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gittos United Kingdom

Sun Aug 28 2016, 09:20am

Member No: #30055

Joined: Apr 02 2013
Location: Bolton

Last Fri evening I turned on my laptop, which instantly went into an update which it said may take some time and may restart several times. I had no idea what this update was.

Well it took just short of 1 hour and restarted at least twice. On completion the log in page was slightly different, Firefox was running slowly, the cooling fans on the computer were running at full speed all the time (they normally hardly run)which drained the battery by 50% in 40 mins, where I usually get 4 hours + from the battery.

So, I thought I would go to the restore point history and restore to before the update, but the restore point history was empty. I then checked the update history and that was also empty, all previous update history was gone.

I eventually found an option to restore to a previous version and bit the bullet and went for this... it took about 15 mins but all is back to normal now, everything running as before the update (silent fans again).

This update has not happened on our W10 desktop, so is this a Beta type version?

Now, is there a setting in W10 to stop this happening again?

riven1962 United Kingdom

Sun Aug 28 2016, 01:15pm

Member No: #18905

Joined: Mar 23 2011
Location: Widnes, Cheshire

My HP laptop went through the same update. My laptop however does not seem to have the same problems you had, so I think I will stick with it for the time being.

gittos United Kingdom

Sun Aug 28 2016, 01:38pm

Member No: #30055

Joined: Apr 02 2013
Location: Bolton

Mine is an HP also,,,the update was a real pain. I wonder why mine reacted the way it did to the same update.

Have you still got your update history and the restore point history?

Chibs

Sun Aug 28 2016, 02:31pm

😂😂😂 Windows you must be crazy using anything to do with Microsoft.

Make the move to Linux.

neilp

Wed Sep 07 2016, 05:32pm

Member No: #3384

Joined: Apr 21 2008
Location: Bulwell, Nottingham

gittos wrote ...

Last Fri evening I turned on my laptop, which instantly went into an update which it said may take some time and may restart several times. I had no idea whAt this update was.

Well it took just short of 1 hour and restarted at least twice. On completion the log in page was slightly different, Firefox was running slowly, the cooling fans on the computer were running at full speed all the time (they normally hardly run)which drained the battery by 50% in 40 mins, where I usually get 4 hours + from the battery.

So, I thought I would go to the restore point history and restore to before the update, but the restore point history was empty. I then checked the update history and that was also empty, all previous update history was gone.

I eventually found an option to restore to a previous version and bit the bullet and went for this... it took about 15 mins but all is back to normal now, everything running as before the update (silent fans again).

This update has not happened on our W10 desktop, so is this a Beta type version?

Now, is there a setting in W10 to stop this happening again?

The Anniversary update is the latest build of Windows 10. Version 1607 build 14393. It is an official release to the public.
This update (or upgrade) replaces the previous version/build which is why it can take 1 - 2hrs. And also why you do not see system restore points or update history.
I would check to see if HP have any updated drivers for your model to fix the problem with the fan running all the time. Check for Firefox updates. The update will appear again at some time and you cannot stop them.


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