So once again I find myself imaging and prepping a boatload of PCs for deployment. I don't mind; it's pretty mindless work and I can still work tickets in the background.
When I started this most recent round, after laying down our base image I ran updates and I usually do, and saw that there was a Windows 10 update available. We never see this pop up, so I went ahead and applied it. This brought us from 1809 to 1903. The most obvious change was new wallpaper, but I'm sure there was a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes. Anyway, I pointed this out to my colleagues and asked if I should go ahead and update all the machines as they come through. They said they didn't see any problem with it, so that's what I've been doing.
Late yesterday afternoon I ran through the process and it seemed to take extraordinarily long for the update to complete, and when it was finished it seemed…off. For shits and giggles, I checked the version. It was now 1909.
Okay…whatever. I did a couple more machines and updated my own work laptop.
Everything worked fine until I went to install Google Earth on the first of the machines. It wouldn't install. In fact, it seemed there was no connectivity at all to the outside world. I checked my own laptop. Same problem. I mentioned this to one of my coworkers and he said, "Oh yeah, there was an email from enSilo that said not to upgrade to 1909 because it doesn't work with it."
UGH.
So as I type this I'm reimaging my work laptop and the other four machines, setting us all back to 1809, the standard that's been pushed out for the past year.
It's going to be a long day…