More fun news: Telemetry data being used to troubleshoot your PC. So first they break the software and then they use the telemetry to fix it, automatically. More reboots in your future.

Don’t feel like troubleshooting? We’ve got you covered. In previous releases, if you noticed your PC was having a problem, you would have to find the right troubleshooter and then manually walk through all the different steps to resolve it. We hear your feedback that the time that takes to do can be frustrating – why not just automatically fix issues that you know how to fix and can detect? We agree! If an issue occurs we want to get you back up and running as quickly as possible, so with Build 18262 you’ll find a new recommended troubleshooting setting under Settings > Update & Security > Troubleshoot in Build 18262. This feature uses diagnostic data you send to deliver a tailored set of fixes matching problems we detect on your device and will automatically apply them to your PC.

We’re still hard at work on this feature so it’s greyed out right now in Settings, but stay tuned for updates in future builds!

I guess it's also a way for them to justify all that telemetry data, and that you who block it all then can't lay blame when your Windows is 'broken'. You should've allowed the data to be sent back, all of it!

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More fun news: Telemetry data being used to troubleshoot your PC. So first they break the software and then they use the telemetry to fix it, automatically. More reboots in your future.

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I guess it's also a way for them to justify all that telemetry data, and that you who block it all then can't lay blame when your Windows is 'broken'. You should've allowed the data to be sent back, all of it!

I turn off telemetry and can diagnose any problem that rears it's ugly head. Micro$oft, keep your GRUBBY little meat hooks out of my PC, thank you very much.

If I have a problem that I just cannot figure out, I head to the Google machine and start searching. :) I have a plethora of different tools for diagnosing PC problems.

If Windows gets broke, no sweat. I blame Micro$oft and then figure it out... :) Who knows what sneaky little things they will do to one's PC with ALL that data going back to them and then they do the work? I'll switch to Linux before I give Micro$oft that much access to my PC.

Have a great day! :)

Siran

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CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\//
Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath

More fun news: Telemetry data being used to troubleshoot your PC. So first they break the software and then they use the telemetry to fix it, automatically. More reboots in your future.

Don’t feel like troubleshooting? We’ve got you covered. In previous releases, if you noticed your PC was having a problem, you would have to find the right troubleshooter and then manually walk through all the different steps to resolve it. We hear your feedback that the time that takes to do can be frustrating – why not just automatically fix issues that you know how to fix and can detect? We agree! If an issue occurs we want to get you back up and running as quickly as possible, so with Build 18262 you’ll find a new recommended troubleshooting setting under Settings > Update & Security > Troubleshoot in Build 18262. This feature uses diagnostic data you send to deliver a tailored set of fixes matching problems we detect on your device and will automatically apply them to your PC.

We’re still hard at work on this feature so it’s greyed out right now in Settings, but stay tuned for updates in future builds!

I guess it's also a way for them to justify all that telemetry data, and that you who block it all then can't lay blame when your Windows is 'broken'. You should've allowed the data to be sent back, all of it!

Sounds eerily like those unsolicited phone calls with an accent telling me "We've noticed your Windows computer has a problem. let us have control of your system and we'll fix it!"...........yeah, right.

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"Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)>

also known as Redstone 5

aka BloodRock LOL

also known as Redstone 5

aka BloodRock LOL

SKYNET........

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"Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)>

also known as Redstone 5

aka BloodRock LOL

SKYNET........

+1

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CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\//
Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath

Apparently Microsoft is releasing a major Windows 10 update — also known as Redstone 5. It will include a number of new features for devices, like a new cloud clipboard that syncs across machines and a dark File Explorer.

But Microsoft is warning that computers might crash during the installation update.

Does anyone have any more information upon this?

Redstone 5 is offically the October Update. https://www.windowschimp.com/redstone-5/

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I don't buy computers, I build them!!

Apparently Microsoft is releasing a major Windows 10 update — also known as Redstone 5. It will include a number of new features for devices, like a new cloud clipboard that syncs across machines and a dark File Explorer.

But Microsoft is warning that computers might crash during the installation update.

Does anyone have any more information upon this?

