Microsoft has removed the downloadable versions of Windows 10 version 1511, a major update to the operating system which was released earlier in November.
It should be noted that the update is still available, but users are required to get it through Windows Update.
When the update was first rolled out, Microsoft said it was the “first major update” for Windows 10.
“With this free update we have reached the point in the platform’s maturity where we can confidently recommend Windows 10 deployment to whole organisations,” said Microsoft.
However, there have been numerous reports of issues with the 1511 release, and Microsoft’s reason for pulling the downloadable installer for the patch remains a mystery.
Ars Technica reported receiving the following statement from Microsoft about the issue:
The November update was originally available via the MCT (Media Creation Tool), but the company decided that future installs should be through Windows Update. People can still download Windows 10 [Build 10240] using the MCT if they wish. The November update will be delivered via Windows Update.
Microsoft has not pulled the Windows 10 November 10 update. The company is rolling out the November update over time – if you don’t see it in Windows Update, you will see it soon.”
Our biggest issue with the pulled update isn’t the apparent lack of QA (quality assurance) invested into what Microsoft, themselves, call a milestone update – it’s practically a service pack given the number of improvements made.For all we know, it’s not bugs plaguing the update, though reports would suggest otherwise.
Our issue is with not knowing the reason for the update’s removal, as well as the decided lack of clarification – that Microsoft has decided to go black ops. Because, you know, Windows 10 isn’t already suffering from controversy surrounding invasive systems and a general lack of information on Microsoft’s part (#sarcasm).
Only recently, Microsoft admitted to an installation bug that forced Windows 10 to install on the devices of users who had not agreed to it in any fashion. You’d think that Microsoft would step on eggshells, if only for a moment.
Just a heads up Microsoft; if your newest OS, Windows 10, played nicer with us, we’d be a lot more open to the advertising you want to implement. But it’s such a large commitment for so many of us at the moment that your plan to automatically push downloads of the OS annoys rather than excites us.
Written in collaboration with an article that originally appeared on MyBroadband and is republished with permission.
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So they aren’t “recalling” the update but they don’t want people to download it straight from the MCT. That’s pretty weird.
I DL’d the 10586 (1511) ISO from the MCT so I don’t know if I should delete it or what.