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Avira: It’s all fixed, and Microsoft has stopped blocking the six problematic patches
Posted on May 2nd, 2019 at 09:14 woody


I just got word from Avira saying that they’ve installed an automatic update to all affected Avira users, and that Microsoft has stopped blocking the problematic six (now, with the Rolllup Previews, nine) patches.

There’s still no reconciliation between Avira’s claim of sluggish Win10 1809 behavior and Microsoft’s silence on the topic. But the bottom line is that all’s well in Avira land.

See also... This Block... https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4501835/windows-10-update-kb4501835

 

Future of Microsoft Store uncertain with UWP dead in the water
The Universal Windows Platform created for the Microsoft Store apps could soon be ditched, as Microsoft already discontinued support for its Windows Phone devices. App developers are reluctant to create programs for his platform, since it is much easier to program apps for Android, iOS and even Windows through regular win32 code. Microsoft may completely remove the apps and keep only the games, music and video section.

According to notorious Microsoft insider Paul Thurrott, the UWP is almost certain to be abandoned sooner rather than later, and the Microsoft Store itself may be in peril as a direct consequence. The UWP essentially became redundant when the Windows Phone business was discontinued, and this is somewhat reflected in the stagnant number of apps available through the Microsoft Store.

@Mr. Fox @j95 @Ashtrix @Arrrrbol @Falkentyne @hmscott + many not named here but not forgotten.

 

Hopefully, sooner than later. UWP deserves to die. Never should have been created to begin with.

 

You can remove all/most UWP except Store to get LTSC like experience. Essentially its a Pro w/o UWP app support.
NTLite forums have made a preset for UWP Free Win 10.

 

You made my day! ❤
I wish it gets dead by the time of Official release of Win10 1903

 

Maybe 20H1 will remove it keeping basic functionality for UWD drivers.

 

The problem is not removing the garbage as much as the retarded thought process of the dumb-dumbs that put it there to begin with. We're dealing with some pretty 'special' people that somehow thought it was a good idea. Seems they're just full of 'great' ideas that suck, and it shows in what an abortion Windows 10 is. Nothing can make it a good product at this point... too messed up to be worth the effort.

 

My response on the article...

 

I don't think UWP will go away completely because most companies like Intel,Qualcomm,Killer etc.. have UWD driver and killing UWP means end of them, so in turn the development time, testing and deployment time was wasted and MSFT will not axe UWP until v1809 LTSC phases out. Killing the mobile business hurt them more!
Candycrush and others generate a revenue and helps in maintaining WIn store otherwise none really care about since Windows always worked fine in sideload mode unlike OS X or Linux which had App stores, so naturally MS felt they need one too which got really bad after WP development was halted and that decision was bad but as revenue generating scheme WP was really bad so they axed it!

 

Well, there's always hope that they'll do it anyway and not care how it affects others. That's kind of a hallmark trait for them anyhow. Intel, Qualcomm, Killer, Dell/Alienware and the other companies that were stupid enough to drink the Kool-Aid and go with UWP driver feces and Store app trash deserve to get hurt super bad financially for being such blithering idiots. Plus, it will make them put on their big-boy pants and do drivers and software utilities the right way if UWP goes bye-bye. All of them deserve severe financial punishment for their crimes against consumers, all of which have some sort of connection to the Redmond Mafia and their UWP digital excrement.

 

Initially companies will boycott MSFT but all OEM will make drivers for Linux and Windows can take it from their under GPL-3 license. Seems better option for me. I'm gonna try ReactOS in Live Mode and post the experience.

 

"Windows 10 Security Feature Slows Launching of Large Programs"

- The Windows 10 Control Flow Guard security feature has been discovered to contain significant performance issues when launching large executables.

- This issue was first discovered by Vivaldi when they added Windows 10 machines to their browser unit testing cluster, which prior to that was using only Windows 7. When Vivaldi developer Yngve Pettersen was performing the tests he noticed that they took 3 times longer, if not more, on Windows 10 compared to Windows 7.

- "We immediately noticed performance problems. A test suite that previously took about 100 minutes to run, now took 300 or even 360 minutes,"

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...ty-feature-slows-launching-of-large-programs/

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We already knew Win 10 already had performance problems (at least with some of the benching tools reported here in NBR), now we have to throw this on top as well.

 

"End to surprise Windows 10 updates? New 'download and install now' option rolls out"

- Windows 10 is gaining a new option that gives users better control over when its twice-yearly major feature updates are installed.

- That option is called 'Download and install now' and should help Windows 10 users avoid unintentionally accepting a feature update after using Windows Update to check for new patches.

