Author: Richard Hay

Work Around – Windows 10 April 2018 Update Crashing Explorer.exe

The release of the Windows 10 April 2018 Update this week marked the end of more than six months of development. It also means a lot more end users are now seeking out the update and installing it on their Windows 10 systems. That means a wider variety of devices are now installing and running the Windows 10 April 2018 Update. That also means a few odd bugs/issues might show up on some of these devices. During the sequence of testing of Windows 10 Redstone 4 Build 17133 as it made progress through the Fast, Slow, and Release Preview rings myself and a few others encountered a crash of explorer.exe on our systems. There is however, a workaround.

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Installing Windows 10 April 2018 Update on NuVision Windows 10 Tablets

With the availability of the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, I decided to try and update my NuVision TM800W610L (8 inch) and the TM101W610L Solo Draw (10 inch) tablets. I used the in-place upgrade process and it worked like a champ! These are small form factor devices with Intel ATOM processors, 2 GB of RAM, and just 32GB of storage and have always been a challenge in the past to install feature updates. Today that all changed for me.

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Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 264 #OTP

Welcome to Episode 264 of Observed Tech. We get to begin this episode with some news finally about the release of the Redstone 4 feature update that has been in development for the last nine months. After 27 builds Microsoft will make the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, yes that is the official name, available for the general public beginning tomorrow the 30th of April. Initial availability will be through various download methods. Media Creation Tool (MCT), Update Assistant, and channels like MSDN & Visual Studio for subscribers of those services. Be sure to listen all the way until the end and not miss anything. As always enjoy the show and thanks again for listening!

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