Windows 10 News and Announcements...

Newest has to be better... "If nothing works, you may need to roll back your device to Windows 10 version 1909 or older".


Windows 10 May 2020 Update breaks down critical feature windowslatest.com - August 11, 2020

Windows 10 comes with a feature called ‘Credentials Manager’ that stores your sign-in information for websites, apps, and also networks, including the VPN connections. Windows Credentials feature isn’t new and it’s been around for a long time, and it is designed to save your login usernames and passwords.

Windows 10 version 2004 has a bug that interferes with Credentials Manager and it breaks Chrome, Edge, Windows apps, or VPN’s ability to authenticate users or let them sign in to their accounts. Users have also reported that they are being logged out of their browser or apps every time they restart their computers.

 

They cannot steal user data while users are logged in. So, they have to log them out for unauthorized data collection to occur. But, they're so stupid that they even break their own trash browser and UWP app crap in the process, not just Chrome and VPN. Windows as a service (WaaS) hasn't been well received so now they are going with their new Windows as a Virus (WaaV) program.

 

Nice! I allowed my crash test dummy Windoze OS X Enterprise 2004 Cancer Edition to install the latest update feces.

After restarting it threw an IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL blue screen. After restarting from that, it scanned drives for errors and then loaded Windoze OS X normally. As I was posting about this problem, it encountered an INTERRUPT_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED blue screen. But, that's OK, because they had good intentions.

Isn't that just so precious? Bless their corrupt little coal-black hearts. I'm sure it's tough for them always playing the part of a loser, but somebody's got to do it.

It ran all day long on LTSC (with no updates cancer) without so much as a single hiccup.

 

I have never seen this behavior with 2019 LTSC. Never. Every update works as intended. But this version is built on soon 2 years old Windows (1809) and not the new and flawed. And wait a while before people Jump on latest patch updates is good practice.

Edit. Forgot to add in... I never push the dreaded update button. Always download the patch and install off line with network disabled.

 

So, this kind of boring nonsense is what Micro$lop and their pathetic Kool-Aid drinking fanboy possee get excited about?

https://www.techradar.com/amp/news/windows-10-update-copy-and-paste-will-never-be-the-same-again

 

Windows 10 is NOT yours it never has and never will be August 11th 2020
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/windows-10.762434/page-572#post-11039124

 

I don't see what the issue is. Just dont use edge.

 

Not at all, it's about the ownership of your OS purchase, it's not yours, you don't own it, and you cant's control or refuse any enrollments or updates, and he said some information about some illegality of some low price windows licenses.

 

You missed the point.

Exactly.

Microsoft won't do much about illegally licenses. All they care about is the trafic to the Store. + the Cloud solutions. It's for a reason they still offer the "limited" #free# OS upgrade.

 

Microsoft and many other companies did not begin their era as evil companies that penetrate privacy, collect personal parameters and spy on users, but rather I believe that these companies have been pushed and pressured to do so in the interest of stronger parties.

 

Their only "customers" are shareholders. The rest of us are data sources to be plundered to enrich shareholders or the partners pawns they use to deploy the zombie devices needed to collect the data to be plundered for the enrichment of shareholders.

 

They will use all collected data from Telemetry (#useful too feed the artificial intelligence#) to please their new partners http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...nd-announcements.826887/page-63#post-11036373

 

Security is a myth that professional scammers use to sell the concept of safety to make themselves wealthy. Secure Boot, Secure Flash, Boot Guard and similar rubbish are gimmicks designed with the intent of forcing consumers into using only a specific operating system that facilitates data collection, or only select alternative operating systems where ransom money has been collected from licensing scams that authorize those licensed alternatives to be utilized on hardware that the Redmond Mafia doesn't own.

