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Another pair of 1903 updates followed later the same day: https://i.postimg.cc/t45rbqhx/screenshot-128.png I'm glad that I was not stuck with 1803 version which would doom the laptop... Auto hide taskbar refuses to hide making it impossible to post to Facebook... https://i.postimg.cc/8Cyp6jYG/scree...

Today I rebooted and upgraded to 1903 which took over 2 hours: 2:45 Reboot and update 0% 3:35 25% 3:45 27% 3:55 Reboot 30% 3:57 48% 4:00 60% 4:08 57% note drop 4:10 61% 4:15 71% 4:17 75% 4:18 86% 4:25 88% 4:30 91% 4:45 95% 4:48 100% Preparing Windows 4:50 Login 4:57 Desktop with 4 Edge pages as sho...

Microsoft is starting to auto-update Windows 10 Home, Pro users on 1803 or older to 1903 As of today, Microsoft is starting to initiate the Windows 10 May 2019 Update (1903) for those with devices "that are at or nearing end of service and have not yet updated their device," Microsoft's d...

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 m...

Windows 10’s next big update won’t feel big at all The good news is that Microsoft is changing the update process for the release to make it faster and less disruptive. The company says it will use servicing technology to deliver the new update, meaning the process should be more similar to a regul...

Windows 10 slow shutdown? USB-C bug in 1809 causing minute's delay, says Microsoft 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 . This can happen when devic...

Millions of Dell and other PCs using Support Assist Vulnerable to Attack: Patch Now In Dell machines, the software is called SupportAssist . It's made by PC-Doctor, a maker of hardware-diagnostics software that licenses its software to other electronic-device makers. The SafeBreach researchers said...

Windows 10 problems? Feedback Hub now shows you similar bugs others have found Microsoft is making improvements to the Windows 10 Feedback Hub that should reduce duplicate reports and make it easier for users to group their problems with other similar issues. The new Feedback Hub is rolling out to ...

Laptop 1903 Upgrade settings lets me decide? ...


Latest updates for 1803:

Note that 1809 upgrade has already failed...

Microsoft's June 2019 updates have created a bug in the Event Viewer tool in all supported versions of Windows. The problem may occur for anyone who installed cumulative updates, monthly rollups, and security-only updates released on June 11. Microsoft has now offered a workaround to the problem, b...

Chrome browser goes to sleep when not used and is hard to wake up... Link clicks can take up to 5 minutes to load pages fully...lots of swirling circles! Chrome asks to restore on reboots and never does... It’s time for Microsoft to kill the Microsoft Store — or else fix it It's time for Microsoft ...

Windows 1803 32 bit laptop takes up to 20 minutes to wake up...like a teenager Chrome browser is almost useless and spends lots of time posting Wait or Close tab messages... Browser often highlights red X close while not responding. REBOOT often! Right click copy paste menu's are slow or non-existe...

Had to reboot the 1803 laptop to restore WIFI for internet... Windows 10 Won't Boot When Using System Restore After Updating To be able to circumvent the restart failures caused by this known issue, users may have to either restart two times in a row or use a hardware restart switch. Once the Windo...

Avast antivirus program refused to run Wednesday... Laptop rebooted last night and posted following notice in Notifications bar at 12:35 AM: https://i.postimg.cc/PJk45qXx/screenshot-115.png Clicking on Restart Now sent me to Settings Update page with no updates... So far all successful updates are ...

Microsoft Patches ‘Wormable’ Flaw in Windows XP, 7 and Windows 2003 The vulnerability (CVE-2019-0708) resides in the “remote desktop services” component built into supported versions of Windows, including Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008 . It also is present in computers p...

Free Windows 10 has no expiration date until it kills your PC or updates end! Windows 10: Microsoft lists the processors you'll need for the May 2019 Update For Intel , Windows 10 1903, as with Windows 10 1809, now requires, " Up through the following 9th Generation Intel Processors (Intel Cor...

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. Microsoft has since created a fix and it is ready to go for release in a few weeks . After...

Microsoft blocks Windows 10 May 2019 Update on PCs that use USB storage or SD cards Fortunately, there's a quick and simple workaround for this issue. Microsoft recommends that users remove any external USB or SD media and restart the May 2019 Update installation. This includes USB thumb drives, US...

Microsoft advances the death of Windows 8 by 4 years On August 20, 2018 , Microsoft made a blog post designed to help developers “effectively plan your development cycles.” The blog post was aimed at telling developers when the Microsoft Store would stop accepting and distributing apps to Windows P...