Windows10 Creators Update[1] (also known as version 1703 and codenamed "Redstone 2") is the third major update to Windows 10 and the second in a series of updates under the Redstone codenames.[2] It carries the build number 10.0.15063.
The first preview was released to Insiders on August 11, 2016. The final release was made available to Windows Insiders on March 20, 2017, followed by a public release on April 5 via Update Assistant, and began to roll out on April 11.[3]
The update has reached end of service on October 9, 2018 in the Semi-Annual Channel.[4] The Enterprise and Education editions have reached end of service on October 8, 2019.[5][6] Support of this update on Surface Hub devices was available until March 16, 2021.[7]
I am currently stuck to Windows 10 1703. As a result I get the cryptic 0x80073CFD error when I try to start Linux. This is Windows' way of telling the user that their version of Windows is too old for the requested Application.
As there are blog posts and such where people write about running Linux on Windows 10 1703, there must be appx-packages out there, that will run on Windows 1703. Can anyone provide me with a source for such (outdated) packages?
I specifically ask for a source for appx-packages that will run on Windows 10 1703. That information is not provided in the answers to the referenced question, b/c the user does not need them, b/c they are on Windows 10 1709.
I specifically ask if the most recent versions, i.e. the ones mentioned in the referenced question, can be hacked to not require version 1709 anymore. That information is not provided in the answers to the referenced question, b/c the user is on Windows 10 1709.
The only WSL instance that is compatible with your system is Ubuntu 16.04 by the way. You can perform a forced upgrade to 18.04 but I cannot suggest performing an upgrade using that method. If you need an offline method to install Ubuntu 16.04 WSL on Windows 10 v1703 you can use lxRunOffline v1.1.0.
The first time you run Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, you'll be prompted to accept Canonical's license. Once accepted, WSL will download and install the Ubuntu instance onto your machine, and a "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows" shortcut will be added to your start menu.
There is no extended support available for any edition of Windows 10, version 1703 and will no longer be supported after October 9, 2019. That means no more monthly security updates containing patches for the latest security threats.
To continue receiving security updates, Microsoft recommends that you update your devices to the latest version of Windows 10. For more information on end of service dates and currently supported versions of Windows 10, see the Windows Lifecycle Fact Sheet.
While Windows 10 comes with a hard deadline, Microsoft is offering Windows 7 patches to enterprise customers still running Windows 7 after it reaches EOL on January 14, 2020. Top-tier enterprise Windows 10 customers can get Windows 7 patches at no extra cost for one year.
All of the articles that I have read on this show them pausing their machines for 35 days. My laptop can pause updates for 35 days. My desktop can only pause them for 7 days. I asked on the Microsoft Community and they have no clue as to why.
How long are you able to pause yours? If you are unfamiliar with this, when you go into Windows Update, click on Advanced Options. Toward the bottom of the page you'll see the option to pause updates. It will tell you how long you can pause them for.
I have the Creator Update on a few of my systems (it still wont work on my Laptop, which I am not happy about). On the systems that are running Creator Update, I never noticed an option to Pause either. I also have Home Edition.
Hmm. Do you have Window 10 Pro? I can't remember if you've said whether you do or don't. With that said, I can't find anything that says that there is any difference between Pro and non Pro regarding the ability to pause updates.
I have Windows 10 home edition, but there shouldn't be much of a difference, like you say, between different types. I have no idea why I don't have the ability to pause. It's not a big deal -- if it becomes a big deal, I'll get on the Microsoft chat and see if they can figure out what's going on.
I was just going to post about this; you beat me to it. I ran a search too and found that the Home edition lacks the ability to pause updates. Does Microsoft think Home users are somewhat mentally slow?? Has Cortana been reporting me to her leaders?
With that said, and with the initial question asked, I doubt that I will ever use the ability to pause my updates. It was only a question of curiosity as to why one of my computers would show a different ability than the other when they have the exact same version of Windows 10. Well, not the EXACT same. My laptop (a Dell) originally had Windows 8 Pro OEM preloaded and was upgraded to Windows 8.1 Pro, then Windows 10 Pro and then to the present version of Windows 10 Pro. All of them were done with the free upgrades. My desktop (built by me), on the other hand, started with a retail version of Windows 7 Pro, then upgraded with a retail version of Windows 8 Pro, then the free upgrades from that. I wonder if the difference between the allowable days to pause is due to the one being OEM and the other being retail.
In the end, though, like I said, I'll probably never use that ability, anyway. I've never used the ability to set my laptop to a metered connection with WiFi, nor have I done so with the new ability to do the same with my desktop and a direct LAN connection. I've never been close enough in my data use and allotment to need to worry about it.
From what I have read the pauseing feature should be 35 days. It didnt say anything about anything less. It seams like a stupid feature to begin with, WHY would someone pause updates for 35 days!! From what it sounds after the set amount of days it will download the updates. Just sounds stupid. Maybe you should do a post on Microsoft's community to find why your one system is only 7 days. I know I would probably never use the feature either but dont sound right for it to be different. I would imagine it would count down the days if you pause the updates, but I dont believe you had them paused, plus you havent had 1703 installed 28 days.
Actually, I did just that, and, oddly enough, someone from Microsoft said it was strange that my laptop was showing 35 days as they should all show 7 days. When I brought up the fact that just about every single article written on the ability to pause updates references the 35 day amount and that their 7 day claim was spurious, I never recevied a reply.
I think the idea of it being 35 days is because most data capped services have 30 day data allotments. One doesn't have to wait the 35 days, but can pause them and then choose to perform the updates at any time within that time period.
With this said, something just dawned on me. I haven't seen any distinction as to whether pausing updates pauses the download of the update, or just the installation of it. If the latter, then the ability to do so wouldn't make any difference for someone on a capped service as it would use the data by downloading the updates and parking them for installation at a later date. It would only be an advantage for people who want to wait to install an update for whatever reason, whether fear of the updates causing problems and they want to wait to see what they do for others, or wanting to wait so they can perform a full backup before installing the updates. Or some other reason.
"someone from Microsoft said it was strange that my laptop was showing 35 days as they should all show 7 days. When I brought up the fact that just about every single article written on the ability to pause updates references the 35 day amount and that their 7 day claim was spurious, I never recevied a reply. "
From what I have read the pauseing feature should be 35 days. It didnt say anything about anything less. It seams like a stupid feature to begin with, WHY would someone pause updates for 35 days!! From what it sounds after the set amount of days it will download the updates. Just sounds stupid. .
I was thinking this was a possible reason, as well. In all of the articles I've read about the ability to pause the updates I couldn't find anything that specified whether it paused the actual download or just the installation, and, knowing Microsoft, the latter would probably be the case. And, with that, the only advantage I could see with pausing them was to see what the downloads do to other machines. Sort of as a failsafe, but a poor one, as you can't pick and choose what to pause. It's either all or none.
3a8082e126