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    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by jclausius, Jan 10, 2019.

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    "From alert to driver vulnerability: Microsoft Defender ATP investigation unearths privilege escalation flaw"

    - third-party kernel drivers are becoming a more appealing target for attackers and an important area of research for security analysts

    - Computer manufacturers usually ship devices with software and tools that facilitate device management. These software and tools, including drivers, often contain components that run with ring-0 privileges in the kernel

    - We traced the anomalous behavior to a device management driver developed by Huawei

    - Starting in Windows 10, version 1809, the kernel has been instrumented with new sensors designed to trace User APC code injection initiated by a kernel code, providing better visibility into kernel threats like DOUBLEPULSAR

    https://www.microsoft.com/security/...d=_qfa3gxmmgwkfrzslxcm9pyfc6f2xmkntu030m3eu00


    "How Microsoft found a Huawei driver that opened systems to attack"

    - Huawei MateBook systems that are running the company's PCManager software included a driver that would let unprivileged users create processes with superuser privileges

    - The insecure driver was discovered by Microsoft using some of the new monitoring features added to Windows version 1809 that are monitored by the company's Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) service.

    - Windows 10 version 1809 included tracing designed to detect DOUBLEPULSAR-type backdoors. DOUBLEPULSAR is one of the many techniques devised by the National Security Agency and subsequently leaked.


    Kudos to the Redmondians on this one. Gotta give credit where credit is due.
     
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    It means they can pinpoint any threats and get advanced response within an hour to get detailed analysis and action.
    19H1's Defender is on-par with Kaspersky Free but as usual Defender sometimes runs slow on low end system with HDD and RAM. Kaspersky simply is flawless.
     
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    Part of the credit goes to their discovering and reporting the vulnerability to begin with.

     
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    I have Kaspersky Free in a couple of my machines. I still hate that slow GUI startup. Amazing that Kaspersky never bothered fix this mess. You say simply Flawless? Nope!
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...tion-oct-dec-2018.827442/page-2#post-10878484
     
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    Over Half of Windows 10 Users May Never Update to Version 1809

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    Windows 10 V1809 will not come and the V1903 will not be available April 1, 2019
    Published on March 28, 2019 by Günter Born
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    Microsoft is in the final spurt in terms of release of Windows 10 version 1903. What I can say: The release is not on April 1, 2019, for a very specific reason. And Windows 10 version 1809 will never be widely distributed - it's sort of the 'Failure Function Update of the Year'. Here are a few (not always serious) information, with a strong background.
     
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    Kaspersky free is deprecated :oops: I switched to KSC Free on my sis's but v1803 is bugged so I need to update to v1809 beta build, I'm holding it off to v1903 public release.
     
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    "Microsoft officially designates Windows 10 1809 as ready for broad deployment"

    - Microsoft finally is telling business users that Windows 10 1809, originally released last fall, is ready for deployment -- just a month before Windows 10 1903 may start rolling out.

    - When it began rolling out Windows 10 1809 in November, officials said they would be making some changes aimed at improving feature-release quality. So far, as far as I know, they haven't revealed what these improvements are.

    https://www.zdnet.com/article/micro...indows-10-1809-as-ready-for-broad-deployment/

    Where's the popcorn eating guinea pig gif?
     
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    They should axe it from LTSC branch. LTSC should be stable and reliable, v1809 is nowhere near those 2 factors.
     
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    Of course they had to. It would have been a big downturn if this had not been in order before the next tragedy is launched. Not trustworthy!

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    Microsoft Finally Gets Rid of Anti-Cheat GSOD – Upgrade Block to Be Lifted Soon

    And will this version be better than the previous 1809? I think so. Because the last was the utter bottom barrel. CAN'T BE WORSE THAN 1809?:rolleyes:
     
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    Only a
    New update KB4490481 in the Release Preview Ring. But only blue screen with restart loop:rolleyes:
    Yeah., it's a Joke!
     
