Paul, I'd try another Win10 upgrade on your current computer. Win10 over the top of Win10. Use Win10 on a USB flash drive and double click setup.exe. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO/ Use Rufus to create a USB flash drive from the ISO. The 128 MB partition is the MSR. It doesn't appear in DM as you mentioned. If you want to do a fresh Win10 install, which I'd make the very last option, delete all partitions on the drive and choose the Unallocated Free Space for the install. Windows will create the partitions.
Hi Brian - would a DVD be OK? Is what you are suggesting the same as a repair install? http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/16397-repair-install-windows-10-place-upgrade.html
Paul, Use a flash drive as it could be more reliable. I've used a UFD almost exclusively. The web site above is similar to what you will see but it's not a 1607 upgrade. I don't have AV software installed and I don't disable Secure Boot. Just double click setup.exe in Windows and follow instructions. I always remove the tick from Download Updates. Otherwise it's very straight forward.
Since upgrading to AU, I regularly get a rundll32 process showing in Task Manager, with 20%+ CPU use. It happens after installing or uninstalling software for example. The command line which is launched is: rundll32.exe aeinv.dll,UpdateSoftwareInventory
I did a clean install from USB of the anniversary update & was getting a lot of freezes when doing just about anything. All other drives were disconnected when installing it & all apps were on the C drive, game clients like Steam, Uplay & Battle.net were installed on a separate SSD along with the games. The freezes would happen when closing apps, minimising them to taskbar, exiting games, sometimes even when playing games. Ended up just going back to the November Update build which runs fine. There's obviously quite a few problems with the anniversary update that lead me to think it should have spent much longer in beta. The freezes, affecting webcams, drives showing as RAW volumes etc. Also the fact that the pro version of the OS includes a lot more bloat apps from the store, asphalt 8, picsart, tunein radio & more.
Banzi, Out of interest, which ISO did you use? The one I linked to above, the Media Creation Tool one or another type?
I have observed this with one person's PC. https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/windows-10-anniversary-update.387581/page-14#post-2609715
@roger_m It is likely a software conflict. Several places I've read had issues with laptops Power Managers. You might have to resort to disabling all third-party services and startup items. Enable couple at a time, reboot and test. ... or I suppose easiest would be to simply use Resource Monitor and see what is consuming resources, like disk activity, when this issue strikes. You right about this can be an issue noticed, when installing or uninstalling stuff. Just read about it.
I used the media creation tool from MS to download the anniversary update & then create the ISO, Rufus was then used to create USB install media from the ISO.
When Win10 was released a year ago I had a series of failed upgrades with the Media Creation Tool. In fact no successes at all with the Tool. I've never had an issue with the ISOs direct from Microsoft... https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO/ I don't trust the Media Creation Tool. It does create a different ISO.
Brian, Using Rufus, what size USB flash drive do I need? Will creating install media on a flash drive wipe out what is already on that flash drive? Thanks, Dave
Dave, 32-bit will fit on a 4 GB UFD. 64-bit needs an 8 GB UFD. You can use larger UFDs if you like. Everything already on the UFD will be wiped out.
I see on their site they have some for $12 and $14, so that's not too bad. Usually the local shop matches the site for prices.
Never had any problems with the media creation tool here, used it when windows 10 hit RTM & also with the November update. There seems to be a lot of people that are having the freezing issues & MS are looking into it, once they have fixed it I will try the anniversary update again.
One more question on this @Brian K, especially since you may have a similar issue in the land of Oz ... My Settings>Region & language>Country or region is South Africa. Also Control Panel>Region>Format is English (South Africa), and >Location is South Africa. For the ISO product language should I choose 'English' or 'English International' - what's the difference? Btw I remember when I downloaded an ISO using MCT the defaulted recommended Language option for this PC was English (United States), and not English (united Kingdom).
I just gave my computer a cleanup and also disabled some invalid scheduled taks, which were for software I no longer have installed on my system. For now, the problem seems to be gone. I've uninstalled a few programs, and I have not seen the aeinv.dll problem again.
I apologise if this is a silly question, but if I create the install media on a USB 3.0 flash drive, but using a USB 2.0 port, will that make any difference? Or should I use a 3.0 port? The reason I ask is because I just downloaded the ISO to a machine which does not have USB 3.0 ports. Thanks.
