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GabeU's avatar
GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
8 years ago

Has Anyone Downloaded and Installed the Creators Update?

I'm just curious if anyone's done this, and if so, did you notice any problems afterward?     Did you notice any advantages to Windows 10 after installing this update?   If you know, how large wa...
  • C0RR0SIVE's avatar
    C0RR0SIVE
    8 years ago

    A few things I have noticed and ran into...

    This time around, the Creators Update (Windows Version 1703) didn't uninstall any of my programs, however, a few lost their registration, and had to be reactivated.  Still annoying, but not as bad as before where programs had been fully removed and no notes left behind.  I have only noticed this with a few programs, seems they may be storing registration information somewhere in the registry that is being overwrote during upgrades.

    Some things I have noticed and have done...

     

    -Went back into Settings > Privacy and checked to make sure all the settings I wanted applied, are still applied.  A few changed, most didn't.

     

    -Your default applications are reset back to default during the upgrade... Chrome set as default browser?  You're going to have to tell Win10 under Settings > Apps what you want for defaults again.

     

    -Noticed there's a new section in settings, "Gaming", went in and turned the "Game Bar" off as I don't need that annoying thing when gaming, and I also disabled "Game Mode"

     

    -Wired connections can now be set to metered!  Settings > Network & Internet > Status > Change Connection Properties > Set as metered connect

     

    -Those that use natural daylight instead of 100w equivilent lightbulbs for their room lighting might find the Settings >  System > Display > Nightlight option useful.  It allows you to change the color tone of your screen so that it's not as stressful on your eyes being the only bright object in the room.  Allowing for a more warm coloration, or cooler, depending on the options you chose under "Night Light Settings".


    All of that aside, while writing this out and poking at things to make sure information was accurate, I noticed something... When looking at the "Data Usage" under network, I have used over 10TB in the last month! ROFL


    Most of it was me backing things up, and poking around in my server... Next up was Chrome at 670GB, but that was me streaming from my server. lol

GabeU's avatar
GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
8 years ago

Thank you for the info, everyone.  It's definitely helpful.  

 

I think what I may do is upgrade my laptop, since it is not my main computer.   I will also download the ISO, so if I decide I like 1703 I can do a clean install on the laptop, then see how that goes.  If everything goes well and there are no significant problems, I will perform the update on my desktop, but not until then.  And then, again, if everything goes well, the clean install.  I don't have anything on either computer that isn't easy to download and install again, so that won't be a problem.  Both my laptop and desktop have Windows 10 Pro 64 bit installed presently, so the ISO will work for the clean install on both, though I have to do the upgrade on each first so each one is digitally logged.  I don't think a clean install of 1703 will activate with a digital license that is tied to 1607, so I have to upgrade first, then do the clean install later.

 

Again, I appreciate all of the info.  

    

  • wildcats198308's avatar
    wildcats198308
    Tutor
    8 years ago

    I am not exactly sure what all is new in 1703, but I know there is a 3D Paint program.  I did open it once to see what it was before I restored to previous Build the last time.   I was not pleased with it, I only spent like 30 seconds in the program and closed it.   I do like the Wired Connection being able to be set to Metered.  Esp. with Gen5 getting SUPER FAST speeds over Wired Connection compared to WiFi.   I keep the Setup files for all programs I have on my computer on my External / Second Hard Drive.  So its not much of a deal for me to do Clean Installs.  Theres some I dont keep which are programs that are constantly updated and will have to redownload anyway (like Adobe Flash Player, Firefox, Chrome ect.)

     

    GabeU  It must be nice to have the Pro version.  You have much more control over Windows.  You shouldnt have a problem with system updates,  isnt there an option to set not to download updates?   Metered Connection does good, but I still would much rather have option to set in WU myself. 

     

    I am not sure how the License works if you do Clean Install before running the upgrade.   I never really thought about it either.  

    • GabeU's avatar
      GabeU
      Distinguished Professor IV
      8 years ago
      wildcats198308 wrote:

      GabeU  It must be nice to have the Pro version.  You have much more control over Windows.  You shouldnt have a problem with system updates,  isnt there an option to set not to download updates?   Metered Connection does good, but I still would much rather have option to set in WU myself. 

       

      No.  The only different option is that I can defer feature updates, but I can't control any other updates, save for setting it as metered when connected through Wi-Fi like you can with the non Pro version.  

      • C0RR0SIVE's avatar
        C0RR0SIVE
        Associate Professor
        8 years ago

        Win10 doesn't care much about the license and which version of Win10 gets installed...  But Microsoft does recomend registering your Win10 install with a Microsoft Account (Outlook/live/msn/hotmail) before doing a clean install now.  Makes reactivating easier.  If you are on 15xx and clean install at 17xx, your system should activate just fine online.