Windows 10 anomaly?
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04/24/16 08:00 AM
04/24/16 08:00 AM
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Upsydaisy
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When I switched on my laptop this morning, without any input from me, Windows 10 decided to download and reinstall itself from scratch. There was a message saying there was an update and a restart was needed. All my files and programmes are still there. After Windows installed-there was a notification that an update was installed, but there is no record of one. Was there a problem in the booting up process which Windows detected? Is this a new feature of Windows 10? Is it anything to get concerned about? Thanks in advance.
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Re: Windows 10 anomaly?
[Re: Upsydaisy]
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04/24/16 10:59 AM
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Draclvr
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I wonder if there wasn't a large update that was required - maybe for the UK??? I haven't gotten anything and as far as I know the next big update to the entire Operating System isn't supposed to be out until this summer sometime.
Updates in Windows 10 are a little different depending of the version you have. If it's Windows 10 Home, you don't have any choice about updates - you just get them. If you have the Pro or Enterprise versions, you can set it to review updates first.
Windows 10 obviously did something it needed to, so I wouldn't worry about it.
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Re: Windows 10 anomaly?
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04/24/16 11:22 AM
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Jenny100
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When I switched on my laptop this morning, without any input from me, Windows 10 decided to download and reinstall itself from scratch. Are you sure it reinstalled its whole self and not just an update?
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Re: Windows 10 anomaly?
[Re: Upsydaisy]
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04/24/16 08:34 PM
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Oh... wait. You didn't already have Windows 10 installed! I thought you were saying that Windows 10 was already installed and this happened.
There were ways to stop this from happening, but if you didn't do them, then as Jenny says, Microsoft is really pushing this upgrade. If you decide you don't like it, you can go back to your previous OS within 30 days. Then you will need to do a couple of things in your updates to be sure Windows 10 doesn't install itself again.
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Re: Windows 10 anomaly?
[Re: Upsydaisy]
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04/25/16 09:30 AM
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Well, I was obviously confused! Windows 10 definitely has a mind of its own when it comes to updates - especially if you have the Windows 10 Home version. My current build is 10586.164. I assume you have the 1511 version - that's the most recent release from November, 2015. And it looks like we will have more to look forward to - or not - in the next few months. Windows Insiders did get a build update last week previewing the next big Anniversary Update. Preview of Anniversary Update
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