Windows 10 Warning: Anger at Microsoft Rises With Serious New Failure
Windows 10 Warning: Anger at
Microsoft Rises With Serious New Failure
Consumer Tech
Mar 14, 2020,08:55am EST
Windows
10 users, you’ve had a rotten couple of months,
but now is no time to relax because Microsoft updates have struck again. This
is what is happening as well as what you need to know to stay safe.
02/13 Update: important additional update news
today (via BleepingComputer)
with Microsoft announcing it has patched a critical Windows 10 vulnerability in
Microsoft Server Message Block 3.1.1 (SMBv3). The update - KB4551762 - patches
"a network communication protocol issue that provides shared access to
files, printers, and serial ports." It is rolling out to Windows Update
now but can also be manually installed via the Microsoft Update
Catalog. "We recommend that you apply this
update to your affected devices with priority," states Microsoft
with the company noting that no real world exploits have been developed, though
with the problem now out in the open that will be only a matter of time. The
exploit, known as SMBGhost or EternalDarkness, affects 1903 and 1909
versions of Windows 10 and Windows Server. Edit: following the Bleeping
Computer report, there is an excellent analysis of the problem from Davey Winder here.
03/14
Update: Problems with KB4540673 are getting worse. In a new report, Windows Latest states
that multiple users are now facing audio problems (particularly with older
sound cards) and uninstalling the update, rolling back to an older version of
Windows and reinstalling drivers does not fix it. In addition to this,
KB4540673 is resulting in a user profile bug which causes Windows 10 to load a
temporary user profile when booting up. Users have been able to log back into
their original profiles and remove the temporary account, but it's an
irritating fault which also has a depressing sense of
deja vu. Beyond these, there are also isolated
cases of Internet connectivity problems, freezes and app crashes being
reported. Back to the drawing board with this one, Microsoft.
“After installing it I started
having BSOD every time I started my PC,” stated one user who contacted Windows
Latest. “Only solution I had was rolling back to a previous restore points of
some days ago.”
“This March update installed
automatically on my devices and it leads to BSOD errors on my gaming PC and my
work laptop,” wrote another.
Others took to Reddit:
“I'm in the same boat. Black
screen after BIOS since yesterday morning. Haven't been able to format hard
drive to reinstall. It's been a total nightmare” - source
“Installed KB4540673 today got
blue screen while playing CS:GO… All my drivers are updated but with recent
windows 10 updates I am running into problems constantly.” - source
“After the update I am stuck on
the "welcome" screen, loading forever. If I press the power button it
changes to the "shutting down" screen but it's still stuck there
forever. I have to forcibly press the power button until the pc shuts down if I
want to exit...but I'm completely locked out.” - source
“I had the same. I ran WinRE
startup recovery which removed the update so my laptop is working again. I'm
deciding what to do next.” - source
If this sounds familiar, it
should. The exact same problems occurred with another recent Windows
10 update - KB4535996 - earlier this week.
Serious
Installation Errors
Remarkably, it seems KB4540673
doesn’t even need to complete its installation to cause significant problems or
just hang for hours.
“Looking for help with this
update gone wrong. It never fully installed. Windows started checking for
errors upon restart and I can't get past that point… I've tried restore
point and uninstalling the update, but no luck.” - source
“I keep getting an error whenever
trying to install this update, so I guess I'll just skip this one out. What a
predictably awesome experience Microsoft! Seriously, hats off to you gents!” - source
“I have the same issue, only mine
doesn’t go far as 1% and it won't allow the other updates to download so I
really don’t know what to do.. like I’ve had my pc opened all day and is still
1%,
As it stands, Microsoft has
confirmed one issue with the update on the official
KB4540673 page, stating that 32-bit applications and processes
“might encounter issues” on Windows Server. But nothing has been recognised for
the problems everyday Windows 10 users are currently experiencing.
As some affected users noted
above, if your PC will still boot after installing KB4540673 (a big IF in a lot
of cases) then the problems can be reversed by uninstalling the update. You can
do this by following these steps:
- In Windows Desktop
Search type ‘update history’ then click ‘View your Update history’
- Select ‘Uninstall
Updates’
- On the Installed
Updates dialog window, find and select KB4540673, click the Uninstall
button
- Restart
If you want to proactively block
KB4540673 for installing in the first place, download the Windows Update troubleshooter. This can also stop it from
attempting to install later. One caveat: if your computer is running fine and
you find KB4540673 is installed, do not remove it, instead buy a lottery
ticket.
To Microsoft’s credit, it has now
rolled out important Windows 10 update improvements it first
promised in September, but the testing methodology for updates clearly remains
flawed. What the company plans to do about this is unclear, but if there’s one
message to convey it’s this:
Time to shape up,
Microsoft.
And that he the fact is bought me breakfast since I discovered windows 10 activator for him..
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