Windows 10 Version 1903 Continues Rolling Out Slowly

According to a new report, Windows 10 version 1903 is only installed on 6.3 percent of Windows 10 PCs out in the world. That’s just a 5 percent gain over last month and it puts this feature update on pace with its slow-moving predecessor.

“Windows 10 May 2019 Update (version 1903) has gained around 5 percent [usage] since last month and is now on 6.3 percent of close to 100,000 PCs surveyed,” the latest AdDuplex report reveals. “This puts it on par with the pace of [Windows 10 version] 1809 one month after its re-release. And this is, probably, not a good sign as we’ve seen how [that] ended (just over 30 percent install base before the next release went out).”

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By comparison, last month, Windows 10 version 1903 hit just 1.4 percent of all Windows 10 PCs out in the word.

AdDuplex does note one curiosity to these numbers: About 65 percent of the PCs that upgraded to Windows 10 version 1903 using the May 2019 Update were previously running Windows 10 version 1809. This suggests that users on the previous Windows 10 version will not be stuck there while older Windows 10 PCs are upgraded.

AdDuplex also notes that the data makes it clear that developers will need to support three Windows 10 versions going forward: Windows 10 versions 1903, 1809, and 1803. And that’s interesting, given that one of the goals for Windows 10 was less fragmentation. But there are now several supported versions of Windows, when you include other supported versions of Windows 10 plus Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. So Microsoft’s goal has not, and will not, be met: Fragmentation is worse because of Windows, not better.

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  • Thom77

    27 June, 2019 - 9:16 am

    <p>I wonder how many people dont have room for the non stop bloatware updates. 2 updates ago, I needed 4Gb of free space on my entry level Go that I didn't have.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>

    • dontbe evil

      27 June, 2019 - 9:55 am

      <blockquote><em><a href="#438045">In reply to Thom77:</a></em></blockquote><p>Can you tell me what bloatware and exactly how much more soace require compared to the previous updates? </p>

      • dontbe evil

        29 June, 2019 - 5:20 pm

        <blockquote><em><a href="#438051">In reply to dontbe_evil:</a></em></blockquote><p>As predicted you can't, only downvote</p>

  • wright_is

    Premium Member
    27 June, 2019 - 9:23 am

    <p>I've updated 10 PCs with it today and another half dozen over the last 2 weeks (test PCs, now rolling out to all users).</p>

  • dontbe evil

    27 June, 2019 - 9:54 am

    <p>Wow an update released officially only few weeks ago it's only on 6% what a surprise, plus many "cool" people here do everything to block updates… Can you tell me the percentage of last android update released one year ago? </p>

  • ggolcher

    Premium Member
    27 June, 2019 - 10:08 am

    <p>In half a year Windows 7 goes out of support, and Windows 8.1 has minimal market share. Soon we can disregard them.</p><p><br></p><p>So companies will have to support 3 very similar versions of Windows. That's exactly like the macOS landscape where the standard is to support the last 3 versions regardless of adoption, and that's worked out well enough for a long time.</p><p><br></p><p>I don't find this terrible. Not ideal, but not as bad as before, where companies had to support Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 all at the same time.</p>

  • Pbike908

    27 June, 2019 - 12:36 pm

    <p>I am one of the (un)fortunate souls who received the update…</p><p><br></p><p>Since the update, it will no longer enter into sleep mode due to:</p><p><br></p><p>[SERVICE] DeviceHarddiskVolume3WindowsSystem32svchost.exe (UsoSvc)</p><p>Universal Orchestrator</p><p><br></p><p>I guess I need to do a reset and then install all of my apps again…So sad….</p>

    • PeteB

      27 June, 2019 - 12:40 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#438102">In reply to Pbike908:</a></em></blockquote><p>Annnnd.. this is why I always wait 6-12 months before touching any of these crappy feature(less) updates. </p><p><br></p><p>Enjoy.</p>

      • fbman

        28 June, 2019 - 1:41 am

        <blockquote><em><a href="#438104">In reply to PeteB:</a></em></blockquote><p>I updated to 1903, and its running fine on my machine</p>

        • Tony Barrett

          28 June, 2019 - 7:21 am

          <blockquote><em><a href="#438237">In reply to fbman:</a></em></blockquote><p>Well good for you – I guess you're one of the lucky ones. I wouldn't give others who have problems an "I'm alright Jack" kind of response. Now just imagine those thousands of people who are taking another risky Win10 upgrade every day, and just feel for those who'll have bricked machines afterwards and don't have a clue on how to fix them!</p>

  • cwfinn

    Premium Member
    27 June, 2019 - 12:37 pm

    <p>My wife's Surface Pro 6, bought at a Microsoft store in DC, still doesn't have 1809 after 3 months. Sheesh</p>

