Windows 10 Update 1903

[PeterCPC]

Just got this update - it's huge and took ages to download/install. Seems to work ok though (famous last words) 😊

Peter

[Alien 13]

I had it a couple of weeks ago, its more of a new OS rather than an update but all is fine with my lappy.

Alan

[xtreemchaos]

ive got it on my imaging rig and laptop with no problems "touch wood" but it isnt avaliable for my gaming VR rig which is running LTSC.

[Davey-T]

Had one the other night don't know what it did except turn my EBay icon into an explorer icon,  removed a couple of icons that were pinned to the task bar, and disconnected WiFi but it wasn't very big.

Where do they hide update list in Win10 ? so you can see what it's done or at least it's number, used to be easy to find in Win7.

Dave

[PeterCPC]

22 minutes ago, Davey-T said:

Had one the other night don't know what it did except turn my EBay icon into an explorer icon,  removed a couple of icons that were pinned to the task bar, and disconnected WiFi but it wasn't very big.

Where do they hide update list in Win10 ? so you can see what it's done or at least it's number, used to be easy to find in Win7.

Dave

It's in Settings - Update

Peter

[Davey-T]

42 minutes ago, PeterCPC said:

It's in Settings - Update

Peter

So what did it do the other night ?according to the list it hasn't done any updates since last month.

Dave

[Dr_Ju_ju]

Then have a look using Control Panel \ All Control Panel Items \ Programs and Features \ View Installed Updates

[Ruud]

After the install, my NVIDIA graphics card was reset to limited dynamic range (16-235). I had to set that back to full (0-255) to make the 'pop' return to the colours on my screen.

If you have a flatscreen and use NVIDIA you might want to try this:

Go to the NVIDIA control panel

- In Display > Change resolution > 3. Apply the following settings
   turn on the radio button 'Use NVIDIA color setting'
   Set 'Output dynamic range' to 'Full'
   Click 'Apply' at the bottom of the window

- In Video > Adjust video color setting > How do you make color adjustments?
  turn on the radio button 'With the NVIDIA settings'
  go to the tab 'Advanced' and set the dynamic range to 'Full'
  Click 'Apply' at the bottom of the window

The limited dynamic range, 16-235, is for CRT monitors (old fashioned fish bowl like monitors). CRT monitors can't handle the dynamic full range and may even get damaged by trying to do so. This is why the default is the limited range. On a flat screen, the full range looks much better.

[Davey-T]

44 minutes ago, Dr_Ju_ju said:

Then have a look using Control Panel \ All Control Panel Items \ Programs and Features \ View Installed Updates

Thanks Julian it was Just some Intel security update.

Dave

[Gasman]

I'm still getting updates for 1809??

[DaveS]

Mine is still saying 1803. That is *so* last century .

[Alien 13]

9 hours ago, Davey-T said:

Had one the other night don't know what it did except turn my EBay icon into an explorer icon,  removed a couple of icons that were pinned to the task bar, and disconnected WiFi but it wasn't very big.

Dave

The 1903 update did disconnect my WiFi also and had to enter my password again and changed a few icons but mostly painless.

Alan

[Alien 13]

6 hours ago, Ruud said:

After the install, my NVIDIA graphics card was reset to limited dynamic range (16-235). I had to set that back to full (0-255) to make the 'pop' return to the colours on my screen.

If you have a flatscreen and use NVIDIA you might want to try this:

Go to the NVIDIA control panel

- In Display > Change resolution > 3. Apply the following settings
   turn on the radio button 'Use NVIDIA color setting'
   Set 'Output dynamic range' to 'Full'
   Click 'Apply' at the bottom of the window

- In Video > Adjust video color setting > How do you make color adjustments?
  turn on the radio button 'With the NVIDIA settings'
  go to the tab 'Advanced' and set the dynamic range to 'Full'
  Click 'Apply' at the bottom of the window

The limited dynamic range, 16-235, is for CRT monitors (old fashioned fish bowl like monitors). CRT monitors can't handle the dynamic full range and may even get damaged by trying to do so. This is why the default is the limited range. On a flat screen, the full range looks much better.