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    The Tragedy continue...
    Windows 10’s “Stable” April 2019 Update Will Cause BSODs in Some Games
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/windows-10-1903.827243/page-5#post-10891377

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    Windows 10 News App Blunder Made Users Think They're Infected
    A configuration mistake in the Microsoft News app caused Window 10 users to receive strange test notifications, which caused them to think they were infected.
     
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    Microsoft Abandons Windows 10’s Constant Forced Updates Howtogeek.com | April 5, 2019

    Microsoft has a major announcement today: Windows 10 will no longer automatically install those big feature updates every six months. Home users can pause smaller updates, too. In fact, Windows will even let you pause updates after checking for them!

    This is huge. It’s Microsoft’s biggest change in Windows strategy since the company released Windows 10. Microsoft is giving up on “Windows as a service” that is automatically updated outside of your control... Still Half-baked!
     
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    I think MSFT IT team felt it was PITA to manage broken 6 month releases and this is a life-saver and time-saver.
     
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    NOPE! I think this was needed due they hope Win 7 users will jump on Win 10 before they need. After the Win 10 - 1809 fiasco they had to do something. + they want the 1803 users over on newest version. Aka this will means higher numbers for their coming new Junk. Don't forget the adoption rate for version 1809... It was a disaster!
     
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    v1809 being LTSC version is nothing less than a disaster movie. Usually LTS version should be made during april/may aka Spring when every user decide to cleanup their smart devices for fresh start instead of destroying their christmas holidays for Fall updates.
     
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    Great news! Should have been like that from the start!
     
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    If this was another company, I would think some people got fired or at least got into a lot of trouble for 1809 fiasco and this would be kind of goodwill gesture to shut up all the complaining from users, but it's MS, so I say this doesn't change anything: those who don't like updates on MS terms already found and use remedies like metered connection or OOSU10, those who don't care will get updates as usual, maybe after little more testing. What is shocking, at least to me that this forced updates lasted that long and apparently not enough people complained for them to change it until now? or is it monopoly at it's best, I mean worst?
     
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    Talk about lasted that long...
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    With Windows 10 1809, Microsoft drops safe removal of USB drives as the default option
    To safely remove or not to safely remove? That is the question... although another one might reasonably be, "well, what difference does it really make?". Since the arrival of USB drives, we have been warned that they need to be "safely removed" using the correct method in Windows, rather than just being yanked out -- but now this changes.

    With Windows 10 1809, Microsoft is changing the default setting that's applied to USB drives and other removable media. The change means that the default policy applied to removable storage devices is Quick Removal rather than Better Performance -- so you can now just pull it out without a second thought.
     
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    That's weird, I thought the default now is already Quick Removal - I always remember having to change to "Better Performance" if that was something I wanted in a USB stick that was connected.

    As far as I remember is was Quick Removal as default in both Windows 7 & Windows 10.
     
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    I always use quick removal.
     
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    "Windows 10 News App Blunder Made Users Think They're Infected"

    - A configuration mistake in the Microsoft News app caused Window 10 users to receive strange test notifications, which caused them to think they were infected.

    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...app-blunder-made-users-think-theyre-infected/



    Ninja'ed and I didn't even know it! Pappy had this already posted (but sorta hidden) at the end of this post - http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...and-announcements.826887/page-7#post-10891378
     
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    "Microsoft is making big Windows 10 update changes starting with the May 2019 release"

    - Microsoft is continuing to tweak how the Windows 10 update process works.

    - Business customers will be able to start testing the commercially-available 19H1/1903 update internally in late May, and Microsoft will use the late May date when it begins rollout as the start of the 18-month support period for Windows 10 1903.

    https://www.zdnet.com/article/micro...-update-changes-starting-with-the-may-2019-re
     
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    Good thing I removed most MSN apps, because it started recommending using iOS and Android App instead of W10 app.
     
