Win 10 update today.

[stubuzz]

Windows 10 just updated and it looked like it did a new install. All of my stuff is still there but i cant find any info about this update.

[lopburi3]

Settings - update & security - windows update - advance options - view update history

That should list official updates installed and date - remember there are daily updates to Windows Defender virus list that are installed without logging in this list. My last official update was installed on 18th.

[stubuzz]

Looks like " latest preview build"

[lopburi3]

That could be - I do not get that.

[stubuzz]

I do not know why i got it. I am not using a preview. I downloaded and installed from the Microsoft update icon.

[lopburi3]

Believe they had an opt in recently and that I declined - don't remember if it was something on screen or what.

[Pib]

Don't be concerned if you see a setting for "Get Insider Prefer Builds" as that just an option you can select and I guess get on the Slow or Fast Update Rings for you might say the "beta" version of the next Win 10 update.

And when you say Windows just updated, we'll Windows has been providing a cumulative update approx one a week on the average...that's pretty much standard operations. But maybe you are talking the recent major update of Win 10 where it went from version 10240 to version 10586...also referred to a version -1511 OS Build 10586, The Novemeber Upgrade which is sill flowing to people, Win 10 Service Pack, etc. But -1511 or 10586 is the most common references.

Go the Win 10 start icon, click Settings, System, About and see what it says. Here's what mine says...I'm running Win 10 Pro so it might display a little differently for Win 10 Home. Note the OS Build Number after the decimal point because after every cumulative update that should change to a higher number such as 10586.35 going to 10.586.36. Not sure how that number may vary for different versions of Win 10.

[stubuzz]

I have OS Build 10586.14

[lopburi3]

My Home version reads the same 1511/10586.36

Edit: same as Pro version posted by Pib

[Autonuaq]

there are some fidferenice in the number bhind the dot. depnding on where your machine account is registered.

I have 3 machine one iwth the .14 and two with the .36 and both are update to the latstest version (today If I may believe MS)

[Always18]

This is build 1511.

My old Dell laptop (recently upgraded to Win 10) auto-updated to build 1511 a couple of weeks back to my surprise, but my newer Acer laptop is still running the original Win 10 download version and there seems to be no sign, as yet, of the newer build in the update list.

Microsoft seem to be rolling the 1511 build out in an incomprehensible (to me!) fashion...................

[Pib]

there are some fidferenice in the number bhind the dot. depnding on where your machine account is registered.

I have 3 machine one iwth the .14 and two with the .36 and both are update to the latstest version (today If I may believe MS)

By chance are the 3 machines with the .14 Win 10 Home and the two with .36 Win 10 Pro?

[stubuzz]

My .14 is pro

[Pib]

Strange how people are on different OS Build numbers concerning the two digits after the decimal point. A partial quote from this website lists the .XX builds of 10586.XX based on cumulative updates applied to your machine. As mentioned earlier, I'm on .36....the .36 update installed on my machine 18 Dec, a day after it's official release.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/3016955/microsoft-windows/cumulative-update-kb-3124200-for-windows-10-version-1511-may-fix-wi-fi-problem.html

In the five weeks since build 1511 appeared, I count six cumulative updates:

• Version 1511 (OS Build 10586), released Nov. 12, is the first version 1511 -- the one that raised the old RTM build 10240 version of Win10 to the November Update/Threshold 2 level
• Cumulative Update 1, KB 3105211, Nov. 10, build 10586.3
• Cumulative Update 2, KB 3118754, Nov. 18, build 10586.11
• Cumulative Update 3, KB 3120677, Nov. 24, build 10586.14
• Cumulative Update 4, KB 3116908, Dec. 2, build 10586.17
• Cumulative Update 5, KB 3116900, Dec. 8, build 10586.29
• Cumulative Update 6, KB 3124200, Dec. 17, build 10586.36

[14 the other side]

I was going to ask this as an op, but happy to ask here.

I have a computer with the windows version 8.1 Pro (I believe).

There is a free update available to go to 10.

I was waiting till they ironed out most of the bugs.

Do you guys recommend updating now, or waiting a bit longer?

I really liked Windows 7, but find it difficult to navigate around the '8' version, and I have a touchscren Toshiba Ultrabook.

[lopburi3]

If you have a legal version software you should be able to upgrade without issues at this point.

[Pib]

Regarding some folks still being on .14 maybe it's because you have Windows setup as a "metered" internet connection and are only getting some updates...see below links for more info.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-my/windows-8/metered-internet-connections-frequently-asked-questions

http://lifehacker.com/enable-metered-connection-to-delay-windows-10-updates-1723316525

http://www.guidingtech.com/48828/delay-disable-mandatory-updates-windows-10/

Regarding the question should you upgrade now or later? All I can say is I upgraded from Win 8.1 Home to Win 10 Home on my Lenovo laptop on 29 Jul 15 the first day of Win 10 public release and only noticed a couple minor issues a few days later which I worked out. The first release was version 10240. In late Sep or so I bought a Win 10 Pro license and upgraded from Home to Pro without issue. Then in mid Nov ver 10586 was released that made some improvements, fixed more bugs, etc....that's what I'm now running without issue.

Whether your upgrade goes smoothly can depend on your hardware, software installed, and unknowns....everybody's results will vary somewhat. To me Win 10 takes the best of Win 8.1 and Win 7....if you are happy with Win 8.1 and Win 7 you should be more happy with Win 10.

And with any major Windows upgrade and although in Win 10 you can rollback to your previous version of Windows within 30 days with basically a click of the button, I would still recommend you do an image backup of your current system just in case the rollback don't work as advertised....then you can just reload the backup image if the Windows and be back to your old system/software/settings/etc.

[Chicog]

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2015/12/16/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-11082/

[14 the other side]

If you have a legal version software you should be able to upgrade without issues at this point.

Thanks

Mines legit, just wondering if they have fixed the majority of the bugs in WIN 10 yet?

[lopburi3]

Actually Win10 is likely the best operating system in that regard - almost all issues have been other hardware/software not being ready for it and it does an excellent check before install (mine was delayed several months due such issues) and if you force it is quite reliable at getting back into operation on previous system or correcting errors. Believe it is really quite safe to install. This is a huge number of new users in a very short period of time and there have been few real issues.

[Pib]

If you have a legal version software you should be able to upgrade without issues at this point.

Thanks

Mines legit, just wondering if they have fixed the majority of the bugs in WIN 10 yet?

I think the answer to that question is Yes. But there will always be new Windows updates coming out to fix bugs, fix emerging security issues, provide improvements, etc. Even to this day updates to Win 7 are coming out to fix issues. Additionally, there are always issues when upgrading/transitioning to an updated operating system...was that way from XP to Vista....Vista to Win 7....Win 7 to Win 8.X....Win 8.X to Win 10. No matter how long you wait you'll probably have some minor issues like maybe with some software or possibly some hardware which the software/hardware manufacturer will not update to be Win 10 complaint---don't blame that on Win 10...blame that on the software/hardware manufacturer. IMO Win 10 takes the best of Win 7 and Win 8.1 and gives you Win 10. If you are waiting for the time an upgrade to a new operating system goes without even the smallest issue you need to move to a different universe.