Windows update finds Dell Firmware -0.1.1.15. My BIOS is already 1.15. Also it seems in my Dell system
System restore will get turned off. Everytime I enable System Restore something turns it off.
Is Support Assist doing this?
Another issue Windows 10 20H2 has changed. Microsoft will not leave things alone. Right clicking "This PC" no longer takes you to System Properties. I have always went to System Properties by right clicking My Computer or This PC icon.
Why does Microsoft do this? What else will they do?. I know there are other ways to get to System Properties. But I have always done it my way. I went back to Windows 10 2004 because Microsoft changed that. But now I am forced to use Windows 10 20H2 because Microsoft will not fix This Issue
I got that message telling me errors on my drive to restart and Microsoft knows about this issue and will not fix it because it's their way of forcing people to use Windows 10 20H2. I have had to reinstall Windows also and I was told that error could mess up an SSD if it happens too many times.
I got offered that same BIOS update for my XPS 8930 by Windows Update a while back, even though I also already have v1.1.15 installed. I suspect it's because somebody stuck 0. in front of the version number so WU thinks it's new/different than 1.1.15.
BTW: Dell just released v1.1.16 for XPS 8930 to fix another round of Intel security flaws. So sooner/later WU will probably be offering 0.1.1.16 to you, even if you already do this update yourself.
Don't know why System Restore gets turned off. Haven't seen that here. Major updates to Win 10, like going from 20H1 to 20H2 will delete all existing restore points because they won't work and could corrupt the system.
Did you click the Configure button on the Restore screen and make sure System Protection is enabled and set the disk space usage to something >0%?
You should already know that Microsoft doesn't care what people like or do because only theyknow what's "good" for us and we don't...
I just reinstalled Windows and I turned on System Restore after I installed 20H2. Yes I used Dell Support Assist to reinstall and it installed 1903. So I upgraded to 20H2 no big deal for me some people do like clean installs I know.
But I just checked and System Restore is still on after running all the Windows Updates. I will keep an eye on it maybe the issue was addressed. It is set at 9% 19.4 GB is used.
As for the BIOS I installed it because I figured it was going to keep bugging me. And Support Assist did find some Dell Updates I haven't looked yet to see which ones.
I guess that is why Microsoft is providing BIOS updates because of the security thing.
FWIW, I just installed the new BIOS v1.1.16. Did it using a (non-bootable) USB stick with the BIOS .exe file on it, via the Flash Update option on the F12 menu at boot.
Scared me half to death because I got a "disk error check" warning when PC started to reboot the final time. Turns out Windows decided there was some issue with that USB stick and fixed it. So why didn't it warn me when I copied the file onto the stick before I used it for the BIOS update...???
But the new version is installed and working okay...
There should be a BIOS option that controls whether BIOS updates are allowed from Windows-Update. IIRC, it's called "Capsule Updates".
Yeah, Legacy Control Panel and other things are being slowly depreciated and moved to Settings.
Still, try to keep going forward with Updates (not backwards).
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I think I will do the update later on. I just looked on the support site for my system. The new BIOS was listed yesterday. But when I ran Support Assist it was not showing as a option. I am going to eventually uninstall Support Assist. Because it is a useless tool that never works right.
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I got offered that same BIOS update for my XPS 8930 by Windows Update a while back, even though I also already have v1.1.15 installed. I suspect it's because somebody stuck 0. in front of the version number so WU thinks it's new/different than 1.1.15.
BTW: Dell just released v1.1.16 for XPS 8930 to fix another round of Intel security flaws. So sooner/later WU will probably be offering 0.1.1.16 to you, even if you already do this update yourself.
Don't know why System Restore gets turned off. Haven't seen that here. Major updates to Win 10, like going from 20H1 to 20H2 will delete all existing restore points because they won't work and could corrupt the system.
Did you click the Configure button on the Restore screen and make sure System Protection is enabled and set the disk space usage to something >0%?
You should already know that Microsoft doesn't care what people like or do because only they know what's "good" for us and we don't...