They portray software piracy as being the root of all evils, yet they offer no apology for being hardware pirates. CSM is not supposed to be an option on computers anymore and, in fact, it's not an option where the firmware Nazis have a stronghold and have entered into a demonic pact with the Redmond Mafia. Secure Flash and Boot Guard offer "safety" (monetary safety) first and foremost to the Redmond Mafia insomuch as it prevents consumers from using the hardware they purchased in whatever manner they wish to use it.

For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

 

More nasty bugs from the latest and greatest.


Windows 10 2004 to 1903: Blue screen 0xE6: DRIVER_VERIFIER_DMA_VIOLATION
good Morning August 12, 2020 7:59

Microsoft describes a specific bug that can occur in Windows 10 20H2, 2004, 1909 and 1903 on OEM versions. By repeatedly disabling and enabling a wireless device driver when Direct Memory Access Remapping (DMAr) is enabled.

This can lead to a blue screen with the stop error 0xE6: DRIVER_VERIFIER_DMA_VIOLATION. If the driver for wireless devices has been deactivated or activated during a repeated test via the device manager, the device may react more and more slowly. The memory (RAM) is not freed because the DMA adapter is allocating memory that is not freed correctly when DMA reallocation is enabled.

Microsoft is working on the problem. A solution will be included in an upcoming Windows version (no update). But to reiterate, it is a specific flaw. You can find everything else here: support.microsoft.com

 

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I found the same message in my spam folder.

 

I think it's not a spam, it's the new agreements, they said you have to agree with it, or remove their services and stop using it.

 

I was kidding around with you, bro. You are correct, it is not spam. It is a legitimate email and not phishing or spam.

Although, it was in my spam folder only because I have flagged their domain as a sender of unwanted email.

Have a nice weekend.

 

If I received that same email, I'd archive it or delete right away without reading it

Enviado do meu ASUS_I001DC através do Tapatalk

 

Terms of Service and EULA are difficult to enforce and almost nobody strictly abides by them. They are a contract of adhesion and saying something like "by continuing to use this service you agree to blah, blah, blah..." isn't technically binding or enforceable. Especially when those services or products are free and are not being (mis)used for profit in a nefarious manner. The Terms of Service and EULA serve a valid purpose and they are in place more for the benefit of the author (Micro$oft). The Terms of Service may serve to shield or limit them from liability for anything that occurs when an entity is using their product or services in a manner that is outside of scope or provisions of the one-sided terms they have put out there. To that extent, they are important and serve a useful purpose for the good of the grantor even though the enforcement of terms due and action for "violation" by the receiver almost never occurs. If something goes wrong, they can just say, "We're sorry, but you were using the service or product in a way that violates the agreement and it's your problem, not our problem." Very intelligent and business savvy, and I have no problem with the concept. I'd do the same if I were in their shoes.

 

Tl:dr
It's to cover their asses from being sued.

 

Microsoft account lockouts and the OneDrive 'nude photos'
Posted on August 14, 2020 by Günter Born

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Users who use a Microsoft account for Microsoft services or in Windows 10 would do well to be careful about what is being shoveled up from the OneDrive client on their online storage in the cloud. Because in case of doubt, a photo of the bathing children will block the Microsoft account - and that for a lifetime - practically a kick and you will fly into the digital Orkus and no longer exist.

Once again ... No one should use Microsoft accounts or their paid storage offers! Let them burn in with the storage costs and cloud for themselves.
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And the usual....


Windows 10 KB4565351 & KB4566782 updates plagued with issues windowslatest.com - August 14, 2020

Windows as a Service is updated frequently with fixes and improvements. On August 11, Microsoft published the latest batch of monthly security updates for Windows 10 version 1909, version 1903, and version 2004.

Users are now reporting that the Windows 10’s August 2020 cumulative updates fail with an uninformative error message of some variety. Windows 10 KB4565351 and KB4566782 are causing installation problems for users whose machines run the November 2019 Update (1909) and May 2020 Update (version 2004).