Redstone 5 is offically the October Update. https://www.windowschimp.com/redstone-5/

Not to mention that the update has been put on hold because of a "bug" that causes personal files to be deleted in some cases. V1809 is, however, still available for download as a ISO file. I've been trying to find out when Micro$oft will go ahead with the push again. Nothing so far...

Siran

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CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\//
Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath

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"Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)>

Yet more 'hiccups' to look out for lest they break your Windows:


Microsoft promises a fix for Windows 10 zip file woes. In November

You don't want fixes. You really want a shiny new Windows Search. Of course you do...

Microsoft has confirmed that, yes, that whole zip-file thing is indeed a bug and, er, no. It won’t be fixing it until November. But hey, how about a new Windows Search?

Open zip file, cut, paste and… argh!...

The advice is simple: “We recommend you fully extract the zip folder before you copy files to a new destination folder to avoid this issue.” It does, however, stop short of suggesting that a third party archive manager would be able to do the job or, heck, just uninstall the OS and have done with.

Slightly more worryingly, Microsoft also warns that users should “not attempt to Cut and Paste items from a compressed (.zip) folder” because “this may result in unintentionally deleting items that may not be recoverable.”...


... Windows 10 wrecking-ball weapon weirdly wanders wildly on worldwide web

Zero-day crash'n'pwn exploit for Microsoft's latest OS disclosed, no official patch available (yet)...

... The researcher has provided a proof-of-concept on GitHub and tweeted out a link earlier this week – see below. WARNING: it will crash your Windows 10 PC into recovery mode, and require you to revert your filesystem back to a previous good backup...

... Arcos has produced an unofficial micropatch for Windows 10 to close the security hole...


(Bad joke alert!)

That's a fun pair of user data afflicting bugs to redefine going pear-shaped? :-P


More serious: WHAT?! Microsoft patches now have "micro-patches"?!!...

Is that another MS registered trademark thingies? New Marketing?? Or just a little something less than a 1GByte lump so as not to blow your internet allocation for the month?

IT is what we choose our IT to be...
Martin

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See new freedom: Mageia Linux
Take a look for yourself: Linux Format
The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3)

More moolahs you say?

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"Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)>

Another 2 Windows laptops have turned up here this morning and after the weekend they will go back to their owners with Linux Mint on them.

Cheers.

.....and if one doesn't recognize sarcasm????

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"Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)>

Racism and sarcasm don't mix. :-(

Muslims aren't a race. Please stop it with pulling the racism card for things like this. It's what they do as well.

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.....and if one doesn't recognize sarcasm????

There's a micropatch for that ...

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There's a micropatch for that ...

: ) : ) : )

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"Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)>

If the recent "ZIP bug crash & wipe" was not bad enough for Windows 10 users you have this fixed bug:
Windows 10 bug lets Microsoft Store apps snoop on all your files without asking

The big takeaways for tech leaders:
* A bug in Windows 10 prior to the October 2018 Update, build 1809, allows UWP apps to access any user files without asking for permission.
* The bug has been resolved in the October 2018 Update but may result in earlier UWP apps crashing.

Windows developer Sebastien Lachance discovered that by default Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps can access any user-accessible file on a PC's drive.

This is despite UWP apps supposedly having to check with users before accessing the file system, outside of their own local storage.

"Recently, I learned that an UWP app can access the entire file system i.e. the app is not restricted to use the LocalStorage or files and folders via a Picker," Lachance wrote on his blog.

Lachance, a Microsoft-certified MVP for Windows Platform Development, says he has confirmed with friends at Microsoft that this is a bug and that it's been resolved in the Windows 10 October 2018 Update, otherwise known as build 1809.

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My new HP desktop runs Windows 10 version 1803, while my older desktop, also HP, had Windows 10 1809, always in the Home edition. Has Microsoft retired the 1809 version?
Tullio

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My new HP desktop runs Windows 10 version 1803, while my older desktop, also HP, had Windows 10 1809, always in the Home edition. Has Microsoft retired the 1809 version?
Tullio

1809 was removed from distribution because of major bugs, one of which deletes users personal files from the directories created by Windows when installed. I read one report where a user lost some 200GB of personal files/data.

When it's ready for prime time, 1809 will be distributed again.

Have a great day! :)

Siran

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CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\//
Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath