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   mikiem2
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   thurrott[.]com/windows/windows-10/107646/microsoft-updates-shipping-versions-windows-10-third-time-month

   As I surmised earlier, I’m going to guess that this sudden explosion of cumulative updates is somehow tied to the pending release of the Windows 10 Creators Update, which is a major OS upgrade. The timing is just too obvious.

   I tend to agree, but I'm also going to go one further and suggest recent optional updates for 7/8 *might* be doing the same thing. Remember, with the Creators Update Microsoft's changing how updates are delivered across the board -- maybe problems switching over at their end was responsible for no update Tuesday in February.

   Anyway, reason I'm mentioning it is KB4015438 giving me problems in 10... after installing it there was quite a bit of network-related stuff going on in 10 when I was watching Task Mgr. And despite 3 tries it wouldn't install to my tablet -- that wouldn't have happened if there wasn't something fairly major happening [I dread the same sort of network-related problems that kept the tablet on the shelf for 1.5 months with the version of 10 before last].

   So be extra careful about updates for the next few weeks, regardless the version of Windows you're running.

   Posted 7 years ago #
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   Tiffany
   Member

   The last update with the KB4015438 was fine with me. It did take like forever and I nearly click out of it. It hung at 5% like forever and then again at 90%. Not sure what was happening but its in and I find the computer running much better than before. Desktop and laptop.

   What was wrong with my computer before.....I was getting blue screen errors for anything and everything. I have done nothing to my computer and there is no Error Reports since the updates.

   Posted 7 years ago #
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   mikiem2
   Moderator

   The last update with the KB4015438 was fine with me. It did take like forever and I nearly click out of it. It hung at 5% like forever and then again at 90%. Not sure what was happening but its in and I find the computer running much better than before. Desktop and laptop.

   Cool! :)

   Can't say why 10 runs better for you, or causes others problems, because Microsoft hasn't detailed what they fixed &/or what they changed. It obviously did [does] more than what they've said so far, or else it wouldn't have taken so long to install. Installing it shouldn't have caused so many people problems either if it was doing something minor. Microsoft is becoming more and more tight-lipped about this stuff -- they just now released info on one of the security updates for 7 & 8 they released this past Update Tuesday, when usually they used to publish that stuff immediately, or even before the update's released.

   I just Googled on kb4015438 for the latest trend -- the 1st 4 hits are basically saying it was available, followed by complaints the rest of the page. It allegedly just fixed 2 problems some users experienced after installing KB4013429, one with the DVD player if you bought it from Windows 10's store, & one with something called "Switch Embedded Teaming". A Google search on KB4013429 doesn't come up with the same list of installation problems the newer hotfix has. Microsoft then issued another hotfix through their catalog, but not via Windows Update, that addressed problems with kb4015438 [I didn't post about it because it too wouldn't install on my tablet, so didn't appear to be a cure].

   At any rate, that kb4015438 went so well may be doubly good news... too soon to say definitely, but it's starting to look like problems with that hotfix *might* also mean a greater chance of problems with the Creators Update -- I only tested the update on a few 10 installs so far.

   Posted 7 years ago #
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   Tiffany
   Member

   After reading your last post about updates I thought I would check for todays up date and there was one but it wouldn't go in.

   Definition Update for Windows Defender - KB2267602 (Definition 1.219.485.0) - Error 0x80070643

   A quick Google found that if I turned off Windows Defender and Malwarbytes it should go in. It or looked like it did (was too quick) but all is good. Or so I thought.

   Now WD real time protection is off because Malwarbytes is running. I will work it out.

   Posted 7 years ago #
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   Tiffany
   Member

   All good. Turned both off, restarted computer. Computer comes back on and restarts Windows Defender. And now turned on Malwarebytes back on.

   Posted 7 years ago #

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