Microsoft confirms issues with Windows 10 2004 drive optimizer windowslatest.com - August 15, 2020
Windows 10 version 2004 was released on May 27 with WSL 2, Cloud Download, and several other improvements to the underlying code. Unfortunately, the May 2020 update also brought with it some issues, including one bug that hits you right in the storage drive....

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And what is better than add in new features who will be flooded with bugs? Yeah let Windows decide what graphics card you prefer to use. Combine this with forced on old drivers via Win Update after you have installed your new drivers and it will be a complete disgusting mess.

Windows 10 is getting new GPU controls for power users windowslates.com - August 12, 2020

Microsoft is rolling out Windows 10 Build 20190 to the testers in the Dev Channel (Fast Ring) and it includes some interesting changes on the GPU front, as well as improved post-update experience.

 

One can only describe the magnitude of their stupidity as tragic and devastating.

 

Subscribe or use of free Cloud Storage for backup of your privacy and personal data is outright craziness. With todays very cheap HDD/SSD's there is not a single reason use it even for your most useless data.

 

No, cloud storage is an invaluable too IF USED CORRECTLY.

Any personal data that's stored in the cloud should be encrypted in a password protected archive.

Personally I use cloud as part of a tiered 3-2-1 backup methodology. Cloud, local and offsite.

 

Nothing is 100% safe... Microsoft has backdoored its disk encryption. Do you think the average Joe know about this? Nope.

"As soon as your recovery key leaves your computer, you have no way of knowing its fate. A hacker could have already hacked your Microsoft account and can make a copy of your recovery key before you have time to delete it. Or Microsoft itself could get hacked, or could have hired a rogue employee with access to user data. Or a law enforcement or spy agency could send Microsoft a request for all data in your account, which would legally compel it to hand over your recovery key, which it could do even if the first thing you do after setting up your computer is delete it"


The web is flooded with similar info/warnings like this... https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/why-you-shouldnt-store-data-on-the-cloud/

https://solutionsreview.com/cloud-platforms/7-cloud-storage-security-risks-you-need-to-know-about/

In short... I do not want give away my home keys to strangers I meet on the corner. Microsoft or other Cloud vendors doesn't matter.

 

Oh i don't use Microsoft's garbage built in encryption, I use veracrypt.

 

Microsoft deprecates the DisableAntiSpyware option to disable Defender

 

"Windows 10 gets Windows 7’s optional updates experience"

- In Windows 10 Build 19041.450 or newer, Microsoft said it has restored the Windows 7 era optional updates page...

- This feature removes the need to get driver updates via Device Manager. Instead, you’ll be able to access the optional updates for drivers or security features under Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update > View optional updates.

- It’s worth noting that Windows Update will still automatically install several updates without your permission unless you click on ‘Pause update’ option or block updates using Windows Registry.

https://www.windowslatest.com/2020/08/18/windows-10-optional-updates-screen/

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Another movement by Microsoft in the RIGHT direction.

 

The usual after new patches. This is nothing new, just common. I wonder how much $$$, paid services would lose with better patches from Microsoft.


Windows 10 update causing BSOD, slow performance for some users windowslates.com - August 22, 2020

Microsoft released a batch of new Windows Updates that cause massive problems for some users. The recent 'bug-fixing' updates pushed out by the company could be one of the worst yet, resulting in Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) errors, performance issues, and other bugs....

A number of users found that this patch introduced more problems than it corrects. Plenty of people couldn’t install the update at all, while others kept running into Blue Screen of Death and even Green Screen of Death errors.¨

 

I have not any problems.

 

Here's How To Get Windows 10 Version 20H2 On Your Machine Right Now hothardware.com
Windows 10 enthusiasts and power users who want to get the 20H2 version of the OS on their computer will be happy to learn that Microsoft has made it available for commercial pre-release validation. Microsoft notes that Windows 10 version 20H2 is currently available for commercial customers to begin feature validation and exploration, before it reaches general availability.

Microsoft says Windows versions 2004 and 20H2 share a common core operating system with an identical set of system files. "Microsoft notes that new features were added to monthly updates for version 2004 in an inactive and dormant state"....

