Force Windows 10 Anniversary Update: This is the download

Windows 10: How to get the Anniversary Update without a wait.


Anniversary Update: You must pay attention


Since August 2, Microsoft plans to distribute the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. If you are interested, you can open Windows Update regularly and have a look for new downloads. However, the service does not appear to be useful for many users. For Microsoft wants to supply the now over 350 million Windows-10 devices in booms. If you want to force the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, here are the right tips. This will start the download directly if WindowsUpdate makes problems.


Similar to the now free update on Windows 10 you need a small help program. There are two possibilities. Either use the Media Creation Tool and run a new Windows installation over the current one as described here - the tool will then download the latest Windows 10 version 1607. Or use the Windows 10 Update Wizard. In either case, the update will automatically go through and welcome you back to your desktop after several reboots. However, before you can continue to work normally, there are important hints.


The duration of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update varies. You can schedule about half an hour to complete the download of the approximately 3 to 4 GB update package for Windows 10. There is almost no difference to the normal Windows Update procedure. In some cases, however, Windows 10 suggested that the Express settings for the operating system be refreshed after updating. Do not use them, adapt them to your own wishes. Afterwards, you could still receive a confirmation for standard programs (movies & TV, groove music, etc.) and a demand if you want to set up Cortana. However, you can skip this.


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On some of our computers, which we recorded with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, the sound settings were also reset to factory settings. Here you should look in the driver of the respective sound chip, whether everything still meets your wishes. If you use Windows-10 computers as a Media-Center with Kodi, for example, should check the settings accordingly. Then you'll find new apps & features and background apps for changes. Here, the Anniversary Update has again installed unnecessary standard programs (first steps, Skype preview, etc.) and played at the switches for background activities of apps. Lastly, there may still be remains of the old system. On the system hard disk (usually C: \) you will find a folder with the name "Windows.old". How to delete the "Windows.old" directory is shown in this article.