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Incoming! Microsoft unleashes more fixes for Windows 10 October 2018 Update
The Register ^ | Dec 6, 2018 | Richard Speed

Posted on 12/06/2018 9:25:36 PM PST by dayglored

Got a Surface Book 2 on 1803? You should probably uninstall last week's update

Users of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update, rejoice! Microsoft has slung out a hefty patch to, er, fix a whole bunch of stuff that was broken in the Update of the Damned.

Released last night, KB4469342 is packed full of updates, with two notable changes lurking at the end of the list of tweaks. The failure of mapped drives to reconnect after starting and logging into a Windows device – which was a showstopper for many enterprises and consumers with home servers – has been fixed, as has the mysterious issue that prevented Win32 program defaults being set for certain file and app combinations.

The other items in the long, long list of fixes include sorting out the brightness slider for the screen resetting to 50 per cent on restart, dealing with Bluetooth headsets dropping audio input after a few minutes and sorting borked display settings on a multi-monitor configuration for some users.

Enterprises will also be pleased to see the bug fixed where Intune would incorrectly mark a device as not compliant due to a firewall returning a "Poor" status, meaning that the affected device might lose access to corporate services such as email.

There are, of course, known issues. The Seek Bar in Windows Media Player is as broken as it is in, well, pretty much ever other supported edition of Windows 10 for certain files, and you'll need to update your Nvidia driver if you have hardware from the go-faster graphics vendor and are one of the vanishingly small cadre of users that (a) use Edge and (b) watch video with it.

Not in the known issues list for this patch is the Blue Screen of Death error experienced by Surface Book 2 users, which currently afflicts those with the April 2018 Update on their pricey devices. Attempting to install the KB4467682 patch, released last week for 1803, has left many scrambling for the uninstall option. Microsoft has now updated its advice for the update, instructing affected users to uninstall it ASAP and blocked the flagship hardware from receiving it.

A fix is expected in December's security update release.

Windows Insiders on the Release Preview Ring have, of course, had the KB4469342 update since last week in order to shake out any lurking issues. Which is, after all, what the Release Preview Ring is for. If only Microsoft had thought to do something similar with the October 2018 Update itself, eh Brandon?

It's not irrelevant. We just did a small change in our approach. 1809 is going to RP today and will be critical for helping kick start servicing. Slow was helpful in helping ID any show stopping bugs this time around. — Brandon LeBlanc (@brandonleblanc) October 2, 2018

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: bluescreenofdeath; crashandburn; google; microsoft; patches; windows; windows10; windowspinglist; windowsupdate
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It's Patch Tuesday... no, wait, Patch Thursday... wait, what?
1 posted on 12/06/2018 9:25:36 PM PST by dayglored
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To: Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; AppyPappy; arnoldc1; ATOMIC_PUNK; bajabaja; ...
Windows 10 Update... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

2 posted on 12/06/2018 9:26:13 PM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored

Just leave us Windows 7 people alone.
I don’t need anymore ‘improvements’.
Every single time I turn my laptop off, there are Updates it wants to load. Trouble is, these nightly updates take forever to upload. Some evenings, it takes so very long to finish updates that I have to manually shut the computer down. Otherwise, this may last all night long!

It was not always like this. Not till after I had something else repaired at shop last June. Too expensive to keep running back to that shop.


3 posted on 12/06/2018 9:33:33 PM PST by lee martell (AT)
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To: lee martell
> Just leave us Windows 7 people alone.

In a twisted sense, it will be a relief when January 2020 comes around and Windows 7 officially becomes "unsupported". Meaning no more updates.

Yeah, that means it will get increasingly risky to use it for web surfing.

But the fact that after many years of pushing Windows 10 down everyone's throat, Win7 still has half of the Windows user base, means that a heck of a lot of people are more than willing to take that risk.

4 posted on 12/06/2018 9:48:12 PM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored

Will this version of Windows 10 also delete your personal files as the last one did?


5 posted on 12/06/2018 9:55:01 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: dayglored

That 1803 which came out last week would not install and I believe it was attempted some 50 times!! However, tonight, it installed without any issues.

There were only two updates, the above and also one for flash player as of early this evening.


6 posted on 12/06/2018 9:57:42 PM PST by hsmomx3
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> Will this version of Windows 10 also delete your personal files as the last one did?

No, it overcompensates in the other direction, by generating a bunch of new "personal" files with spicy content for your entertainment when you discover them.

Just kidding.

I think. :-)

7 posted on 12/06/2018 9:59:52 PM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored
In a twisted sense, it will be a relief when January 2020 comes around and Windows 7 officially becomes "unsupported". Meaning no more updates.

Yeah, that means it will get increasingly risky to use it for web surfing.

But the fact that after many years of pushing Windows 10 down everyone's throat, Win7 still has half of the Windows user base, means that a heck of a lot of people are more than willing to take that risk.

Not sure I would want to continue using Win 7 for any bank or investment account when the security patches stop.

8 posted on 12/06/2018 10:36:16 PM PST by CatOwner
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To: CatOwner
> Not sure I would want to continue using Win 7 for any bank or investment account when the security patches stop.

