I'd really suggest considering a clean build onto a new/separate drive, just to see if it's something with the upgrade, or a legitimate incompatibility.
-----Original Message----- From: Hardware [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Friday, July 28, 2017 9:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] is there a way to stop creators update Thanks Chris, I will give it a shot. At 06:07 PM 7/28/2017, you wrote: >*Use Microsoft’s wushowhide utility to hide the “Feature update to >Windows 10, version 1703â€* The difficult part about this method is >that it’ll only work once the update shows up in your Windows Update. >Since the rollout is gradual, this could be days, weeks, or even >months. > > - Go to *KB 3073930* > ><https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3073930/how-to-temporarily-prevent-a-driver-update-from-reinstalling-in-windows-10> > and download Microsoft’s Wushowhide tool. > (Click the link marked “*Download > the ‘Show or hide updates’ troubleshooter package now*.â€) > - Double-click on *Wushowhide.diagcab* to run it. > - Click the link marked *Advanced*. *Uncheck *the box marked “*Apply > repairs automatically*.†Click *Next*. > - Wushowhide will run for a long time. Click the link to *Hide Updates* > when it appears. If you see a checkbox marked “*Feature update to > Windows 10, version 1703*,†*check the box* next to the item and click > *Next*. (If you don’t see “Feature update to Windows 10, >version 1703,†> the upgrade isn’t being sent to your box yet. Check again tomorrow.) > - Click *Close*, and you’re done. > >When you’re ready to install the Windows 10 Creators Update, just use >this same process to unhide the update from Windows Update. > >On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 4:24 PM, Winterlight ><[email protected]> >wrote: > > > I have a laptop that is incompatible with creators update. After > > install I can not download anything from the windows store. I can > > not update malwarebytes, I can not update Windows 10. Fortunately, I > > image my OS partition frequently so when Creators update now > > installs I can go back ....for a while. But it always reinstalls. > > The first time creators installed I went a couple of months before I > > even realized I wasn't getting updates. I had to go back to an old backup, > > reconfigure.. a huge hassle. > > > > A month ago I contacted MS support. I let them remote to my PC to > > fix the problem....the guy spent 30 minutes trying things before he > > gave up and announced my 2 year old Thinkpad was incompatible with > > creators update but there was " big patch" coming that would fix > > everything....yeah right. > > > > Ever since i have been backing up nightly. But creators will > > eventually self install again... it won't let me put it off forever > > without precluding other updates. It installed this morning and > > once again the same problem emerged. My test is to try to install > > something from windows store. It failed again with the same error > > message. So I re-imaged with last nights backup. I feel like I am in > > catch 22... caught in a loop I can't get out of. Anybody know a way to > > forever opt out of creators update? > >
