Breelander wrote:
The last time I was in Currys/PCWorld I thought I'd have a look at exactly which build of Windows the OEMs had put on their laptops. While I was delving in the depths of the system on one laptop an assistant came up to me. He very quickly realised I knew more than him, the conversation quickly turning to the benefits for his career of taking the Microsoft Certified Professional exams (which he was studying for). .
Oh, and it turned out that the OEM supplied build was usually 1709, with 1803 being current at that time. So use Winver to check the build on your HP. If it's still being supplied with 1709 then expect to receive a Features Update shortly. There's usually a 30 grace period after first use before windows update will deliver the features update. at a minimum expect to get 1803 delivered after that (maybe even 1809).
Yes, the laptop had 1709 and it spent close to 4 hours last night installing 1803. A long time was spent "initialising...."
A bit more on Currys....
When I decided to buy, the sales guy checked the stock and they had one. They took an age to find it, which did give me more time to have a play with the display laptop. They finally got back to me with a cardboard box, which had been sealed with brown parcel tape, which didn't look like HP original. I queried it and they said that the laptop had been "set up" and a recovery USB created. It's a busy time of year so they set up machines in odd moments. And the set-up would only cost me £40! I told them that I had no intention of paying £40 for something I didn't want, so asked if they had any in stock elsewhere. They found a store about 5 miles away with two in stock and reserved one.
Went to the second store and the purchase went smoothly, charging me the expected £599.
I got home and started to open the box, and found that the box had been opened and resealed, though much more competently and invisibly using sellotape, and a sticker on the box stating that the laptop had been set up and a recovery USB was inside! I had a good look at the machine and didn't find anything worrying. It had been set up with a single account named User, not password protected and with admin rights.
During the first hour or so, I did get a pop-up from HP prompting me to buy ongoing support, and that the initial support would expire on 06Oct19, suggesting that Currys had set up the laptop almost 6 weeks ago and triggering the initial HP support period.
I think Currys have been a little bit naughty, but I'll live with it. As far as I am concerned, the laptop has a 1yr guarantee and that should be supported by the supplier (Currys), so the guarantee must start on the date of my purchase receipt, 18Nov18
--kiloran
Yes, I do that too, last time for a replacement Cannon Powershot when my old camera died after many years faithful service. I actually ended up in a physical John Lewis (and bought the Cannon there). 
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