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According to the plan presented by Microsoft, it will be possible to update Windows 10 as early as April 11. It’s about Windows 10 Creators Update version 1703. But this is about the official plan. As it turned out, there is an opportunity to update today, without the need to become a participant in the Windows Insider Program.
Windows 10 Update Assistant located on this address can lead the user on the road of updates. After downloading the helper, you need to install and run it. If there is a need to perform a “clean” installation, then this will require the Media Creation Tool, the program is available on the same link. With it, you can create a boot disk or a USB flash drive, and then install a clean system.
Current build Windows 10 Creators Update – 15063.0, cumulative update 1703 will be available on April 11. A pre-release version of the main update was sent to the participants of the Windows Insider Program. If you update now using Update Assistant or Media Creation Tool, then the update version will be the same as for participants in the Windows Insider Program, this is 15063.13.
The digital assistant that installs the update does everything quickly and without problems. Rather, there are problems, some users complain about them, “dozens”, trying to upgrade, but still successful update installations are much more than failures. And the problems are also not too critical. For example, some users complain about the suddenly returned restriction of 60 frames per second in CS: GO, someone flies the settings of the OS itself. Some users complain about the BSOD during the installation or after it. As far as you can understand, the update happens by reinstalling the system with the transfer of old settings to the updated OS.
It is recommended that you back up important files before upgrading. The update may take several hours. In addition, it is worthwhile to prepare drivers for their devices in case they “fly off” during the upgrade.
In its blog on Habrahabr, Microsoft Corporation described the main advantages of the update. In particular, the company created the Windows Security Center, which is a tool for viewing Windows 10 security events. Windows Defender has new functions that help detect and respond to network attacks.
Optimized system management, including mobile applications. The new feature protects data on personal devices without requiring registration when using mobile management solutions.
Auto-lock is added, it is activated if the user moves away from the PC. There is a built-in service for streaming Beam, as well as a 3D model editor for Paint 3D. Gamers can be happy – the OS now has a special game mode, when you start it all the rest of the software will behave quietly, without distracting the user with notifications and messages. In this mode, the game will receive the highest priority with the appropriate access to PC resources.
