I think I'll be leaving mine until this is resolved. ;)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/05/28/dont-press-windows-10-2004-update-now-button-microsoft-warns-some-users-may2020-windows10-update-warning/#14c117e26fc0
I still need to get my desktop and laptop to win 10, but this is going to be the LTSC build, which I know will feel slightly out of date, but I just cant get my head around the mentality of upgrading my entire OS every 12-18 months to unstable builds.
Just noted one anomaly which I can only assume is associated with the feature update.
Local network devices not displaying on Win explorer.
This known anomaly goes back a very long time since v.1809 with MS failing to produce a solution, ironically until very recently, there is a work around for the issue which I have installed on my main PC, will have to look the details out again.
Good old MS, there's always at least one issue with their updates, most likely more, just a matter of finding them.
Do you have a pic/screen shot showing this?
The Win 10 anomaly I'am refering to is fully described in detail on the MS community forum link thread I provided in a previous post.
That's a typically rambling forum topic of 14 pages. Not knowing the forum I can't tell whose posts are informative, whose are speculation etc.
Give us the TLDR!
Just noted one anomaly which I can only assume is associated with the feature update.
Local network devices not displaying on Win explorer.
This known anomaly goes back a very long time since v.1809 with MS failing to produce a solution, ironically until very recently, there is a work around for the issue which I have installed on my main PC, will have to look the details out again.
Windows 10, Version 1809. Network does not show computers
The only time I lost my network icons was using the Vodafone THG3000 router, now i'm back using the Fritzbox 3490 all is back working again :)
If you post a screenshot with the issue, would be helpful :fingers:
If you know the name of the missing devices and type \\devicename in to the address bar does it find the device and display the shared resources?
As a matter of interest, have you seen the suggestion of using a shortcut anywhere else? I've been seeing this behaviour for months and it never bothered me as I could just enter the name. When you confirmed this was your issue I thought is there a simple way to get round it and as entering the name in the address bar works I thought a shortcut was worth a try - and it worked a treat.
It's my NAS box that is odd. It doesn't appear in the navigation pane to start with even though I have permanent drive mappings on it which do show up (without any red crosses). It never appears as a computer and always appears as a media device. If I put \\nasbox in the address bar (or use the shortcut) it appears in the navigation pane and all the shares appear in the main pane. It stays visible in the navigation pane until I close and re-open Windows Explorer, but visibility in the main pane when Network is selected doesn't change.
You need Show desktop icons to be on.You could also create shortcuts to subfolders on the device.
- Right click on the desktop and select New Shortcut
- Enter the location of the item as \\nasbox
- Give the shortcut a name and Finish
- You can now right click the shortcut and pin to startor quick access
It’s actually a master browser issue I suspect. You can check which device is acting as master browser with nbtstat -a.
It is bizarre when you consider that very thing is why some people stuck with Windows rather than moving to Linux.
It is bizarre when you consider that very thing is why some people stuck with Windows rather than moving to Linux.
I stick with Windows because I grew up with it, and know it, every time I look at Linux I end up coming to the same conclusion, that it's too steep a learning curve, and like pfSense there's too much complicated not fully explained information on the net. My brothers of the same opinion.
Now, Windows 10 v2004 users are facing issues when using Malwarebytes. According to users on the forums, Malwarebytes on v2004 is causing devices to freeze, lag and is even preventing apps from launching.
So... no deferring windows update for 365 days.... gone :( only 35 days now
The ssd bug is about defragging, not trimming.
ssd's have a limited amount of writes, so if having defragging on is wasting writes and will shorten the life of the ssd.
Defragging is supposed to be turned off by default for ssd's.
No, its not. Its about Windows not remembering when it last trimmed the SSD so it potentially does it every day. Windows Defrag does NOT Defrag SSDs, it only TRIMs them. The confusion is people not understanding what this actually means and how it makes negligible difference how often you do it.
I'm still on an older version of Windows 10. I noticed it says its not available for my device yet. It would be interesting to see why is it being held up. Is there any program to see that?
Everything is just so much harder on Windows 10, I don't remember it being nearly this bad on 7.
I agree on that.
I think MS need to make feature updates separate to security/fixes updates for Windows 10.
The main annoyance for me when it comes to the windows updater program is I've had to exclude quality of life updates because it keeps trying to update my nvidia driver, when I use geforce to update it manually.
The annoyance about nvidia drivers is they keep updating the driver when new games come out. But they also start changing things too. So the mind set is when you find a good stable driver, unless you want to play the latest games then don't update. But windows is always trying to force the update.
If there was a way to block the nvidia update I'd switch it back on.
There is a way to disable device driver updates as part of windows update, I will post how tomorrow if I remember to do it.
Have been avoiding the 2004 update on my main Ryzen-5, Win 10 Home, desktop PC for weeks, has remained optional until yesterday when it decided to install itself and was awaiting a restart to complete.
Having completed the installation, started to look for the unwanted side effects which MS invariably incorporate for free.
First observation, signing in to my RPi's via VNC, 2 on local network, 2 remotely, request passwords every time even though the "remember PW" boxes are ticked, was not the case previously, only had to supply PW once or after any configuration changes.
Win network & sharing settings have been checked, nothing has changed from pre update.
Hardly fatal but annoying, any ideas on how to restore previous VNC/RPi sign in procedure without uninstalling the Win 2004 update ?