Thanks, my lappy has both Nvdia and Intel graphics so have not noticed this issue yet but will have a look.

Alan

[PeterCPC]

It removed my wallpaper and replaced it with a black background - I just had to reselect my wallpaper. I don't know why?

Peter

[MarsG76]

Weren't kidding when stated that it takes ages... I started the update at midnight..... needless to say, I didn't test it, nor had much sleep...  

Hopefully it's stable.

 

[PeterCPC]

17 hours ago, DaveS said:

Mine is still saying 1803. That is *so* last century .

If you download Microsoft Update Assistant you can update to the latest version.

Peter

[Dr_Ju_ju]

Also be aware there are potentially 525 other updates for build 1903...….  🤣

[DaveS]

Downloaded win update asst, now updating to 1903.

[Cornelius Varley]

18 hours ago, DaveS said:

Mine is still saying 1803. That is *so* last century .

It will probably not now update to 1903. I have three laptops. This one which is currently running 1809 and is waiting for new drivers to allow it to update to 1903. The 1809 update didn't arrive until Dec 2018 so I suspect it will take a little longer. My best and newest laptop updated without any dramas or hiccups. I also have a 10 year laptop that has some useful programmes on it, which can't be transferred over to one of the others, runs 1803 and will probably not get any more updates. The latest update to 1809 has a useful feature which will now give notifications for when 1903 will be available to download for your computer so there is no need to try and manually install 1903 yourself.

[DaveS]

Currently showing 89%, but I'm not sure if that's the download or the installation. Windoze update asst did give my computer the thumbs up though.

[Cornelius Varley]

31 minutes ago, DaveS said:

Currently showing 89%, but I'm not sure if that's the download or the installation. Windoze update asst did give my computer the thumbs up though.

When I first tried to update this laptop manually using Windows assist I got the full download and it then proceeded to update, got to 48% complete and then failed.

[DaveS]

Finished updating OK, yes, it looks like a complete new OS.

 

Edit: It's a new nano PC that I will be using to control my imaging rig, when I can afford a new license for Maxim DL and PinPoint. No files to get trashed yet.

Edited June 21, 2019 by DaveS

[Ruud]

I had an issue with defender's tamper protection. It was switched off. I turned it back on. 

If yours was also switched off after the upgrade, you'll have a yellow instead of a green shield on your Windows Security icon in the notification area of the taskbar.

More people have this. See:

https://www.tenforums.com/antivirus-firewalls-system-security/133397-defender-tamper-protection-1903-a.html

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EDIT

I ran into another glitch. I have a 4K monitor, so I use scaling to avoid miniature system fonts and tiny buttons. After trying out different combinations of make text bigger and make everything bigger (both in settings > ease of access) I settled for text at 100% and everything at 150%, which was where I started from.

Although I changed nothing in the end, the experiment messed up the icon spacing on my desktop. The icons ended up about 450 pixels apart, horizontally and vertically. That's way too widely spaced.

This is a nasty bug. The only way to remedy this problem is by changing values in the registry (using regedit.exe) and if you make a mistake editing the registry, windows may stop working altogether.

If you have the same problem happen to you: In the registry editor, navigate to the location as in the screenshot below and change the two marked values. The first one is for horizontal spacing, the second for vertical spacing and the units are probably twentieths of a pixel (twips, but I'm not sure). You must enter two negative values.  With the values -1280 for horizontal spacing and -1128 for vertical you get narrowly spaced icons. That's good for me, I like to arrange my icons in compact clusters.

 

Edited June 21, 2019 by Ruud

[Alien 13]

6 hours ago, Ruud said:

I had an issue with defender's tamper protection. It was switched off. I turned it back on. 

If yours was also switched off after the upgrade, you'll have a yellow instead of a green shield on your Windows Security icon in the notification area of the taskbar.

More people have this. See:

https://www.tenforums.com/antivirus-firewalls-system-security/133397-defender-tamper-protection-1903-a.html

 

Thanks Ruud, mine was turned off too.

Alan

[Gasman]

Tried the update assistant and it still says mine is up to date with1809 and not yet ready for 1903 ???. Must be waiting for some drivers or something else to update?

Steve