Microsoft's tech support warns of potential issues when installing the large May update — Windows 10 May 2019 Update.
Reason: the update function is blocked on devices with an external hard drive or USB flash drive connected, as well as with an inserted memory card in a card reader, if one is present on the PC or laptop.
If an update is initiated on a computer with connected external drives, an error message will be displayed on the screen, the update process will stop, and the update can only be installed after disconnecting all external drives.
Link to the article .
What is the problem with the update?
The Microsoft support article states:
"During the update to the 'May 2019 Update', there may be incorrect reassignment of disks on the relevant devices to which an external USB device or SD memory card is connected."
Thus, if a user has a USB drive assigned the drive letter 'D', after the update to 'May 2019 Update', the letter could change to 'E', for example.
The cause of this reassignment is the incorrect operation of the disk reassignment mechanism during the update.
This is a very dangerous situation, which can cause significant damage to certain corporate systems that will begin to malfunction after the update, and Microsoft has simply fixed the situation by blocking the installation of the May update on PCs or laptops with connected external drives.
Microsoft promises to release a fix for this issue in one of the upcoming updates, but not by the end of May 2019, when it will be.
An interesting point here is that the rollout of the 'Windows 10 May 2019 Update' has not yet begun, but the article from support.microsoft warning about the problem has already appeared. Microsoft is now acting preemptively.
It turns out that this block on the update 'May 2019 Update' will not affect all Windows 10 users, but only those who have the following updates installed:
— April 2018 Update (Windows 10, version 1803),
— October 2018 Update (Windows 10, version 1809).
There is a strong likelihood that users with earlier versions of Windows 10 will be able to install the 'May 2019 Update' without any issues.
Bron: habr.com