This is one of the contributors why every new patch update brings new issues. Each time they add in new features in current OS for the next version they break something in the effort. Windows 10 OS as services will always be a broken piece of OS. Can't be fixed. You simply can't fix stupidity....



Windows 10: Control broken on Windows Update? borncity.com Posted on August 24, 2020 by Günter Born

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Apparently Microsoft has changed something to Windows Update on Windows 10 clients in the last few months. Many supposedly optional preview updates are now installed by default without the user being able to decline them.

 

Me either. All working awesome. I guess when people start messing around with Shut up this, and disable that and the other thing, it actually messes up the OS. Just use it as it comes and it works great. Weird. Sense a theme here. Almost like OC'ing and tweaking. Start messing around and everything works worse than before.

 

Nope. Others use same tweak software without problems. And the flaws start right after new patches arrives.

If you see all flaws that need to be fixed in the different OS versions... http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/windows-10-redstone-5.823238/page-90#post-11041206

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/windows-10-1903.827243/page-47#post-11041223

Expect more in the OS that don't work as expected! Aka more patches for bugs will come. Why the need for all fixes "if the OS is working awesome" as you claim?

Edit. This is only a few fixes from last week...

Improvements and fixes

This non-security update includes quality improvements. Key changes include:

• Provides the ability to sync the Microsoft Edge IE Mode unidirectional session cookie when an administrator configures the session cookie.
• Addresses an issue that displays a black screen to Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) users when they attempt to sign in.
• Addresses an issue that, in certain scenarios, causes the GetConsoleWindow function to return an unusable value within a process that started with a CREATE_NO_WINDOW flag.
• Updates time zone information for the Yukon, Canada.
• Addresses an issue with Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) that causes a memory leak when multiple clients connect to the same server.
• Addresses an intermittent issue that causes a touchscreen to stop working after several sleep and wake cycles.
• Addresses an issue that causes new child windows to flicker and appear as white squares on server devices that are configured for stark visual contrast.
• Addresses an issue with File Explorer’s preview of .msg files when Microsoft Outlook 64-bit is installed.
• Addresses an issue that causes all open Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps to close unexpectedly. This occurs when their installer calls the Restart Manager to restart File Explorer (explorer.exe).
• Addresses an issue that causes the Settings page to close unexpectedly, which prevents default applications from being set up properly.
• Addresses an issue that causes user profile folder names to get excessively long, which might lead to MAX_PATH issues.
• Addresses an issue with unexpected notifications related to changing default applications settings.
• Addresses an issue that creates random line breaks in PowerShell’s console error output when the output is redirected.
• Addresses an issue that prevents a delegated user from importing a Group Policy object (GPO) even though the user has the required privilege.
• Addresses an issue with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) queries that contain case insensitive names that affect the Patch Management solution for a customer.
• Addresses an issue with object performance counters.
• Addresses an issue that causes an error if you open Microsoft OneDrive files on demand when User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) is enabled. To apply this solution, set the following DWORD to 1: “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\UEV\Agent\Configuration\ApplyExplorerCompatFix”
• Addresses an issue that causes applications to take a long time to open.
• Addresses an issue that sometimes prevents AppLocker from running an application whose publisher rule allows it to run.
• Addresses an issue in which AppLocker publisher rules might sometimes prevent applications from loading software modules; this can cause partial application failure.
• Addresses an issue that causes the CryptCATAdminCalcHashFromFileHandle() function to leak memory when it’s called. That memory is not reclaimed until the calling application closes.
• Addresses an issue that might prevent the cluster service from starting and generates the error “2245 (NERR_PasswordTooShort)”. This occurs if you configure the “Minimum Password Length” Group Policy with more than 14 characters. For more information, see KB4557232.