I would strongly recommend against it. Then again, I wouldn't use Win10 either. Personally I use non-Windows systems for financial or other critical online work. Smaller attack surface and far fewer active exploits in the wild for Mac and Linux.

I love Win7, and will not voluntarily switch to Win10 except for compatibility testing of my software. When I think Win7 have at last run its course, I'll be using Mac and Linux systems for anything that doesn't absolutely require Windows. Sad, but true.

9 posted on 12/06/2018 10:52:11 PM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored

Having gone the route of upgrading to Windows10 and experiencing many of the problems described I hope this solves these problems. I have lost way too.much time particularly with the Bluetooth headset issues where the only solution I figured out wasI to close everything and restart the computer to reconnect. I also use three screens in addition to my workstation laptop and have had problems described. Pray this works.


10 posted on 12/07/2018 3:14:03 AM PST by LibertyOh
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To: LibertyOh; dayglored

I’m not a real techie so I don’t understand how all this works, and when I checked my Windows specifications it looks like mine didn’t take the update even though I ran the updater to try to get it. It appears I have a different OS Build (17134.407) on my Windows 10 Pro Edition, using Version 1803, than the one described in the article(OS Build 17763.168) which says it applies to Version 1809. Is it just simply I have to wait in line until the automatic updater rolls it to me?


11 posted on 12/07/2018 3:23:17 AM PST by LibertyOh
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To: dayglored

I remember the October Windows 10 update.
It was especially bad on my Windows phone.
The email app, Outlook, would start and immediately close.
It was 2 updates later (2 weeks) that the email app came back to life.
And it wasn’t just my phone. Several guys at work also have Windows phones and they saw the same thing.


12 posted on 12/07/2018 4:09:54 AM PST by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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To: dayglored
I don't have "real" internet, I use my smartphone as a hot spot. I also have limited data, so I tell W10 my connection is metered.
It still runs updates, using up all my data, if I let it. I constantly check the win update service to make sure it is disabled, as it keeps re-enabling itself and starting up again! I still like Windows, but I hate Microsoft...
13 posted on 12/07/2018 4:09:58 AM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: dayglored

14 posted on 12/07/2018 5:57:12 AM PST by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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To: dayglored

Earlier in the week I could tell something was going on with Windows updates.

My Win10 tablet rebooted 6 different times throughout the day. I could tell because I would notice a different start-up/log-in picture and I would have to re-enter my password.

It is aggravating when Win10 does that because it closes any open programs.

The longer I have the Win10 tablet, the more I hate Win10. And I primarily use the tablet to listen to online radio because it is easier to any real computing on the Win7 laptop and desktop.


15 posted on 12/07/2018 6:51:56 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: jeffc

I still use Win7 desktop and have had UPDATES turned off for several years. My computer still gets an occasional ‘critical update’ installed without my permission. One way I could tell was having weird things happen. I would have to do a system restore to a date earlier than the ‘critical update’. After the system restore, things seemed to work correctly.

I have not had to do that recently. I assume MS has cut down on the mandatory ‘critical updates’ for Win7.

Too many times over the years, software updates from various companies have created more problems than they solved.


16 posted on 12/07/2018 7:30:56 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: dayglored

We seem to share a sense of dread regarding pending doom.


17 posted on 12/07/2018 7:46:43 AM PST by GingisK
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To: Pollard
Eh, I thought I'd post before the linux nuts, but should've realized they pounce on these threads quickly.

Tell you what, if linux developers focused their efforts on 3-5 great distributions instead of the hundreds of choices out there, they may have more of a following. Any vague references to sudo and command line when something goes wrong will lose about 98% of the prospective "market". I'm sure Linux is superior, but they have a genuine PR problem.

I've really wanted Linux to succeed on my equipment but such is not the case....
18 posted on 12/07/2018 8:45:27 AM PST by tenger (If we don't stay on 'em, they'll get it wrong. - Joe Soucheray)
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To: lee martell

[[Some evenings, it takes so very long to finish updates that I have to manually shut the computer down.]]

Seems like with windows 10 we now have computers not for work, but for updating- With windows 7 & such, we could update once a week or so- but now windows wants to update every night, and like you say, we have to set aside time to make it happen- every night practically? Ugggh- Seems like folks are more and more being held hostage by ridiculously long updates-


19 posted on 12/07/2018 9:37:44 AM PST by Bob434
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To: dayglored

[[Yeah, that means it will get increasingly risky to use it for web surfing.]]

That’s when a dual boot scenario makes sense- use linux for web browsing, and then boot into windows 7 only to do windows only programs and games, and for the most part stay off the Internet with windows- or only go to known good sites with it- and leave the other sites to the linux os- or run windows with a virtual machine with linux on it as a kind of sandbox thing- but that would mean looking into securing the VM so that viruses don’t jump to the windows environment easily-

I prefer the dual boot method- it’s a little more inconvenient, but i got it down to a system where durign the day I do all my browsing on linux, then later at night boot into windows to play my online racing game, or use photoshop or play windows only games offline. I probably should run it all in a sandbox environment- i might look into that-


20 posted on 12/07/2018 9:44:39 AM PST by Bob434
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