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   mikiem2
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   bleepingcomputer[.]com/news/microsoft/microsoft-april-2026-patch-tuesday-fixes-167-flaws-2-zero-days/

   bleepingcomputer[.]com/news/microsoft/windows-11-cumulative-updates-kb5083769-and-kb5082052-released/

   bleepingcomputer[.]com/news/microsoft/microsoft-releases-windows-10-kb5082200-extended-security-update/

   While I haven't experienced any problems, and haven't read of any officially recognized by Microsoft, Neowin reported that for a few users the update effectively bricked their devices, with a boot loop & a “mosaic of weird pixels”.

   neowin[.]net/news/windows-11-april-update-triggers-death-loops-and-bizarre-pixelated-crashes/#login-form

   Today is Microsoft's April 2026 Patch Tuesday with security updates for 167 flaws, including 2 zero-day vulnerabilities.

   This Patch Tuesday also addresses eight "Critical" vulnerabilities, 7 of which are remote code execution flaws and the other is a denial of service flaw.

   The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below:
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   93 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities
   13 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities
   20 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
   21 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
   10 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
   9 Spoofing Vulnerabilities
   

   Posted 3 weeks ago #
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   mikiem2
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   A new feature that was supposed to arrive last month is now showing up after April's hot fixes -- you can right click the network icon on the taskbar and select "Perform speed test". It's just a shortcut to open the speed test in Edge, so it only saves you from typing speed test, or clicking a favorite if you set it up beforehand.

   neowin[.]net/news/windows-11-kb5083769-brings-built-in-internet-speed-test-to-all-25h2-24h2-users/

   Some folks are also having issues with BitLocker. *I thought* it was really limited -- your PC has to meet several specific requirements -- but it seems it's more widespread than I thought. Those effected need to enter their BitLocker key [just once] when starting after the update's required restart.

   neowin[.]net/news/microsoft-confirms-windows-11-kb5083769-kb5082052-wrongly-forcing-bitlocker-recovery/

   windowscentral[.]com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-11-april-2026-update-breaks-bitlocker-for-some-pcs-heres-the-fix

   Posted 3 weeks ago #
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   mikiem2
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   neowin[.]net/news/microsoft-windows-11-kb5083769-kb5082052-updates-causing-remote-desktop-issues/

   Microsoft has confirmed another bug, this time with Remote Desktop, but it *probably* won't effect most folks.
   

   
   This issue can occur when you use more than one monitor with different display scaling settings (for example, one display set to 100% and another set to 125%). When this happens, the warning window might show overlapping text or partially hidden buttons, which can make the message difficult to read or interact with.

   The workaround is to set the display scaling the same.

   Posted 2 weeks ago #
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   mikiem2
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   askwoody[.]com/newsletter/ms-defcon-3-kb5083769-causes-backup-issues/

   bleepingcomputer[.]com/news/microsoft/april-kb5083769-windows-11-update-causes-backup-software-failures/

   While I haven't seen a problem using Macrium Reflect 7 and 8, there are reports that the VSS shadow copy service is having problems: "... causing backup operations to fail with the error "The backup has failed because Microsoft VSS has timed out during the snapshot creation""

   Because you can't make a copy of a file that's actively being used, VSS makes a momentary snapshot that used when you create a restore point, do a backup etc. Problems have been reported with Macrium, Acronis, NinjaOne, UrBackup Server, though the Macrium report *may* just be a single incident based on the article's link.

   Posted 2 weeks ago #

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