- For now, the option has started turning up on preview versions of Windows 10 1903 and the May 2019 Update.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/end-t...ew-download-and-install-now-option-rolls-out/

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A good crappstore description :O)

"I think most people expected the Store to be a bit rubbish, but it turned out to be even worse than that. Seven years on and it’s wasteland full of knock offs and junk apps. It hasn’t fallen on hard times, it’s always been that bad."

https://betanews.com/2019/05/06/game-over-for-microsoft-store/

 

Microsoft is going to ship a full Linux kernel in Windows 10
Available in testing this summer
https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2019/5/6/18534687/microsoft-windows-10-linux-kernel-feature

Good news for me because I develop kernels for my Note 9 through WSL... I have actually full ubuntu linux OS works through WSL without any performance penalty

No need dual boot or setup a VM.. works directly

 

I was reading that article this morning. I just wonder if it is going to create more overhead, resource utilization and bloat, or not? What would be ideal is replacing the Windows kernel with Linux kernel and basically have Windows as a "skin" (desktop environment) along with DirectX and .NET functionality, etc. So that all program that run on Windows run on Linux and vice versa and eliminating the need for things like Wine.

 

Having hopes on evil satanic corp ? Nope. Never. Wolf in sheep skin.

Bad News! Windows 10 Will Soon Have a Real Linux Kernel

 

Well, one thing we know for certain... Micro$oft NEVER, EVER, does anything for the greater good, and they either ruin or kill everything they touch. There has to be a self-serving ulterior motive driving this stunt.

 

It won't add bloat at all since its disabled by default. I wonder if WSL on W7 was updated to 4.x kernel?
Linux with windows kernel and apps will be a nightmare, I'd advise against it.

 

"Microsoft unveils Windows Terminal, a new command line app for Windows"

- It’s designed to be the central location for access to environments like PowerShell, Cmd, and the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Microsoft is adding multiple tab support alongside theming and customization for developers who want to tweak the Terminal app.

- The software giant is planning to make it available in mid-June, and it marks Microsoft’s latest efforts to improve the developer environment on Windows 10.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/6/18527870/microsoft-windows-terminal-command-line-tool

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A tool to bring in all command line within a windowed GUI environment? Interesting concept. Not sure what to make of this one.

 

Not bad to me even though I have no problem with the current WSL function but full kernel might help too

I'm developer for Note 9 kernel so.. WSL is making my life easier.. I think I won't ditch Win10 after all...

A little peak of my kernel... http://tiny.cc/TB-Zeus

 

Well.. WSL is disabled by default through Windows features I don't think it will cause issues while disabled currently whenever I need to launch or run full OS ubuntu... I simply double click to a single shortcut on my desktop.. BAM! Full Ubuntu OS pops up instantly

 

"Microsoft brings PowerToys back to let anyone improve Windows 10 for power users"

- Microsoft first introduced the concept of “PowerToys” in Windows 95. It was originally a way for Windows engineers to test a prototype feature,

- PowerToys disappeared after Windows XP, during a time when co-founder Bill Gates ordered a security review of everything that was going into Windows.

- These useful utilities are now being revived by Microsoft in a new effort to focus on what power users need in Windows 10.

- The software giant is open-sourcing PowerToys on GitHub, so anyone can contribute and create power user tools for Windows 10.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/8/1...-10-powertoys-apps-open-source-github-release

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This takes me back to the good ole days.

 

Privacy: Microsoft is tracking your search activity for Bing Maps betanews.com | May 15, 2019


Everyone knows Google tracks its users. When you use a "free" service, such as the many the search giant offers, you essentially end up being the product. In other words, your personal data is the true cost. Unfortunately, Google is not the only company spying on its users. Microsoft is also guilty of this, especially with its overreaching telemetry in Windows 10.

That isn't Microsoft's only product that is anti-privacy, however. The company is now trying to spy with Office, and as you can imagine, its Bing search engine is tracking user activity too. Today, the Windows-maker openly brags about spying on your recent search activity by announcing a new "feature" for Bing Maps Autosuggest.

 

Power tools might increase market share of W10.

 

Windows 10 Won't Boot When Using System Restore After Updating
Microsoft says that a known issue will block Windows 10 from booting after trying to restore the system to a restore point created before installing a Windows 10 update.


Windows 10 0xc00000021a System Recovery Point Does Not Reset [Workaround]
good Morning May 17, 2019

System restore points can sometimes help if there are problems with Windows 10. For the stop error 0xc00000021a Microsoft describes a scenario in which after the selection of the system recovery point the PC does not start again after the restart. As Microsoft writes this is...

Yeah, Windows 10 and Micro$oft in a nutshell. Maybe start make a working OS before they jump on the next OS version?

 

"the South Korean government has reportedly decided to ditch Microsoft Windows entirely"

https://betanews.com/2019/05/18/korea-linux/

 

I stopped System restore long time ago, it is buggy, interferes with IO,AV etc... and slowdowns perfectly working PCs.