• Addresses an issue that causes the configuration of the “Minimum Password Length” Group Policy with more than 14 characters to have no effect. For more information, see KB4557232.
• Addresses an issue that causes a system to stop working and generates a 7E stop code.
• Addresses an issue that prevents you from unlocking a device if you typed a space before the username when you first signed in to the device.
• Addresses classification failures caused by the wrong User Principal Name (UPN).
• Addresses an issue that causes a stop error on a Hyper-V host when a virtual machine (VM) issues a specific Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI) command.
• Addresses an issue that might display Processor Frequency as zero (0) for certain processors.
• Addresses an issue with a sleep system call on Glibc-2.31 or later that’s running on a Windows Subsystem for Linux 1 (WSL 1) distribution.
• Addresses an issue that causes delays during shutdown when running the Microsoft Keyboard Filter Service.
• Addresses a transient network disconnection issue that may happen when you enable packet capturing using "netsh start trace capture=yes". This issue might also occur when you install third-party Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) filter drivers.
• Addresses an issue in Software Load Balancing scenarios that prevents a connection from being responsive to TCP resets.
• Introduces support for Direct Server Return (DSR) configuration for container load balancers that are created by the Host Networking Service (HNS).
• Adds new functionality to the robocopy command.
• Addresses an issue that fails to log events 4732 and 4733 for Domain-Local group membership changes in certain scenarios. This occurs when you use the “Permissive Modify” control; for example, the Active Directory (AD) PowerShell modules use this control.
• Addresses a Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) Scoping support issue in the Active Directory Federation Service (AD FS) that is related to entityID and IDPList. For more information, see section 3.4.1.2 of the SAML Core specification.
• Addresses an issue that logs incorrect IPs in the audit logs for Windows Transport requests because of missing or outdated data.
• Addresses an issue that prevents Account activity cmdlets from executing when you specify an identity that is not in a UPN format.
• Addresses an issue with Server Message Block (SMB). This issue incorrectly logs the Microsoft-Windows-SMBClient 31013 event in the Microsoft-Windows-SMBClient/Security event log of an SMB client when an SMB server returns STATUS_USER_SESSION_DELETED. This issue occurs when SMB client users or applications open multiple SMB sessions using the same set of Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connections on the same SMB Server. This issue most likely occurs on Remote Desktop Servers.
• Addresses an issue with the CsvFs driver that prevents the Win32 API from accessing SQL Server Filestream data. This occurs when you store that data on a Cluster Shared Volume in a SQL Server failover cluster instance on Azure VMs.
• Addresses an issue with the Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH) that fails to open the Start menu for mandatory profile users.
• Addresses an issue that might cause a stop error (0xC00002E3) at startup. This issue occurs after installing certain Windows Updates that were released on or after April 21, 2020.
• Addresses a runtime error that causes Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) to stop working when duplicate windows messages are sent to WindowProc().

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Windows as a desktop OS will only be a wet dream. Soon transformed into a fully fledged phone OS. I expect people still haven't forgot why Microsoft went for the colorful flashy tiles in the successor to Win 7.



Windows 10 could soon run on your Android smartphone: Windows 10 for ARM developers mark a milestone with dual-screen display now supported on the Lumia 950 XL

 

No more windows on phone. Not going to happen. What are you dredeging up news from 6 years ago for? The guy is messing around with a long discontinued phone. It’s not Microsoft doing any of that.

and no worrys about windows ever not being a computer based OS. That is some way out there stuff you are spewing

 

Be you sure... They ain’t finished destroy Win 10 as desktop OS.

Microsoft Surface Duo price, release date and phone specs

Microsoft is avoiding calling the Microsoft Surface Duo a smartphone, going so far as to call it a “communication device” when it revealed the device in late 2019. However, it’s shaping up to look like the first new Microsoft-branded phone in years – and an impressive one at that.

 

Probably! Can't say.... They might switch to 3 yrs only security updates.

 

Yes, and it runs......wait for it......ANDROID.

Please who is your dealer, looks like he has high quality stuff.

