Windows 10 News and Announcements...

I didn't really see a thread devoted to news and announcements related to upcoming Windows 10 releases, reported bugs, etc. So, here's one with the hopes to spread news far and wide regarding the trials and tribulations for those of us running Windows 10.

"Microsoft: Windows 10 to grab 7GB of your storage so big updates don't fail"

The 'reserved storage' coming with the next Windows 10 version is another reason to avoid PCs with little storage.
by Liam Tung

https://www.zdnet.com/article/micro...7gb-of-your-storage-so-big-updates-dont-fail/

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Just when you thought you had your SSD overr-provisioning size down correctly

"Is Windows 10 still telling Microsoft what you're doing even if you don't want it to?"

Microsoft baffles Windows 10 users by apparently collecting data about recently opened websites and apps when users have opted against sharing that information
By Liam Tung

https://www.zdnet.com/article/is-wi...what-youre-doing-even-if-you-dont-want-it-to/

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I wonder if Ultra Male's tweaks / fixes get around this issue.

"Windows 10 19H1: All the changes we know so far"

Here's all you need to know about Windows 10 update 19H1... scheduled for release this April.

https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-19h1-changelog

"Microsoft's killer Windows 7 patch: Breaks networking, flags legit PCs as 'Not genuine'"

Windows sysadmins wake up on Wednesday with an almighty Patch Tuesday headache.

This time they've found that its January security updates are bricking Windows 7 devices with an errant 'Not Genuine' Windows license error, and a bug that blocks administrator access to remote shares on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7.

"We are aware of this incident and are presently investigating it. We will provide an update when available," writes Microsoft on both KB4480960 and KB4480970.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/micro...eaks-networking-bricks-legit-not-genuine-pcs/

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Oh no! Is the process which goes into checking for Windows 10 issues now spreading to Windows 7 land??

If MS keeps this up, I may ask the mods to change the title to remove the "10" portion.

 

Thankfully, I have Windows Update filth disabled, as should most that still run Windows 7.

 

Thankfully, easy to get back in control.
https://betanews.com/2019/01/11/disable-windows-10-reserved-storage/

 

Well... Nothing like a quick registry hack / work-around to control the behavior. Thx for the info!

 

Glad I am with 1803 for the time being and letting all other be the beta testers for 1903.

 

You must follow this repo for updated tweaks https://github.com/CHEF-KOCH/regtweaks

I'm waiting for 20xx series. I'm tired of redstones.

 

Then you gotta look for this tweaks... it is mandatory tweaks and best of all... it does everything with a single click and I see difference...(no.. it is not placebo)
https://github.com/jebofponderworthy/windows-tools

Read about what it does... and you will be amazed

 

Windows 10 does use them except for OVSS. But most users disable the scheduled task called Device metadata refresh and find that auto-clean doesn't work.
I disabled VSS since it was useless on W10 after I found MR Free PE.

 

That is totally true about VSS... it is no more useful and also... those tweaks gets updated for like every 2 weeks.. and he keeps adding & fine tuning the tweaks... if you really like to follow... he have his own blog were he says many information that you may rarely or never find those info here...
https://notes.ponderworthy.com

 

Bookmarked it.