Posted on 09/11/2019 7:39:56 PM PDT by dayglored
One step forward, er, one step back. Nobody gets too far like that
Microsoft's build 18362.356 (KB4515384) for its Windows 10 May 2019 Update (version 1903) rolled out on Tuesday with security improvements for Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, networking tech and input devices – and a CPU usage fix that, for some, has broken desktop search.
The security tweaks address a variety of speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities known as microarchitecture data sampling (MDS) for 32-bit x86 versions of Windows. Intel dealt with the CVEs at issue – CVE-2019-11091, CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018-12130 – in May.
The update, released concurrently with Build 17763.737 for the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (v1809), also includes security enhancements for assorted Windows components.
Microsoft says its update fixes a high CPU usage problem associated with SearchUI.exe reported by a small number of users who disabled searching the web via Windows Desktop Search.
But its fix has nixed SearchUI.exe for some. Those griping claim SearchUI.exe, a part of Cortana, won't launch after installing KB4515384.
"What a mess – I had the original issue with SearchUI.exe and it sending my CPU to unparalleled heights and showing a big black pane of nothing," wrote Reddit user cyrenaic101 in a complaint thread. "So I uninstalled that turd. And then here comes the 'fix' KB4515384. Search completely broken…"
Similar complaints surfaced in another Reddit discussion of the updates.
Among those who claim to have undone the snafu, solutions involve either reverting to an older build and blocking updates, enabling Bing search via the Windows Registry or replacing the Cortana Cache folder with a version from a previous working build.
In November last year, Microsoft published a blog post from Michael Fortin, corporate vice president of Windows, addressing concerns about the quality of Windows updates after a series of problems that culminated in the re-release of its Windows 10 October 2018 update.
Despite the problematic release, Fortin maintained that the quality of Windows releases has been improving. "Over the last three years one of our key indicators of product quality – customer service call and chat volumes – has steadily dropped even as the number of machines running Windows 10 increased," he said.
Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment. ®
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I used to have a really nice easy to use desktop. but then they upgraded me and my desktop is these big blocky things that are for stuff I have no interest in to get to the things I do use I have to go through a bunch of BS.
To top things off they screwed up my DVD player program. Now it’s all jerky and hangs up and won’t play some of my HBO discs.
I am just SO HAPPY!
Classic Shell hides all that shite - I never see it. A free program called “Everything” indexes and will instantly find everything on my PC. GFY Microsoft.
So my decision to ride System 7 into the sunset was a good one?
here is a guide on how to get classic desktop back on win10 https://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+get+classic+desktop+on+windows+10
Some users claim is not the same as straight up saying it is broke.
I’d wait and see.
“So my decision to ride System 7 into the sunset was a good one?
that’s what i’m doing ...
I usually postphone updates for up to 35 days for that reason, among others.
But its fix has nixed SearchUI.exe for some
Something I have found hard to do! I use agent Ransack instead.
Mint looks good. I’m using Zorin. Win10 kept getting slower and slower. I junked it. Linux runs just as fast now as the day it started.
I’ve got a 9 year-old MacBook that still runs as fast, if not faster than when I bought it, thanks to upgrading to a Solid State Drive for about a hundred bucks.
The day after that atrocious update my printer would not work, and then my computer displayed an error with RTVKVHD64.sys
And that it had to restart. After that a whole bunch of programs didn’t work right. I was going to roll it back, but after several reboots then things mostly returned to normal... As far as I know.
Windows 10 is a complete sh*t show.
I think you still use windows 7 no? If so- have you had trouble getting latest updates? There are two updates that just won’t install from the list- (can’t remember what they are now- a ‘roll-up’ one I think was one-)
you folks with windows 10 should look into a program called ‘rollbackRX’ - it’s system restore on steroids- and you can KEEP any snapshots you wish, with regular windows system restore, it deletes older snapshots and if you do something heavy, like install a program it deletes a lot of old restore points
When i ran windows- it was the best purchase i ever made for software- well worth the money- completely saved my bacon numerous times- it works at the boot level (or at desktop if you prefer)- when booting it adds a screen where you can hit spacebar, and it will bring up the rollback screen and show you all your snapshots- so you literally can’t get viruses that won’t allow your computer to boot- as the screen loads BEFORE windows begins to boot-
Anyway- if i ran buggy windows 10 I sure would be running rollbackRX so that i could be sure I can do reboots if an update totally fubars the system
One step forward, one step back...one step forward, one step back...and now we’re cha-cha-ing...
Is this something new? And why does Microsoft continue to set the default privacy to "unzip my fly and wave it in the wind"? I had to search the web and then go in and crank up my privacy settings yet again.
Thanks for the info on RollbackRX.
I am very glad my home computing needs are relatively simple. Linux, while not without it’s own issues, is far more stable. I can’t remember the last time it failed to do what I needed it to do, or when an update trashed something. Years, maybe a decade? Seriously, download a “live” iso image of something like Linux Mint or MX Linux, load it on a thumb drive and take it for a spin. If it works well for your needs, you’ll probably be much happier with it than windows.
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