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    There’s a reason why your Win10 1803 machine hasn’t been pushed onto 1809 April 9th, 2019 at 12:59 | Askwoody.com

    The 1803-to-1809 push pace has gone from slow to glacial.

    Gregg Keizer has the details on Computerworld:

    According to AdDuplex, … Windows 10 1809 powered just 26% of surveyed Windows 10 systems as of March 26. The gain from February to March, only 5 percentage points, was about half the increase from January to February, illustrating the slowing of 1809’s adoption.​

    I don’t trust AdDuplex’s numbers, of course, but the trend is unmistakable. Microsoft’s pulling back on 1809.

    I would submit that, with the redirection of the Windows Insider Release Preview Ring — used to be Win10 1809 cumulative update previews and now it’s Win10 1903 beta build — we’re seeing a full-on retreat. I fully expect that Win10 1909 will be nothing more than “Win10 1903 Service Pack 1/2” in fact, if not in name.

    Which is great. Perhaps Microsoft is pulling back from its insane twice-a-year Windows update pace.
     
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    This month’s Windows patching debacle gradually comes into focus Woody on Computerworld | April 12, 2019
    April 2019 Windows patches wreaked havoc on many PCs, with crashes linked to Sophos, Avast and Avira products and debilitating slowdown reports on Win10 1809 machines. Who’s testing this stuff? Ends up the answer isn’t all that simple.

    Clearly, there was some change in those six patches that broke a long-standing entry into the internals of Windows. Clearly, at least some Sophos, Avast and Avira products used the now-broken hook. Does Microsoft have the right to cut off a hole in Windows, even if it’s being used by antivirus vendors? Certainly. Do the antivirus vendors have a right to know about — be explicitly warned about — changes that are coming that’ll break their products? I would answer yes. Should everybody — Microsoft and the antivirus vendors — be testing this stuff before it’s released? Absolutely. We’re talking about major AV products here, with millions of users.

    We can point the finger in a dozen different directions, but there’s one sad fact: Whoever decided to release these six patches either a) didn’t know or b) didn’t care that they’d brick millions of machines.


    It seems Micro$oft only test patches on a few machines and only with their own home-brewed Anti Virus software. May I smell an attempt to open promote their own AV software benefits as the only way to go for windoze users?:rolleyes:
     
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    Ah yes, the problem I experienced, gaining traction in the media! Yes, both the antivirus companies & Microsoft need to be testing this stuff together (whoever leads it) before it's released.
     
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    Avast is known for not follow the Redmond Retards changes. This was as expected! From what I know there is now 4 major AV products whitch can't/couldnt cooparate with them. Regardless... Micro$haft has to start one place... Maybe talk with them beforehand before they start push out their patches screw up's. But this is probably asking for too much!
     
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    We can add in ArcaBit antivirus software into this patch screw'up mess as well.
    upload_2019-4-13_12-21-21.png

    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...l-2019-updates-are-causing-windows-to-freeze/
     
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    v1903.53 fails to install on my PCs, it says Dism failed to find any packages.
     
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    Sophos, Avast warn of Windows machines failing to boot after latest Microsoft patchpcworld.com | April 15, 2019

    Antivirus makers Sophos and Avast are warning users that installing a recent Windows update may cause their PCs to lock up or fail to boot.
     
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    Looks like the KB4493509 and Avira compatibility problem that I talked about a few days ago is no longer a problem. Avira got an update, I tried installing KB4493509 again, and now no more system hangs. Great, so fixed, I thought it would be a quick fix!

    (Avira have also taken down their warning on their support pages re KB4493509, which I noticed happen a day or two ago).
     
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    Microsoft lost control over the Windows Tiles domain and someone took it
    by Martin Brinkmann on April 17, 2019 in Security, Windows - No comments
    Microsoft introduced Tiles in the Windows Start Menu and Start page when it launched the Windows 8 operating system. Designed to add a dynamic note to the previously static program, service and […]

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    From the beginning...
    Sorry Microsoft, I have no use for Live Tiles [​IMG]
    Microsoft introduced Live Tiles to Windows Phone and brought the feature over to the desktop when it launched the Windows 8 operating systems.

