Windows 10 Updates - Are they reliable?

[509322]

Today, in another schizophrenic episode, Windows Update reinstalled all of the already installed drivers on Windows 10:

 

[Andy Ful]

I am waiting what will happen on my computers.:emoji_pray:

 

[RoboMan]

LOL, imagine Windows Update being in a relationship. Must be the most unstable relationship ever created.

 

[Genux]

Feature updates may re-install drivers or you probably disabled auto-updates and Windows undone your changes. Also could be because new driver rules for Intel products on Windows 10.
This was announced a week ago:
+ Intel - Windows Modern Drivers for Windows 10 (November 2018)

 

[509322]

Feature updates may re-install drivers or you probably disabled auto-updates and Windows undone your changes. Also could be because new driver rules for Intel products on Windows 10.
This was announced a week ago:
+ Intel - Windows Modern Drivers for Windows 10 (November 2018)

Nope. On clean, default 1803 VM. Besides, that announcement was specific to Intel drivers. Sorry.

Not only that, the latest 1803 Windows Updates were installed on multiple identical VMs on separate identical systems, and what is shown only happened on 1 of the 3 VMs.

It's just typical Microsoft Windows Update weirdness at-work.

 

[Andy Ful]

LOL, imagine Windows Update being in a relationship. Must be the most unstable relationship ever created.

That relationship is well known: Abuse on Users by Windows Updates.:emoji_punch:

 

[brambedkar59]

Windows update seems to be pretty buggy especially in v1809. Yesterday it tried to install the same update twice (KB4469342 which was shown successful earlier) but "winver" said it was a lie. Same thing happened earlier when it tried to install KB4467708 3 times after it was installed successfully in the first attempt.

 

[plat]

I get the "failed to install" thing but the update/s go thru and display properly via Settings and winver. If the update shows as "failed" the first time, a restart makes it "successful." The 12/5 cumulative showed a "failure" with the wrong date but then showed "successful" without my doing anything extra. It must have gone thru because the drag-image issue I had with using Edge-to-imgur. is now gone. v.1809

Spoiler

 

[Andy Ful]

...
If the update shows as "failed" the first time, a restart makes it "successful." ...

I noticed that isuue also on my computers, a few times.

 

[oldschool]

I noticed that isuue also on my computers, a few times.

Same here this week or last, I can't remember. Update is definitely funky but I've had no real issues since updating to 1607. That took some work and ever since no big problems.

 

[Burrito]

That's an unexpected result (at this point in time).

I've only really had one significant issue on one computer with Microsoft updates, but I would have not have guessed that about 74% had no real problems.

But of course, this is a tiny sample size.

 

[jerzy601]

yesterday I just updated Windows 10 1803 to version 1809
and I did not have any problems with this update.
I hope everything will work as it should.

 

[shmu26]

if the update shows as "failed" the first time, a restart makes it "successful."

I remember that this is a known issue, and Microsoft itself informs you about it, if you read the fine print when you receive updates.

Please correct me if I am wrong on this