ubuysa
The BSOD Doctor
It would seem from what I'm reading that Microsoft are making some significant changes to the way Windows 10 upgrades are delivered. The September 1909 update (and I use the word update deliberately) is effectively what we used to call a service pack. It delivers updated functionality to some existing Windows components but no new features; hence it's being delivered as a regular update rather than an upgrade.
It seems that Microsoft intend their future Windows 10 releases to follow a similar pattern; the April upgrade will be a feature release and will be best installed clean from bootable media. I suspect that allowing Windows Update to upgrade-in-place one of the April feature upgrades will continue to cause niggly issues and problems for some users. The September release will apparently be more of a service pack (to the April upgrade) and it should be safe for everyone to allow Windows Update to install it (as long as the April version is already installed).
Microsoft will still use AI to determine which PCs receive these updates via Windows Update and when, so some users will have to wait a while to receive them, but both the April and September upgrades will still be available as an ISO download from the release date and can be clean installed as before.
In addition it seems that the September 1909 update, and possibly future September updates, is optional - under certain circumstances. If your version of Windows 10 moves beyond it's support lifetime then 1909 will become a required update (and in that case should be clean installed).
The release window for 1909 began on September 10th, so potentially it could be released anytime from now to the end of October, although based on problems with previous releases it's much more likely to be later than sooner....
It seems that Microsoft intend their future Windows 10 releases to follow a similar pattern; the April upgrade will be a feature release and will be best installed clean from bootable media. I suspect that allowing Windows Update to upgrade-in-place one of the April feature upgrades will continue to cause niggly issues and problems for some users. The September release will apparently be more of a service pack (to the April upgrade) and it should be safe for everyone to allow Windows Update to install it (as long as the April version is already installed).
Microsoft will still use AI to determine which PCs receive these updates via Windows Update and when, so some users will have to wait a while to receive them, but both the April and September upgrades will still be available as an ISO download from the release date and can be clean installed as before.
In addition it seems that the September 1909 update, and possibly future September updates, is optional - under certain circumstances. If your version of Windows 10 moves beyond it's support lifetime then 1909 will become a required update (and in that case should be clean installed).
The release window for 1909 began on September 10th, so potentially it could be released anytime from now to the end of October, although based on problems with previous releases it's much more likely to be later than sooner....