 

Windows will live as VMs on Host PCs with Linux. Or maybe they will use Azure in the future.

 

Micro$oft screw up everything they touch. Not a single new patch won't come without one or another weird flaws

Latest Windows 10 updates break access to some UK Government websites
by Martin Brinkmann on May 17, 2019 in Internet Explorer - 21 comments
If you have installed the latest round of cumulative updates for Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system, you may have noticed that some official government sites in the UK are no longer accessible...

 

South Korea will ditch Microsoft Windows for Linux betanews.com | May 18, 2019

Windows 7 support will end in January of next year , and that is a huge problem for both business and home users that are still running the aging operating system. Can't these people just upgrade to Windows 10? Well, yeah, but many just don't want to . Windows 10 has extreme telemetry that many people consider to be spying. As a result, they simply don't trust Microsoft's latest operating system. Not to mention, for businesses and organizations with many computers, the upgrade to Windows 10 could prove to be a costly affair.

And now, as a result of the upcoming death of Windows 7 support, the South Korean government has reportedly decided to ditch Microsoft Windows entirely. According to The Korea Herald, the Asian country's government will switch from Windows 7 to a Linux-based operating system.

Nice with latest OS from Redmond Retards... No love for their latest child!

Microsoft released fixes for IE “gov.uk” HSTS bug – on a Saturday – but only for Win7 and 8.1

For the second month in a row, McAfee and Sophos are having problems with the Win7/Server 2008 R2 Monthly Rollup and Security-only patches
Posted on May 19th, 2019 at 07:38 woody Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

After the debacle last month, you’d think that McAfee and Sophos would’ve figured out a way to work with Microsoft’s monthly patches.

 

And finally patch for Windows 10: Special Updates for the IE Bug (19.5.2019)
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/windows-10-redstone-5.823238/page-79#post-10912847

 

SECURITY
New Zero-Day Exploit for Bug in Windows 10 Task Scheduler Bleebingcomputer.com | May 21, 2019
Exploit developer SandboxEscaper has quietly dropped a new zero-day exploit for the Windows operating system just a week after Microsoft's monthly cycle of security updates...

 

Two More Windows 10 Zero-Day PoC Exploits Released, Brings Total to 4 Bleepingcomputer.com | May 23, 2019

After releasing exploit code for two zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows 10 over the past 48 hours, security researcher and exploit developer SandboxEscaper today has published two more; a bypass for the CVE-2019-0841 patch and LPE PoC exploit dubbed InstallerBypass.

 

10 Home Ultra... what are they now planning to inflict upon users.

Would rather hope to see 10 Modest, stripped down to be a real OS (but, to satisfy the redmond highpriests, coming with options to add store, crapps, cortana etc for those who really want those impediments).

https://www.zdnet.com/article/micro...er-windows-10-edition-home-ultra-to-its-list/

 

Windows 10: Microsoft's UWP apps are probably dead forever
Published on May 31, 2019 by Günter Born

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Microsoft's Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app approach has definitely died. The company now also allows game developers to upload native Win32 applications to the Microsoft Store if they are games. This is in my opinion broken the dam, and the question remains, how long the store is still alive.

@Mr. Fox @j95 @Ashtrix @Arrrrbol @Falkentyne @hmscott + many not named here but not forgotten.

 

Well for me that didn't came as a surprise and still came late! Hope they ditch it soon! What a crap it is lol

 

New Windows 10 Windows Update explained
Posted on June 1st, 2019 at 14:28 joep517 Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

Ed Bott of ZDNet has published an article explaining the ins and outs of the new/revised Windows Update debuting with the Windows 10 May update (aka 19H1, version 1903) – Windows 10 version 1903: When will you get the next big feature update?. Don’t pay attention to the title there is an in-depth explanation of the Windows Update changes.

As usual, Windows 10 Home users come out on the short end. They can not automatically defer any updates. All updates may be paused for a week at a time up to 35 days. On versions that have not yet reached their end-of-service date, feature updates are offered but are not installed automatically.

Windows 10 Pro users can set deferral policies for both quality and feature updates. You can set these Windows Update for Business policies using the Windows 10 Settings app or by applying Group Policy.

Enterprise and Education users have the same deferral policies as Pro users. Additionally, there is a 36-month servicing period for some versions.

The biggest change though is that if you are running Home or Pro when a version nears its end-of-service date Microsoft will automatically upgrade force the machine to the current release. In other words, end-of-service trumps deferral. Also, note that effective June 2019 there is only one servicing channel for Windows 10. That is the semi-annual channel.

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Netmarketshare: Windows 10 with 45.73% in May 2019 deskmodder.com June 2, 2019

Slowly, very slowly, the numbers for Windows 10 are increasing over the other operating systems. For example, Windows 10 has a share of 45.73% on Netmarketshare in May. Followed by Windows 7 with 35.44%. If you look at the last 12 months....

