So I haven’t installed any updates in a while because I am an anti-vaxxer. Downloading a bunch now - is there any way or tool yet to choose which I want to actually install? It’s grabbing some driver updates that I don’t want (Razer and a capture card I just removed), etc…
How can I tell if one of them is the creator’s update, as I would like to defer that for the time being. This is the only one that does not link to a KB:
But it links to a page for version 1703 updates. I think 1703 is creator’s, isn’t it?
We upgraded our presentation laptops at work to Win10 to get them back on the network (previous IT person let their AD credentials lapse, requiring a reimaging to fix, because ???, so we went ahead and bumped up to 10).
Can’t search via Cortana/start menu. I get one letter typed and then it disappears. Tried a multitude of suggestions online. Everything but “reset Windows,” since, you know, this is literally a brand new, fresh image of Win10 with nothing else on it.
Just when I needed the ‘like’ button the most… it was removed. :(
In that case, hear hear.
I’ve always loathed stuff that suddenly starts blinking (and expanding the ‘start bar’) just to call my attention to something. I believe back in Win95 days there was a TweakUI You could use to disable it… now I’m always almost irritated enough to find out where the functions is, hook it, and destroy it, if possible crashing my OS at the same time.
Haha, goddammit, right you are. My next likely culprit is OfficeBackgroundTaskHandlerRegistration, which is in fact every hour.
The fact remains, someone is gargling some taint and deserves every word of vitriol.
e: Super Bonus Fuck You for changing some damn registry key that my equalizer uses so I had to reboot. Luckily this program is wise to your bullshit and detected and fixed the problem, but come the fuck on.
Might be tired from defending/MSplaining Microsoft for a while, or just busy with other stuff.
Speaking of which:
Apparently Microsoft had patches available as early as in February - but I guess they had to be bundled with content/feature before they could be rolled out :-)
They can’t just force updates (Unless Win10 guinea pig edition), as some software/hardware might rely on a particular version to work or to be ‘supported’ by the vendor, and might fail due to the nature of the changes in the security fix.
A lot of the time, there are mitigation/workarounds that can be used if it is not feasible to patch right now. (believe that is the case with Wecrypt as well…)
Snakepit? I’m just curious to see if they are working on fixes. He’s the go to guy here. I’m not angry at him nor do I plan on giving him grief. A little heads up would be nice though.
Sorry, I stopped following this thread once I was called an asshole and people misinterpreted what I was saying in order to attack me further.
I don’t have any answers for any specific issues you’re seeing. It sucks that you’re having issues, and I would recommend using the official forums (where hundreds of Microsoft employees from various teams also post) to see if they have any more information.
FWIW, I don’t have anything against @LMN8R and really appreciate that he stops by this thread from time to time. Stop being assholes to him, guys.
Be assholes to the taintgargler who wrote that Office task and the choadmonger who decided it was important to reset it to its default state in a force-fed update.
I have no small experience trying to explain the internal logic of something that pisses customers off. No stress, man.
Unless you’re the Senior Manager of Shitty Office Background Tasks, in which case I have some words for you.
Yeah we had to roll back a few at work… broke a few key interfaces. It takes a lot to keep all these systems talking to each other. (not an interface gal)
And just to clarify here - I’ve said some stupid things in the past, have expressed disagreement with my own company’s behavior before the company did it publicly, and my vaccine comparison above is probably also one of those dumb things in retrospect.
But the second it becomes personal? I’ll happily disengage and never look back.