  • truerock2

    27 June, 2019 - 1:09 pm

    <p>Out of 11 PCs, I have 3 2-year-old HP Envy notebooks that have upgraded automatically to 1903. My experience is that a 1 to 2 year old PC is the optimal vintage for updating to the latest version of Windows 10. I have a 6 month old HP Envy notebook that hasn't updated – which doesn't surprise me because HP is still shipping updates frequently for the 802.11 drivers and the sound/speaker drivers.</p><p><br></p><p>I have a 7 year old PC I built in 2012. Obviously Microsoft does not select it for automatic upgrade to 1903. I manually upgraded that PC to 1903 and it seems to be OK… I might be seeing a problem with some of the functions on ssa.gov.</p>

    • red.radar

      Premium Member
      27 June, 2019 - 4:45 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#438108">In reply to truerock2:</a></em></blockquote><p>I manually upgraded to 1903 but have had several quality issues. My main machine is 4 yrs old. I also wonder if the testing is not occuring on the older hardware and as a result these feature updates are indirectly obsoleting hardware. I would have been ok staying on 1803 however it goes EOL soon. </p><p><br></p><p>I am not implying anything sinister, just this windows as a service is not delivering the value to me. </p>

  • SaintKaze

    27 June, 2019 - 2:52 pm

    <p>win10 1903. Kind of messed up one my workstations and haven;t been able to fix it even with rolling it back. haha oh well i'm glad it wasn't my main system. </p>

  • BruceR

    27 June, 2019 - 6:29 pm

    <p><em>"</em><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">AdDuplex also notes that the data makes it clear that developers will need to support three Windows 10 versions going forward: Windows 10 versions 1903, 1809, and 1803. And that’s interesting, given that one of the goals for Windows 10 was less fragmentation."</em></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">How could this ever be different (past or future), given feature updates every six months which are supported for 18 months?</span></p><p><br></p><p><em>"</em><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">But there are now several supported versions of Windows, when you include other supported versions of Windows 10 plus Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. So Microsoft’s goal has not, and will not, be met: Fragmentation is worse because of Windows, not better."</em></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Microsoft's goal of less fragmentation will be met in the future when Windows 7/8.1 die.</span></p>

    • Greg Green

      28 June, 2019 - 7:50 am

      <blockquote><em><a href="#438191">In reply to BruceR:</a></em></blockquote><p>MS’ goal of less fragmentation will not be met. Shortly after Win7 support ends there’ll be another version of Win 10. By the time support for Win 8.1 ends there’ll be two more versions of Win 10. </p><p><br></p><p>As MS adds more old Win 10 devices to the Not Upgradable list they’ll have to extend the support schedules to keep people from losing the safe use of two and three year old hardware.</p>

      • codymesh

        28 June, 2019 - 9:03 am

        <blockquote><em><a href="#438263">In reply to Greg Green:</a></em></blockquote><p>the various versions of Windows 10 are closer in parity than Windows 7 or 8.1 ever were, so it still will be an improvement</p><p><br></p><p>Also, Microsoft has effectively abandoned 'windows as a service', which also effectively kills the goal of less fragmentation.</p>

  • PanamaVet

    28 June, 2019 - 8:21 am

    <p>I received the 1903 update recently on a 5 year old Dell without having clicktrapped "Check For Updates".</p><p><br></p><p>It ran smoothly and completed in about 15 minutes.</p><p><br></p><p>Since then everything has worked very well as usual.</p><p><br></p><p>I guess that puts me in the silent majority. BooRah!!!</p><p><br></p>

  • codymesh

    28 June, 2019 - 9:01 am

    <p>"fragmentation is worse because of windows, not better"</p><p>lol. I give it 3 years before the obvious conclusion about so-called fragmentation – a made up nonsense talking point – is published here.</p><p><br></p><p>Giving users more control over updates was always going to result in fragmentation. Ever considered that maybe that's why Microsoft was so reluctant to do so? </p><p><br></p><p>You guys wanted Microsoft to abandon 'windows as a service'. So here we are.</p>

  • codymesh

    28 June, 2019 - 9:09 am

    <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Is </span>this chart supposed to be surprising? Microsoft has already said that they aren't automatically upgrading users like before, they aren't forcing the upgrade on supported versions of Windows, even if the user checks for updates.</p>

  • davidlbangs

    Premium Member
    28 June, 2019 - 11:20 pm

    <p>The recent Windows 10 versions are extremely similar. Really no big deal.</p>

  • blackcomb

    07 July, 2019 - 8:56 am

    <p>I'm great with LTSC 2018. Security updates only. No bloatware.</p>

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