Lots of little Microsoft patches, but nothing for this month’s big bugs — and no Previews
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Lots of little Microsoft patches, but nothing for this month’s big bugs — and no Previews
The third Tuesday of the month brought a handful of fixes, but nothing that addresses the Win10 1803 solid-state drive fiasco, or the network clobbering in Windows 7 — and there are no Monthly Rollup Previews.
Third Tuesday of the month and it’s time for bug fixes and Monthly Rollup Previews, right?
Well, no. May’s Third Tuesday brought a big bag of .Net Framework Previews, microcode patches for Win10 1803 and Server 2016, and a Win10 1803 upgrade nag, but no respite at all for the major problems introduced by this month’s earlier patches.
Woody Leonhard - Woody on Windows
By Woody Leonhard, Columnist, Computerworld | May 16, 2018 6:32 AM PT
News Analysis
Lots of little Microsoft patches, but nothing for this month’s big bugs — and no Previews
The third Tuesday of the month brought a handful of fixes, but nothing that addresses the Win10 1803 solid-state drive fiasco, or the network clobbering in Windows 7 — and there are no Monthly Rollup Previews.
Third Tuesday of the month and it’s time for bug fixes and Monthly Rollup Previews, right?
Well, no. May’s Third Tuesday brought a big bag of .Net Framework Previews, microcode patches for Win10 1803 and Server 2016, and a Win10 1803 upgrade nag, but no respite at all for the major problems introduced by this month’s earlier patches.
The .Net Framework Previews
Unless you’re testing your own .Net-based software to make sure it won’t explode next month, you don’t need to think about these. There’s the usual assortment of Previews for .Net Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7 and 4.7.1 for all the usual versions of Windows and Server.
[ More info: What is Windows Hello? Microsoft’s biometrics security system explained ]
The Win10 1803 upgrade privacy warnings
There are two patches — KB 4134660 for Win10 1703 and KB 4134661 for Win10 1709 — whose purpose eludes me. The KB articles say:
This Windows update provides a notification of an improved privacy experience on upgrade to the Windows 10 April 2018 release
This update will be downloaded and installed automatically.
… and that’s it. Microsoft’s “improved privacy experience” in 1803 isn’t much. Martin Brinkmann, who literally wrote the book about Win10 privacy, puts it this way:
Microsoft's description is vague and it is not clear right now what these updates do when they are installed. The most likely explanation is that they inform users about the improved privacy options during setup which Microsoft added to Windows 10 version 1803. Microsoft added two new switches to the privacy options during Windows 10 Setup: Find my device and improve inking & typing. Find my device uses the device's location data to inform you where it is in case you misplaced it or in cases where it has been stolen. Improve inking & typing on the other hand defines whether inking and typing data is submitted to Microsoft. The description suggests that the update is not essential when it comes to the upgrade experience to Windows 10 version 1803 as it appears to add no fixes for existing issues.
Which leads me to believe that KB 4134660 and KB 4134661 are two more upgrade-begging patches that you neither need nor want. After the Get Windows 10 debacle, and the "oops" forced upgrades from 1703 to 1709, I want no part of it.
Lots of little Microsoft patches, but nothing for this month’s big bugs — and no Previews
The third Tuesday of the month brought a handful of fixes, but nothing that addresses the Win10 1803 solid-state drive fiasco, or the network clobbering in Windows 7 — and there are no Monthly Rollup Previews.
Third Tuesday of the month and it’s time for bug fixes and Monthly Rollup Previews, right?
Well, no. May’s Third Tuesday brought a big bag of .Net Framework Previews, microcode patches for Win10 1803 and Server 2016, and a Win10 1803 upgrade nag, but no respite at all for the major problems introduced by this month’s earlier patches.
Woody Leonhard - Woody on Windows
By Woody Leonhard, Columnist, Computerworld | May 16, 2018 6:32 AM PT
News Analysis
Lots of little Microsoft patches, but nothing for this month’s big bugs — and no Previews
The third Tuesday of the month brought a handful of fixes, but nothing that addresses the Win10 1803 solid-state drive fiasco, or the network clobbering in Windows 7 — and there are no Monthly Rollup Previews.
Third Tuesday of the month and it’s time for bug fixes and Monthly Rollup Previews, right?
Well, no. May’s Third Tuesday brought a big bag of .Net Framework Previews, microcode patches for Win10 1803 and Server 2016, and a Win10 1803 upgrade nag, but no respite at all for the major problems introduced by this month’s earlier patches.
The .Net Framework Previews
Unless you’re testing your own .Net-based software to make sure it won’t explode next month, you don’t need to think about these. There’s the usual assortment of Previews for .Net Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7 and 4.7.1 for all the usual versions of Windows and Server.
[ More info: What is Windows Hello? Microsoft’s biometrics security system explained ]
The Win10 1803 upgrade privacy warnings
There are two patches — KB 4134660 for Win10 1703 and KB 4134661 for Win10 1709 — whose purpose eludes me. The KB articles say:
This Windows update provides a notification of an improved privacy experience on upgrade to the Windows 10 April 2018 release
This update will be downloaded and installed automatically.
… and that’s it. Microsoft’s “improved privacy experience” in 1803 isn’t much. Martin Brinkmann, who literally wrote the book about Win10 privacy, puts it this way:
Microsoft's description is vague and it is not clear right now what these updates do when they are installed. The most likely explanation is that they inform users about the improved privacy options during setup which Microsoft added to Windows 10 version 1803. Microsoft added two new switches to the privacy options during Windows 10 Setup: Find my device and improve inking & typing. Find my device uses the device's location data to inform you where it is in case you misplaced it or in cases where it has been stolen. Improve inking & typing on the other hand defines whether inking and typing data is submitted to Microsoft. The description suggests that the update is not essential when it comes to the upgrade experience to Windows 10 version 1803 as it appears to add no fixes for existing issues.
Which leads me to believe that KB 4134660 and KB 4134661 are two more upgrade-begging patches that you neither need nor want. After the Get Windows 10 debacle, and the "oops" forced upgrades from 1703 to 1709, I want no part of it.
Prease to read more here:
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3273550/microsoft-wind...
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