 

This leaves the door open to the possibility of running “Windows 10 on Android devices” sometime in the future.

From Notebookcheck’s article above.

 

Won't happen. That ship has sailed. They even axed 10X OS, which was going to be windows ARM setup. Microsoft has said no thanks to a mobile platform, instead embracing android, with the duo, launcher and samsungs integration with your phone. No way they are going to attempt a mobile operating system. Desktop, notebook and convertible OS only.

 

Finally!

We fixed an issue that causes the Optimize Drives dialog to incorrectly report that previously optimized drives need to be optimized again.

 

Damn nice. Great work. Only a couple of months and the Win 10 May 2004 Upgrade is EOL and history Maybe they target for the fall upgrade but managed it before time?

 

Apple got raked over the coals for calling the original iPhone the same thing back in 2007. How the tables have turned.


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not even your SSD is safe from Windoze10 updates, but don't worry...as usual, the Insider Program guinea pigs are hard at work testing the patch for us, so no worries...

 

Yep!

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"Windows 10 update could kill your SSD — what you need to know"

- A Windows 10 update bug could slowly ruin your SSD, but a fix is coming

- Bug-tracking site BleepingComputer reported that the Windows 10 May 2020 Update, aka version 2004, has been causing a suite of problems including one that messes with the ‘Defragment and Optimize Drives’ tool in the operating system

- ...Windows 10 version 2004 doesn’t record the last time an SSD was defragmented and optimized correctly.

- ...due to the tool not recording the defragmentations, it can end up defragging an SSD every time the drive gets rebooted, effectively defragging an SSD some 30 times more often than it really should be. This could ultimately damage the longevity of an SSD, slowly killing it.

- ...Windows 10 Build 19042.487 (20H2) update, which is currently being rolled out to members of the Windows Insider program, promises to squash the bug.

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/windows-10-update-could-kill-your-ssd-what-you-need-to-know

 

I heard new LTSC builds will not arrive this year and we can expect in late 2021 or early 2022. I was seeing potential LTSC build being 20201.
Was waiting to upgrade from RS5/1809.

 

Windows 10 2004 / 20H2 defrag bug only partially fixed. SSD continues to be defragmented
good Morning August 30, 2020 11:45 am 40 comments
With KB4571744 Microsoft has taken on the defrag bug in the display under Optimize drives and corrected the wrong description for the current status. But that is also the only correction. Because SSDs are still defragmented.

 

I have not any bugs

 

My advice still stands on own feets... Have it disabled and run it manually when you yourself prefer

"The maintenance task does a lot more than trim the ssd's or clean up. This integrated tool in Windows OS can also work as Micro$oft spy tool"

 

Next time maybe it will be the same for Dellbooks Remember Microsoft throw out new patches every month


Windows 10 failure: Lenovo confirms BSOD, more users report bugs windowslatest.com - August 30, 2020

After applying the Windows 10 August update, if you're having problems with your laptop, especially Lenovo ThinkPad, you're not the only one. A bug in Windows 10 KB4566782 and Lenovo's BIOS is causing ThinkPad laptop to get stuck in Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). Lenovo has released a statement offering a workaround that seems to fix the issue for users, but non-Lenovo owners are also running into problems after August patch.

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Microsoft is investigating Windows 10 bug that causes taskbar to slow down windowslatest.com - August 31, 2020

A Windows 10 bug or design flaw is causing taskbar's jump list (right-click menu) to slow down on some computers. Windows 10 taskbar comes with a feature called 'Jump List', which has been around since Windows 7 and it allows you to right-click an app’s icon to access frequently used items....

Fortunately, the bug report has been acknowledged by Rich Turner, Sr. Program Manager at Microsoft. According to Rich Turner, Microsoft’s product team are currently investigating the report and they’ll share the result of the findings soon.

If you use flagship hardware, chances are you won’t notice taskbar performance problems, but the delay could be noticeable on low-end hardware, especially older devices.