Windows 10 KB4038788 Botched

[509322]

Wide-ranging issues being reported with Tuesday's (Sept 12, 2017) cumulative update for Windows 10:

1. Edge breakage
2. BSODs
3. Black Screens

among others.

Windows 10 KB4038788 bugs: install issues, Edge crashes, BSoD, and more

Additional reports are sure to follow.

 

[XhenEd]

Wide-ranging issues being reported with Tuesday's (Sept 12, 2017) cumulative update for Windows 10:

1. Edge breakage
2. BSODs
3. Black Screens

among others.

Windows 10 KB4038788 bugs: install issues, Edge crashes, BSoD, and more

Additional reports are sure to follow.

Black Screen

I encountered that just right after a successful Windows update restart. It took very long, so I forced the laptop to shutdown. After booting, everything seemed fine.

 

[HarborFront]

I don't have those mentioned problems so far on my two(2) MS tablets updated with the KB4038788

I guess MS must make sure its OS, firmware/drivers play well with its hardware first before releasing them to others. That's one of the advantages in owning MS hardware.

 

[ispx]

I don't have those mentioned problems so far

nor do i on my two desktops

 

[Captain Awesome]

I don't have those mentioned problems so far

Same here. I made backup.

Wide-ranging issues being reported with Tuesday's (Sept 12, 2017) cumulative update for Windows 10:

1. Edge breakage
2. BSODs
3. Black Screens

among others.

Windows 10 KB4038788 bugs: install issues, Edge crashes, BSoD, and more

Additional reports are sure to follow.

This is why backup is important.

 

[plat1098]

This is why backup is important.

True, but in one case (Edge breakage here) and maybe for others, where Edge launched to a blank screen, changing various options in Edge Settings like open new tabs with- and re-launching it each time seemed to "fix" it, at least for now. Dism didn't do doodly, as usual, and restoring from backup would have been overkill, maybe. It's good that some issues here seemed to be easily remedied but it sure wasn't obvious at first how to fix them, just trial and error. And Edge still doesn't work right half the time but disk space is too limited for a third party right now.

 

[ispx]

ain't nothing botched up unless you got legacy hardware, imo

 

[Marko :)]

I cannot install this update too. Update history says it's installed successfully, but it's not shown in Installed updates list. When I restart laptop after "successful installation", I get "We couldn't complete updates, undoing changes". This is like, at least, 20th time Windows Update downloaded this package.

 

[ispx]

Update history says it's installed successfully, but it's not shown in Installed updates list

windows settings > update & security > update history > uninstall updates

in all probability you will see it there, hope this helps you marko

 

[Marko :)]

windows settings > update & security > update history > uninstall updates

in all probability you will see it there, hope this helps you marko

I wish, but no, it's not there. That's the Installed updates list I mentioned. I'm trying to install it manually now.

 

[shmu26]

True, but in one case (Edge breakage here) and maybe for others, where Edge launched to a blank screen, changing various options in Edge Settings like open new tabs with- and re-launching it each time seemed to "fix" it, at least for now. Dism didn't do doodly, as usual, and restoring from backup would have been overkill, maybe. It's good that some issues here seemed to be easily remedied but it sure wasn't obvious at first how to fix them, just trial and error. And Edge still doesn't work right half the time but disk space is too limited for a third party right now.

Also for me, playing around with Edge a little bit seems to have fixed it.

 

[Marko :)]

I wish, but no, it's not there. That's the Installed updates list I mentioned. I'm trying to install it manually now.

View attachment 167125

Still nothing. "We couldn't complete updates, undoing changes" message again. I'm pausing updates until problem is fixed.

 

[robotengineer]

This update downloaded and was installed in my organization. After the reboot several applications would no longer work. Excel 2016, Powerpoint 2016, Firefox (Any Version), Adobe Acrobat and the reader. The only way we were able to resolve the issue was to uninstall the update and postpone updates until a later time. We also discovered that if you start windows in safe mode the applications would start without issue. We also tested on a plain jane installation of windows 10 v1703 with just those apps installed and results were the same indicating it was not a third party piece of software that was causing the problem.

 

[Venustus]

Ah yes MIcrosoft's "Botch Tuesday" stikes again!!
Knock on wood everything went fine on my two machines!!

Windows update doing a big damage in my anniversary build 14393 when trying to upgrade to creators. today doesn't work the start menu, the tray clock, the search&cortana I mean the whole NEW UI interface. piece of SIT. when they will stop forcing customers to swallow those upgrades, meaning: (windows reinstalation in the same partition) with the same programs previously installed and old incompatible configurations with their experiments. That mix is very bad and they keep doing it.

We are essentially beta testing for them and unfortunately for some that means destroying the system itself!!

 

[frogboy]

Same here. I made backup.

This is why backup is important.

Agree 100% with that backups are life line to sanity.

 

[Marko :)]

What happens when I change branch from Current branch to Current branch for Business. Will I get stable updates which won't cause problems?

 

[ispx]

What happens when I change branch from Current branch to Current branch for Business.

i could be wrong but i think you will need a new activation key for that.

Will I get stable updates which won't cause problems?

i do not think changing the os version would make a difference when it comes to updates.

 

[Venustus]

Would this be of any help for people with update issues?
I've never used it myself.

 

[frogboy]

Maybe this will suit some Download Windows 10 Creators Update Bloatware Free Edition - MajorGeeks but not me I kinda like the Russian Roulette game of Windows 10.

 

[Venustus]

Maybe this will suit some Download Windows 10 Creators Update Bloatware Free Edition - MajorGeeks but not me I kinda like the Russian Roulette game of Windows 10.

Probably a good idea!!!