Windows 10 october update 2018 blocked for some intel users

Microsoft has again blocked the Windows 10 October Update 2018 update for users of Intel display drivers incompatible with this new version of the operating system. A new issue affecting the most troublesome Windows 10 update to date.

Windows 10 October Update 2018 does not stop causing problems

Some users who upgrade to Windows 10 October Update 2018 may find that external displays lose sound. According to Microsoft, Intel "inadvertently" released two versions of a display driver to OEMs, which in turn "accidentally activated unsupported features in Windows." Affected users will notice that they do not receive any sound from a monitor or television connected to the Windows 10 PC via HDMI, USB-C or DisplayPort.

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The update is blocked for users with Intel display drivers versions 24.20.100.6344 and 24.20.100.6345. Microsoft has provided instructions in its answer forum to check if your PC is affected. Microsoft emphasizes that this problem is different from the one affecting the Smart Sound Intelligent Technology Driver (ISST), which was inadvertently released again by Intel and caused audio problems on Windows 10 1809 and 1803 PCs.

Before stopping the update, Microsoft was blocking it for devices with certain versions of an Intel Audio Display device driver. That problem was overusing the processor and draining the battery. Last week, Microsoft blocked the update of Windows 10 1809 for PC with iCloud for Windows due to an incompatibility problem.

By resuming the release of Windows 1809 on November 13, Microsoft promised that it was taking a more measured and controlled approach to release compared to the April update, version 1803, which is the fastest Windows 10 release on record.

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