 

Microsoft: PCs with Less Than 32GB of Storage Can Still Install Windows 10 1903

Yeah, Micro$lope still want that you install their latest and greatest

“This new requirement does not apply to existing devices. PCs that don’t meet new device disk space requirements will continue to receive updates and the 1903 update will require about the same amount of free disk space as previous updates"

 

Spoiler: People when they see Windows Update notification...

Best way to prevent it....

 

What is Update KB4023057 for?

The update deeply interferes with the existing Windows 10 installation, cleans user-set update blockers, creates free disk space on the system drive if necessary, resets the network connection and more One weak moment ant you're sold, HaHa

 

"Microsoft hoped to turn the Windows desktop and the Win32 apps that run on it into a side note to Windows, making UWP apps the center of its universe"

"Things didn’t go well. For one thing, Windows Phone was a colossal flop and Microsoft killed it. For another, developers saw no market for UWP apps, so have largely stayed away from it. Making things worse, UWP apps proved to be severely underpowered compared to Win32 apps."

"There’s no reason for the Microsoft Store to live if it only carries the kind of software no one wants to use."

https://www.computerworld.com/artic...-kill-the-microsoft-store-or-else-fix-it.html

 

Good News for Redmond HQ


CERN is moving away from expensive Microsoft software and embracing open source Betanews.com | Jun 13, 2019

 

"Windows 10 slow shutdown? USB-C bug in 1809 causing minute's delay, says Microsoft"

- If you're running Windows 10 version 1809 and have noticed that shutting down the system takes a long time, it could be due to a USB-C bug that Microsoft has now confirmed.

- The bug is in Microsoft's implementation of Intel's USB Type-C Connector System Software Interface (UCSI) software in Windows 10, version 1809.

- Microsoft says it can cause a minute's delay if a user attempts to shut down when the UCSI software is working when a device is being connected or disconnected through the USB Type-C port.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/windo...in-1809-causing-minutes-delay-says-microsoft/

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Microsoft Explains Why Some People Can't Install Windows 10 May 2019 Tomshardware.com | June 26, 2019

Microsoft released the Windows 10 May 2019 Update on May 21, but not everyone can install it. As per ZDNet, Microsoft has started notifying certain people as to why they still can't upgrade their system to the latest version of Windows 10. Kind of....

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DirectX Runtime comes in the Microsoft Store
good Morning June 26, 2019 08:11 11 comments
DirectX comes with the Windows system and is kept up-to-date via Windows Update. Currently we have Windows 10 DirectX 11.3 and 12. Now Microsoft is moving the update package to the Microsoft Store....

 

Win10 1909 will be a Service Pack: Good news, but many unanswered questions Computerworld.com | July 3, 2019
Yesterday, Microsoft promised that its second version of Windows for 1909, code-named 19H2, but more consistently known as version 1909, will be a traditional Win10 1903 Service Pack 1. Hooray! What’s next?


More of the same...

With new feature update calendar, Microsoft finally settles on a sensible Windows 10 release schedule Zdnet.com | July 2, 2019
This week, Microsoft announced that its next feature update will be the most low-key Windows 10 version ever. You could even call it what it really is: a service pack. Here's why Microsoft wants no upgrade drama as 2020 approaches.

Will this be a new Screw up?

 

Perhaps this will provide a neatly bundled package that finally opens the door for the reverse engineering and hacking that is needed to make DX12 work on all OSes. Not that it is particularly important, since DirectX 12 sucks, but it would be worth doing as nothing more than a blatant act of defiance against the Redmond Mafia. You know, something to show them that their wickedness and treachery will not be tolerated, and that goodness always prevails in spite of their manufactured adversity.

Of course. Status quo.

 

Windows Media Center also works in the Windows 10 1903
good Morning July 7, 2019

There are still lovers of the Windows Media Center (WMC), which was already long since abolished. But some enthusiasts always manage to get the WMC up and running in the new Windows 10 versions. So it works with....

 

"Microsoft to Windows 10 users: Patch Secure Boot now against 'critical' bug"

- Microsoft is urging users of Windows 10 version 1903 to install this month's SSU or 'servicing stack update' to address a bug in a Secure Boot feature that could force the Windows BitLocker encryption system into recovery mode.

- this month's SSU also contains a security fix rated as 'critical' by Microsoft's security response center.


https://www.zdnet.com/article/micro...s-patch-secure-boot-now-against-critical-bug/

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Another Windows 10 Security issue...

 

Windows 10: Has Microsoft cleaned up its update mess? (Spoiler: no) Zdnet.com | July 16, 2019
Four years after the debut of "Windows as a service," Microsoft continues to tweak the Windows Update for Business rules. And if you don't know how to play the game, you're likely to be surprised with unexpected updates...