{"id":1570,"date":"2019-05-16T14:50:43","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T14:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technology-solved.com\/huntsville-al\/?p=1570"},"modified":"2021-12-28T19:00:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T19:00:09","slug":"windows-update-may-fail-with-external-storage-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technology-solved.com\/huntsville-al\/windows-update-may-fail-with-external-storage-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Update May Fail With External Storage Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1645 size-full\" src=\"\/huntsville-al\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/05\/SD-USB-resized.jpg\" alt=\"Hard Drive, USB flash drive and Micro SD\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><br \/>\nMicrosoft recently issued an important support document that your IT staff needs to be aware of.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In part, their notice reads as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Inappropriate drive reassignment can occur on eligible computers that have an external USB device or SD memory card attached during the installation of the May 2019 update.\u00a0 For this reason, these computers are currently blocked from receiving the May 2019 update.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you have one or more machines on your company network with USB-connected drives or SD cards attached, you&#8217;ll get an error message explaining this as a reminder, and you will not be able to proceed until those devices have been unplugged.\u00a0 The company has also assured users that the inappropriate drive reassignment issue will be addressed in a future build.<\/p>\n<p>By and large, this isn&#8217;t a major issue because few (if any) machines actually run their OS&#8217;s from such a drive. 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