No! It's nowhere near the same as the regular update function. Past experiences using a selected step under the Media Creator Tool process provides the same results as the 'Assistant' except you have more options, i.e. Yes! It takes approximately 90 minutes to complete. Yes! Windows 10 Update Assistant creates a Windows.old folder (23.4Gb in my case on a particular drive).Ģ.

It basically just 'turns on' what is already there - no mess, no fuss, works great!īut, what happens using Windows 10 Update Assistant to install Features updates?ġ. If MS offers 21H1 through 'PC Sittings' - 'Windows Updates' process as an 'Optional Download and Install' or a cumulative type update, 21H1 Features update gets installed as if it were a cumulative update. This means most if not all updates designated for Features Update 21H1 are already in place. Process: Updating Windows 10 to Features update 21H1 using Windows 10 Update Assistant with all updates to 20H2 installed. I've gone through that long processes using Media Creator and Windows Update during previous 'Features' updates so. Yes I know I could just run it and find out. Information! All I find is threads that date back to the beginning of windows 10 concerning alternatives to waiting for MS to 'catch-up' on installing 'Features Update'.ģ. no long, create a windows.old folder like Media Creator does but. I thought I read that Update Assistant now installs feature update like a regular update, i.e.

I wanted to use Update Assistant to install it on my other drives.

Since May 2021 release of 21H1, MS has only 'offered' me 21H1 on 2 drives so far as an 'other updates', 'Download and Install'. They get 'turned-on' when the 'Features' update is installed.Ģ. New features update, currently 21H1, 20H2 as well, will / did install as if they were a regular monthly update since most of the 'features.' are downloaded during monthly cumulative updates. I've searched MS & 'The Web' without finding a definitive answer to: Does Windows 10 update assistant work the same as the current, regular windows update process?ġ.

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