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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by yoz-y on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @05:21AM (#13218729)
Just to chime in that my windows 10 also still does not want to go to the Anniversary version. I have tried the auto update and the manual installer to no avail. Reinstalling the whole system did nothing as well. I have a standard 2014 mbp so the configuration is all but banal. Everybody is raving about the Linux subsystem but as far as I am concerned it does not exist.
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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by 72deluxe on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @05:43AM (#13218799)
Yep that's the problem I am faced with too. My work PC is also on Windows 10 but not on the anniversary update, so I have no idea what wonderful new delights everyone is partying about.

How can I be sure I am running a secure up to date system if the "am I up to date check" essentially lies to me?

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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by my123 on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @07:04AM (#13219088)
The older Windows 10 releases still get monthly security updates... You can force an upgrade via the Media Creation Tool.
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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by yoz-y on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @07:47AM (#13219336)
What is so special about the anniversary update that I would have to do that though? Colleagues with the exact same hardware did get the update, is it some sinister A/B testing?
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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by hiram112 on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @08:28AM (#13219564)
It comes with the Linux subsystem.

Honestly, I haven't had much luck with it as it is still lacking serious features. It has improved in beta versions, but I think it is going to be a while 'till it is stable enough to use instead of a Linux VM, at least on standard builds of Windows 10.

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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by wildmusings on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @08:14AM (#13219478)
My understanding is that if your computer tries and fails to upgrade, it will only retry a certain number of times before giving up. Your best bet is probably to do an upgrade install with an Anniversary Edition ISO, which I believe you can download from Microsoft directly. Upgrading with install media is a totally different mechanism, more akin to a clean install + data and app migration, than Windows Update and should get you back on the update train again as well.
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