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This tutorial will show you how to make a desktop background slideshow for Windows 10. This is how to set images of your choice as your desktop background wallpaper or slide show in Windows 10.
In Windows 7 and Windows 8, Background Slideshow feature allowed you to choose a folder containing wallpaper. The feature would locate all pictures in all subfolders, and then give you checkboxes to choose which wallpaper you wanted to rotate through. some examples here
In Windows 10, it looks like when I select a folder for the slideshow, it now only checks immediate photos, not anything in any of the subfolders. It also does not let the user pick and choose which photos to use.
Has the feature lost some capabilities? Or am I using it incorrectly?
You see your Windows 10 PC asking for a restart after updating itself and you near-panic. You wonder, will my PC boot after the update and continue to perform as it did, or would the update bring some problem along with it? Honestly speaking? This is what I feel every time I see an update being offered. Fortunately, I have been lucky, and I have not really faced any Windows 10 problems after installing updates on my Windows 10 Pro. But seeing the many issues being reported by users after almost every other update, I thought I should write a bit about this issue.
Read:
- Windows 10 Fall Creators Update problems & issues being reported.
Windows 10 Update problems
Why does every other Windows 10 Update bring some problem or the other to some user or the other?
Comments like these should cause concern to Microsoft:
The Win 10 updates are unpredictable. I’m scared to death each time the automatic updates (which I can not disable) happen. After an update one of more installed software stop working and need re-installing. I have no viruses or cracked software. The last Win 10 update corrupted the MBR (Master Boot Record) on my 2 laptops and 1 desktop. 3 computers done the same update at the same time and having corrupted MBRs is NOT a coincidence. Microsoft owes $900 just for this damage alone. i spent $300 for each computer to have the drives removed and put new drives in so I can keep my data that was not corrupted in the old hard drives. The “reset Win 10” without losing personal data function in the advanced settings was not working on all 3 computers. Thank God I had 3 spare SSDs as a backup, but it is such a hassle going through the old hard drives and saving all the data in different locations. I’m switching to MAC and ditching everything PC related – PERIOD!
Before Updates are finally released for end-users like you and me, Microsoft tests them extensively on their own test systems. The millions of enthusiastic Windows 10 users who are part of the Windows Insider Program, install the Insider Preview builds on their systems so that they can check out the new features, test the build and report bugs, etc. back to Microsoft. It is a great system and should work well. Microsoft gets an army of keen geeks, hungry to test out the new builds, in real-world situations.
Once the updates have been tested extensively, they are released to the main channel. Windows 10 Professional, Enterprise, and Education Edition customers can choose to Defer Windows Updates, but Windows 10 Home users have no such choice and the updates get installed on their PCs right away. When a user chooses to defer upgrades, the download, and installation of security updates will happen immediately, but the installation of the feature updates will be deferred for a couple of months.
But something seems to be going wrong somewhere.
I do not remember Windows 8 or Windows 7 users facing so many problems regarding Windows Update, as much as the Windows 10 users appear to be facing. Just to go through the comments on various Windows blogs, Reddit, Social sites, Forums or Microsoft Answers to get an idea of the frustration some are facing. As compared to the total number of Windows 10 users, the percentage may be very small, but it is enough to make a noise.
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Here is a sampling of some of this site’s comments of users who are fed up with the update problems:
- UwasaWahya: Every time Windows 10 updates I have a new set of problems.
- Merig: After the screen goes off (timeout) it will not come back again.This is just today’s annoyance. Yesterday, W10 decided to delete some of my programs that worked fine the day before. Who asked them to f*** with my computer? Every bloody time Windows 10 updates I get hours of misery trying to fix issues.
- MadameSomnambule: …What do I do now? I’m fkd. Can’t update apps, can’t install language packs, and update’s stuck at 0%…
- Oround: I have many PC’s and every one of them has problems with W10’s update system. Seems like every update screws up something that used to work perfectly.
- Trish: … Can’t go forward, can’t go back. Stuck with a PC that does not work due to 1607 update…
- Musab: Yesterday it updated to newest build, on each mouse click my desktop tends to rotate 90 degrees right. I tried everything, and in last, I revert the update within 24 hours.
Trust me there are many more such, here on this site!
Now let us take a look at some of the recent problems some Windows 10 users have faced after installing updates.
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Right from the beginning when Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 users upgraded their PC, they faced a bunch of installation or Upgrade errors like:
- Windows 10 stuck at login screen after upgrading
I am sure that there could be more.
But among the most common issues which affect most Updates for Windows 10 are:
- We couldn’t complete the updates. Undoing changes. Don’t turn off your computer.
Now take a look at some of the recent ones for Windows 10:
- KB3194798 : Cumulative Update KB3194798 is failing to install
- KB3194496 : Cumulative Update KB3194496, which upgraded your Windows 10 to Build 14393.222, made some PCs go in a loop and the update simply failed.
- KB3193494 : Cannot be installed and is rolled back
- KB3189866 : Download of KB3189866 Cumulative Update is stuck.
- KB3176938 : Update fails
- KB3176934 : Broke PowerShell
- KB3176495 : Download stops
- KB3176929 : Windows 10 Anniversary Update caused several problems Partitions missing after installing Windows 10 Anniversary Update Facing issues while installing Edge browser extensions Freezing issues Millions of webcams were broken.
- KB3147461 and KB3147458 caused broken apps, Start menu crashes, and crash loops and bluescreens.
- Cannot access the Internet after installing KB3201845.
My friend, Girish, recently had his right-click malfunctioning on his Lenovo Windows 10 Home laptop after a recent update. Till then he was very happy with Windows 10, but one experience like this was enough to piss him off.
Whether it is 1 person, 1000s or millions, Windows 10 Update problems, annoying folks seems to have become a trend. Every new update has some users scrambling to Microsoft Answers for help or searching on the Internet for solutions.
Who wants to run around applying workarounds?
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A Windows 10 Home user does not have the time, inclination nor the expertise to carry out workarounds, change registry settings or clear the SoftwareDistribution folder. He/she just wants a stable Windows PC which he/she is in control of and runs smoothly at all times.
The other side
Windows gets installed on almost any hardware configuration. While most come with good drivers, some may not be up to the mark. Moreover, users have a wide ecosystem of software from which they can choose – and install the software they want. Some may or may not be coded well and thus can break after an OS update. And then again, some users love to tweak & tinker with their systems. An AV too could throw up a false positive and quarantine an OS file! All these and reasons like these can affect the installation of Windows Updates. Something gives away, and the update fails.
There is no denying that Microsoft engineers have been working hard and doing their best to address these issues – but maybe just a little something more needs to be done to ensure that problems caused by Windows Updates are near-nil.
One small suggestion
Microsoft should reconsider and allow even Windows 10 Home users to defer installing feature updates by giving them too the option to defer upgrades. Windows 10 users would be happy to be in more control of their PCs – and they would have the option to install updates after they are thoroughly tested on other systems for a month extra.
How has your experience been? How has Windows 10 and the Windows Update process in specific been treating you? Has it been a smooth ride or have you faced Windows 10 Update problems? Do share your experience in the comments section.
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