Windows 10 Anniversary Update

No. Still cannot reboot/shutdown when internet is connected. Luckily my workaround i.e. unplug a cord works.

 

I had an issue some time ago where my laptop refused to reboot or shutdown, after several hours of searching what could be causing it I discovered an SD card ( for my dashcam ) was left in the port from the previous day and unless it was removed the laptop wouldn't turn off.

 

Same here x3 machine.

 

While I updated all three drivers for internet (cable, wifi and mobile) to no avail still I guess it's a driver issue in my case. Maybe the culprit is in Win itself, I don't know. However because I shutdown my laptop once a week, I reboot only when needed (what isn't so often) and laptop (luckily) goes sleep what I use everyday, I'm not in hurry to seek a solution. Perhaps MS will bring an update any time soon which will resolve it.

 

Being home I have made some more observations, it means not on company's network (intranet) and workgroup, and I can confirm that reboot/shutdown works. I have tried it with being not connected on company's network (using VPN) and also with being connected with VPN and in both cases the reboots worked fine. It leads me to think that my issue is somehow related to our network. I will call attention of our IT guy next week.

 

Damn: have performed a fresh install of Windows 10 Anniversary Update because the 1607 upgrade from 1511 could not be installed and now cumulative update kb3176934 will not install either…

In an entirely clean install (Windows only) on a different drive in the same PC the cumulative update installs fine, but not on my "carefully" set up working copy.

 

I have just reinstalled 10 because of this, but mine was due to powershell ownership issues, but on top of it, LibreOffice stopped working now.

 

This is what Windows 10 users get for running a perpetual beta. Looks like Microsoft is copying Linux's approach of not fixing known bugs.

And Powershell is now broken with the latest update.

 

Tnx for posting JR.

I read the article and the comments are an indictment of QA at Microsoft. . Yep, myotonic goat is appropriate !!!

 

A repair install (in-place upgrade of 1607 with automatic download of updates) seems to have "solved" it for now.

Hope I don't need to do this for every cumulative update in the future...

 

Problem is a huge update might not install.

Good luck.

 

Well, just did a clean install of 1607 which went very well, then let it update, and after a reboot, no issues or problems at all. I am surprised, but everything is good. It's perhaps a bit much for my 6 1/2 year old laptop, but it's running well.

 

AU is running well for me on a ten year old laptop. The laptop I use daily is 6 1/2 years old is also running AU and it's more than fast enough for what I use it for.

 

My oldest laptop I bought mid 2010 and Win10 works great on it too.

 

I reloaded my AU image and applied the two cumulative updates, and an updated power management driver via Lenovo ThinkVantage System Update, but the laptop still would not shutdown or restart.
Except it did when I then restored my 1511 image with Macrium Reflect ... ?!

 

As you likely already know, a clean install of Windows will prevent the vast majority of issues. That is why I don't quite understand why Microsoft decided to go the "upgrade" route with regard to each major Windows 10 platform update. It just opens up the potential for so many glitches and potentially major issues that could easily be avoided. But I assume that it has to do with what is easier for Microsoft to manage on their servers and less about what is better for the users, although that is just my opinion.

 

Here I always had issue with clean install compared to upgrades. Upgrading will normally preserve third party drivers and components while with a clean install you get "all re-freshed" with all linked problems. There is not an ideal solution that fits all needs I am afraid.

 

I agree. Last week I wasted several hours doing a clean install. At the end I had to go back to the upgraded installation, that works perfectly.

 

I agree with your opinion.. I think they are doing what's easiest for them, not us..

 

Well, that was the good news.. the bad news is that my laptop just died this morning, lol...

 

Thanks, it's good to know... I was going to try but the thought of re-installing all my programs is a big pain in the back...

 

I remain impressed with how well a Win10 upgrade works. We've never had an issue.

 

I am pleased the clean install vs. upgrade topic has come up here.

I have Win 10 upgrade issues on one (my newest) laptop of four only, a ThinkPad Yoga (with stylus) that came with Win Pro 8.1.

I have issues in AU 1607 versions (restart or shutdown hangs), and subsequently discovered ones in 1511 also (Macrium Reflect WinPE screen resolution is borked, Skype not working), so was considering doing a clean install but have never done this so need some advice, even after reading this, though I would rather avoid having to reinstall all my apps, etc.

Do I just install over / into the existing C: Partition? See attached Disk Management screenshot. (Incidentally, Macrium Reflect shows a 128MB partition not shown in DM. I wonder if that could be related to my Macrium Reflect WinPE issue).
Should I try a reset first, or will this reinstall 8.1? Or a repair install?
Do I need to make a plan with any existing drivers that may be removed with a clean install and cause new issues, as mentioned above?

It is probably easiest to go back to a six week old image of 8.1, which had no issues , and do any updates to forward recover. I could then even retry upgrading again later when AU has settled down.

A lot of questions. TIA for any advice from those who do this stuff on a regular basis.