Windows 10 May 220 Update is now available for download

I just asked but no updates were made available to me on 3 different computers. People on Ask Woody who did update did not report any issues yet. Waiting is probability a good idea but I have been running the preview version on a test computer during the development cycle and never had any problems with it.

This afternoon I updated one of my computers to Windows 10 Version 2004 (aka May 2020 Update). When I went to Windows Update page I was not offered the 2004 update so I went to www.microsoft.com/en_us/software-downloads/windows10 website clicked on the update now button. This downloaded a file called windows10upgrade9252.exe to my computer.

I started the update program (windows10upgrade9252.exe) at 2:33 PM. The program downloaded the needed update files and started installing the update. At 3.:19 PM the update requested I restart the computer. I restarted the computer and the computer displayed the Working on Updates screen. When the updates reached 78% complete my screen went black for what seemed like forever however after about 45 seconds the screen reappeared showing 79% completed. At 3:32PM my login screen displayed, I logged in followed by a more updating and then the Welcome Back to Windows screen appeared. The update went smoothly. I have spent very little time playing with it yet but have not seen any problems.

After the update winver shows Version 2004 Build 19041.264

WARNING: There known problems with this update (see earlier post and check askwoody.com). Windows Update will not automatically install this update, you must select (other updates available) to install it or go the link I used.

SHOULD I INSTALL IT?: That's a question only you can answer. After updating you can roll back to your previous version (I believe you have 10 days to roll back). I would highly recommend that you do a complete full clone backup of your computer before install update.

And I bet it was done with an old version of what I think is the best backup program in the market place. Ashampoo Backup Pro.

I used update assistant and it got to 77% and stalled.I am going to leave it alone.

Can only think that is because you did not update via the update page because your actual Feature Update is not even showing. How strange. As you see I have also had updates for Flash and .net framework after the upgrade as well 

I have now updated all 4 of my computers that run Windows 10 plus a clients computer. All 5 updates were done using the update tools found at the www.microsoft.com/en_us/software-downloads/windows10 website. All the computers completed the update without issues and booted to the Windows 2004 desktop. However, the desktop screen of the client's computer displayed OK but flickered and responded extremely slow when I tried to do anything. A restart of the computer did not change anything. I then restarted the computer a second time which resulted in a restart that did not complete and nothing but a totally black screen displayed. It was late at night so I powered down the computer and went to bed.

This AM I powered on the computer and during the startup Windows reported that it was having problems starting the computer and offered the option of trying to fix the problem or to roll back the computer to the previous installed version of Windows. Knowing that Windows 10 Version 2004 has some known hardware compatibility problems I elected to roll back to the previous installed version of Windows. The roll back process went quickly and the full functionally of the computer returned. The computer in question was a HP Pavilion Slimline that is about 3 years old.

My 4 computers and my sons 2 computers are all working with no known problems after updating to Windows 10 Version 2004 Build 19041.264

As Everton said in an earlier post "There is no desperate hurry to update so. I say do what makes you happy. For me it is give it a go and roll back if it does not work out. If only everything in life were that simple !"

Although I had a successful update I would recommend people wait until Microsoft determines your computer is ready for the update and offers it to you through Windows Update. I do full image backups backups of my computers daily so I knew in case of failure I had an easy recovery. I just took a survey where 70% of the respondents said they had no problems with the upgrade and 15% said they had minor easily but fixed problems. Remember backups are never a bad thing to do before doing a major system update.

Thanks so much for this information Pat. This is what a forum is meant to be, a place to share important information. Thanks again!

There is a further warning about this update in the Ask Woody newsletter.
Online version is here www.askwoody.com/newsletter/free-edition-coming-to-a-pc-near-you-win10-2004-the-may-2020-update/

Have to say I agree Barney. I have read through all that has been listed as in this new "upgrade" multiple times and as I said earlier I could only see three things that pertained to my machines and none of those were really "have to update" items either. Very minor really.

That information is the exact same as the page I read, cannot find it now, but I honestly see next to nothing I will use or regularly use. I am in no hurry that is for sure.

As this issue did not start immediately after the upgrade it could be happening for other reasons.

Have you performed a "Restart" since it started happening ? (not a shut down and reboot)

Make sure there are no memory intensive programs running in the background, and run a virus scan.

If that makes no difference I would suggest ensuring Fast Start Up is disabled.

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