Originally Posted by
SJCFlyerLG
Related to this is the Windows 10 1803 update. It's the major spring update. and it just about killed my Dell yesterday. The installation got stuck at 44% for hours, and I finally forced a shutdown. That led to "restoring previous version", followed by "repairing the disk" for several more hours. It finally came back to life, but now it is trying to redo the update. I tried stopping it (I am using the Home Edition, where stopping updates is close to impossible) using the "metered connection" trick, but that didn't work. I found a solution using the general policy editor, but that option is disabled on the Home Edition. I was able to get the GP editor running, and changed to requiring my permission before installing the update - here is hoping!
I have developed a healthy dislike of MS. Loads of users are experiencing this problem. During the fall update, it killed my older PC. I eventually took it to MS, and they couldn't fix it without doing a complete wipe. I really question the quality control of MS.
This is the reason I have Windows 10 Pro so that if an update fails or does not work I can "hide" the update or stop it in the policy editor. Its worth the $$$ to upgrade to Pro for this reason alone. Sadly Microsoft forces updates on the Home edition. No rhyme or reason as to why except they think that non-power users will accept updates at will thinking their security will be breached if they don't update only to find out that an update kills their system and now they have to pay $$$ for someone to fix it.