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Hi @User5344 ,   there may be a delay between the launch of a new driver and its availability via Windows update.   There are third-parties software that monitor your drivers and warn you if you need any updates. Regards, Gehringer  ... View more

@User5344    Yes, this works as well. But it isn't faster. How do you know? And why do you ask here at all?   Preparing the Stick takes about 20 to 35 minutes, depending on your actual download speed, and your equipment. Then you start the setup.exe in Windows, it takes some time again for additional necessary downloads, Then the stick does the Upgrade .   In total it's still faster then letting the upgrade assistant do the job.  But tell me how do you know the assistant does it faster? Did you compare both ways?   I just did it yesterday both ways on the office-PC of my wife, because she had a problem with the ssd. So we only had a quite old image with an old Windows version and a small SSD spare to restore the installation.   After flashing the old image to the spare SSD the upgrade run started. First I utilized the MCT stick. I had to redo it for a second time, because we swapped the SSD again for a bigger one (thanks to  'Ama...  Prime'  for a fast delivery).   This time I made use of the Upgrade Assistant. I took the chance to compare MCT Stick versus Upgrade Assistance. (for safety I of course had made a new image from the first upgrade session before).   The upgrade with the MCT stick made it roundabout three quarters of an hour ahead. (Stick preparation time included)   You can do it even a bit more faster with the prepared MCT Stick, if you do the upgrade offline, without Internet connection. The Upgrade goes very fast and safe without disturbance or hassle by a possible bad Internet connection or waiting time for the Microsoft server. Off course afterwards some more downloads must be done for missing drivers, especially for the graphic adapter drivers and sound. In summary it safes  again some more minutes.   And there is another advantage for the stick. It has a "Windows Rescue" included, which can become very handy. Because the installed Windows RE on the disk often is not functional, if you have problems with the disk or PC start up.   daddle ... View more