    Live Tiles have not changed much in Windows 10, but a couple of new options like new tile sizes were added nevertheless.

    Windows phone is Dead and buried, but the very disgusting Phone OS still is here :no:
     
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    They don't even have good first party apps. Live Tiles is deprecated since v1809 came out. Nothing much works in UWP ecosystem.
     
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    [​IMG]
    Now also McAfee in the list of problems with the Windows April Update [​IMG] good Morning April 19, 2019
    ArcaBit, Avast and AVG were previously known. Now McAfee has also joined the list, which get problems with the April update from Windows MESS. So the computer starts slower and also reacts slower. Indicated is the McAfee Endpoint Security...
     
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    I'm a bit late with this post, and Ultra has posted a similar news item (different source - http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/windows-10-1903.827243/page-8#post-10901183), but for those of you that haven't yet seen it...

    "Microsoft blocks Windows 10 May 2019 Update on PCs that use USB storage or SD cards"

    - Users must remove any USB storage device and SD card and restart May 2019 Update installation.

    - the impending May 2019 Update may not install on their systems if they use external USB storage devices or SD cards.

    - "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," the company said. "For this reason, these computers are currently blocked from receiving the May 2019 Update."

    https://www.zdnet.com/article/micro...date-on-pcs-that-use-usb-storage-or-sd-cards/
     
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    Home edition users will rejoice! Have a cheap USB drive connected always and update won't happen.
     
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    "Windows 10 PC with under 32GB storage? No 1903 update for you, says Microsoft"

    - Microsoft finally raises its minimum storage requirements to 32GB for the Windows 10 May 2109 Update.

    - The minimum is up from the entirely unrealistic previous minimum storage capacities of 16GB for 32-bit Windows 10 and 20GB for 64-bit.

    - It's not known why Microsoft has now raised its minimum storage requirements, but coming with Windows 10 1903 is Microsoft's 'reserved storage', which Microsoft expects will keep about 7GB of disk space so that updates can be installed smoothly.

    https://www.zdnet.com/article/windo...torage-no-1903-update-for-you-says-microsoft/



    Maybe most people no longer wanting to be affected by unwanted updates can either plug in a USB device or try to adjust partitions so Windows doesn't think it has enough space. ;)
     
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    Well that's good news actually!
     
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    Windows 10 Pro 1903 still comes with crapware by default Ghacks.net | April 30, 2019
    When you install Windows 10 from scratch, some Universal Platform applications do get installed by default or at least linked in the Start Menu. That's true for Windows 10 Home, Pro and even Enterprise....
    There is more ways to stop the cancer from coming into your computer :D

    Windows 10 1903 Current list of feature update upgrade blocks
    [​IMG] good Morning April 30, 2019
    Many of you are already on the way with the Windows 10 1903 and were able to update their Windows 10 without any problems to the May 2019 update. But there will also be upgrade blocks that will prevent an automatic feature update. Microsoft…

    If the list is updated because a problem has been fixed or a new one added, we will update the post.
     
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    "Windows 10 Users Avoiding October 2018 Update Shows Report"

    - A new report indicates that the majority of users are continuing to use the Windows 10 April 2018 Update rather than upgrading to the latest October 2018 update.

    - From the data collected, it showed that 63.2% of the users are running Windows 10 April 2018 Update (version 1803), 29.3% are using Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809), 3.5% are using the Creators Update or older, 3.3% are using the Fall Creators Update (version 1709), and 0.8% are using 19H1 Windows Insider builds (version 1903).

    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...rs-avoiding-october-2018-update-shows-report/


    Is anyone surprised?
     
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    Just installed W10 19h1 for testing and indeed there was lot of bloatware UWP apps, I mounted the image for servicing to remove Appx completely. Now no bloatware UWP.
     
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