Posted on 05/04/2018 8:23:41 AM PDT by dayglored
Redmond, Google and Intel are desperately hunting for a fix
Microsoft says it's looking into reports that apps including "Hey Cortana" and Google Chrome hang or freeze for those who have installed the recent Windows 10 April 2018 Update.
The company suggests trying the Windows logo key + Ctrl + Shift + B to wake the screen or, for laptop users, opening and closing device lid, in an attempt to resolve the issue.
It's not immediately clear where the bug is hiding but developers from Microsoft, Google, and Intel are looking into it.
In a Chromium bug report thread – Chromium being the open source project behind Chrome – Yang Gu, a developer for Intel, suggests the problem is limited to those using the latest Windows 10 (version 1803) with Intel Kabylake (HD 620 and 630) chips.
In addition to Chrome misbehavior, there are also reports that Electron apps like Slack, which rely on an embedded version of Chromium, are crashing. Also, several users have reported Firefox problems after the Windows 10 update as well.
This has led to speculation that the bug may have something to do with how Windows interacts with ANGLE, a Google-developed graphics engine abstraction layer used by Chrome and Firefox to run WebGL content on Windows devices by translating OpenGL calls to Direct3D.
Those investigating the issue have observed that crashes no longer occur when the --disable-direct-composition flag is set. They also report that the problem isn't present in the latest Canary build of Chrome.
Turning off hardware acceleration in Chrome fixes the issue for some.
Microsoft says it hopes to have a fix ready for its next scheduled update on May 8. ®
That’s why I still use Windows 7.
Fear not.
Microsoft will win you and all over.
It’s a co-sponsor of the UN’s ID2020.org Universal Digital Identity consortium.
Resistance is futile...
From ID2020.org and the World Forum
Microsoft, the ID2020 Alliance, universal digital identification and you
Last year Microsoft joined ID2020, a global Alliance whose goal is to create universal digital identities for everyone. What are the social, economic and ethical implications of such an initiative?
JASON WARD
19 Feb 2018
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May 1
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May 1
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Did you test it?
Same here. Moving to Linux within the year.
The entire enterprise model I am working with has a technology migration plan that results in absolutely no Microsoft products at all.
Then there are the can't-leave-well-enough-alone busybodies at Firefox who keep 'improving' it. It runs great for a few days and then it continually slows down and can't find websites. I run all the 'fixes' and they either don't work or they only last a couple days. They used to have a 'health' check that lets you see how fast Firefox takes to boot. They removed it.
Daily maintenance is the way to go.
Relax!!!
I have this update done a week ago.
No problems for me, Chrome and Cortana working fine.
I haven't confirmed these reports on my own machines. My primary Win10 box is still at 1709 -- hasn't been selected by Microsoft for this latest update yet, although I expect it will within a few days (next Tuesday is Patch Tuesday after all).
I'm on the Insider Program but this report is about the formal release, not a preview.
Great news, thanks!
On a related note, the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17661 was just announced:
When I was teaching Microsoft Server I called them Undocumented Features....
For those who have never worked with MS, they are not friendly about taking suggestions from Intel or Google.
We tried to get them to use our versions for free and they can keep the code which were already working in the lab.
We got blown off and sometime, three years later they showed up in a product.
Did exactly the same thing but three years late.
“I dread the day my Win7 PC and laptop bite the dust.”
w7 Pro x64 biz class latitudes still available from Dell. these are excellent machines, btw ... a bit pricey, but worth it. anyone who’s serious about buying one these, PM me and i’ll give you my contact at Dell who’ll save you about 15% ...
Heh. Yeah. "Ask me anything."
Hey, Cortana...could you please f*** off and die?
My current Win7 laptop is a Dell. I bought it about 5 years ago. It is still running strong. I did replace the 5400 RPM hard drive with a 7200 RPM. That made a big difference with the i7 processor.
The Dell replaced a Samjunk i7 laptop that died exactly 1 month past the warranty. Motherboard. I took it to a local shop who contacted Samjunk for a replacement. Samjunk did not have any replacements, so I have an $800 door-stop.
You can find any motherboard on eBay.
“The company suggests trying the Windows logo key + Ctrl + Shift + B to wake the screen”
Remember when people complained that you had to jump thru hoops to get Linux to work right? #RollReversal
I got the 1803 update Monday and, except for disabling the microphone, all went well though it was a very long process. The mic was enabled via a setting change.
No noticeable change in operation with 1803...yet.
W10 has been FAR more stable than W7 and its’ infamous & frequent BSD.
“W10 has been FAR more stable than W7 and its’ infamous & frequent BSD.”
you’re just making that up. i’ve worked with hundreds of W7 systems in a professional capacity across a broad number of applications every since W7 firs came out and BSODs have been extremely rare, almost always caused by an actual hardware failure or a faulty driver by some obscure company with some obscure peripheral device.
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