a few days/weeks makes sense, especially if it's on a computer that you need in order to do you job. The last thing you'd want is your work computer to no longer work properly. This has definitely been an issue with Windows 10, at first, 1903 didn't work very well on my computer at all. I have SSDs only and Windows was taking literal minutes to do basic tasks like opening things like notepad, calculator and web browsers when it used to take a second or two with 1809. So I do understand not wanting to update immediately. I do know there are people out there who don't want to update at all, that makes no sense to me. The updates are free and brings in better security.

 

1909 does look like it's one I'm going to avoid for a couple of weeks, especially since it doesn't really bring in any "must have" features like 1903 did.

[ENTERPRISE]

For our work systems I will not deploy the November update for a little bit as they are all fairly mission critical. Granted it does not take too much time to restore any problematic system but it is a pain you can do without especially during busy periods. I may give it a test out on my home rig on my gaming partition as it is no big deal if that goes up the creek. As you say, it is not a serious update in the way of mind blowing features or performance improvements, just your stepping stone update I think.

[The Pook]

my rig is moderately mission critical and I still install Insider updates early because I'm an idiot dangerous and like to live life on the edge

 

the biggest headache any Windows update caused me was it deactivated my license until they pushed out a hotfix a day or so later (1803 IIRC?).

[schuck6566]

Before I figured out how to edit the registry when 10 was first getting pushed, I had an issue where microsoft kept pushing a video driver update on me and the card would crash. @ least now it doesn't take an edit to disable the driver updates.

[ENTERPRISE]

  schuck6566 said:

Before I figured out how to edit the registry when 10 was first getting pushed, I had an issue where microsoft kept pushing a video driver update on me and the card would crash. @ least now it doesn't take an edit to disable the driver updates.

 

I remember that too. That was hugely frustrating, I even had the latest driver from Nvidia at the time...but apparently windows knew better! That's when I murdered windows update for a while as it was more trouble than it was worth.

 

@The Pook

 

Nothing wrong with living on the edge