- Apr 2, 2018
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Should I install this optional quality update preview for Windows 10 Version 20h2? Is this like beta update something?
Should I install this optional quality update preview for Windows 10 Version 20h2?
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- May 13, 2017
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Quoting other people, it seems to improve performance.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
Windows 10 Cumulative Update Preview KB4601382 Released
Microsoft has released the optional KB4601382 Preview cumulative update for Windows 10 2004 and Windows 10 20H2.
Well, given all the drama with these things, I ain't making any suggestions to install it or not.
But. I did install this back in February and have no issues to date. At the time, I was "missing" like 2.5 GB, even after disk cleanup. I deleted what I could from the Software Distribution folder in C:\Windows--that got me back my missing GBs.
Initially, I noticed no performance improvements on here. There are no security fixes either, just some bug fixes that appear specific to certain conditions. All-in-all: a non-experience.
Same source as above: Bleeping Computer.
But. I did install this back in February and have no issues to date. At the time, I was "missing" like 2.5 GB, even after disk cleanup. I deleted what I could from the Software Distribution folder in C:\Windows--that got me back my missing GBs.
Initially, I noticed no performance improvements on here. There are no security fixes either, just some bug fixes that appear specific to certain conditions. All-in-all: a non-experience.
Same source as above: Bleeping Computer.
- Jun 21, 2020
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If it requires my manual approval regarding updates, like in the case of the optional updates. I always wait a week or two to a month's worth of time. And then evaluate whether any bugs were fixed, if there were any present. Or other things that make come down from specific drivers issues with it all the way to hardware etc, etc...
Just an old habit with Microsoft I developed given they need to make it work with over millions of different configurations... Chance is small, but just old habits i guess.
Just an old habit with Microsoft I developed given they need to make it work with over millions of different configurations... Chance is small, but just old habits i guess.
- Oct 9, 2014
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already installed that update (several days ago) with not problem until now
- Dec 30, 2012
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This is an oxymoron with regards to M$
- Apr 1, 2019
- 2,808
Just installed it. We’ll see how it goes in the next week, never had many problems with updates other than the scheduled defrag/trim bug last summer. It did install at the same time as the new Microsoft Defender engine update...and that failed twice before taking. But, according to the about page that sorted itself already.
Never do this! You can break stuff as some is still used from that folder.
Use Windows internal cleaning instead.
- May 13, 2017
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If you must, delete only files from "%WINDIR%\SoftwareDistribution\Download", Windows is dumb and if you remove certain folders, it can not recreate them, so updates will fail.
- Aug 4, 2016
- 1,465
Decided to leave preview updates, if it was serious it would be a standard update - As I'm not having any issues leaving things as they are?
- May 13, 2017
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Standard update = security update or scheduled update, quality update = bug fixes and such, thus the name, it improves the overall quality, but it is not required to be installed ASAP.
Unless it fixes a specific bug you having, there's no reason to force BETA updates.
- Apr 2, 2018
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ahhhhh crap. idk if I want to install it. I don't want to waste 30 mins for restore.
- Jan 8, 2011
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You can skip it and wait for Patch Tuesday.
Hot Take - Understanding the types of Windows Updates for Windows 10 (2021 edition)
The Different Types of Updates in Windows 10 Types of updates Schedule What they do Other notes Feature updates Twice per year Add new features and functionality to OS Quality updates Second Tuesday of each month Security and non-security fixes to OS - Cumulative updates, final release...
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- Apr 2, 2018
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okayYou can skip it and wait for Patch Tuesday.
Hot Take - Understanding the types of Windows Updates for Windows 10 (2021 edition)
The Different Types of Updates in Windows 10 Types of updates Schedule What they do Other notes Feature updates Twice per year Add new features and functionality to OS Quality updates Second Tuesday of each month Security and non-security fixes to OS - Cumulative updates, final release...
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