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AskWoody PlusMay 4, 2020 at 8:54 am #2258935Where it this in the newletter alerts? I see the dates on articles up through only May 3.
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AskWoody LoungerMay 4, 2020 at 5:35 pm #2259138I reached the end of my 3 weeks pause on May updates so decided to install update KB4549951 on my HP Home Edition Win10 1909. Installed with no issues. Still pending is Optional CU KB4550954 which I will not install at this time.
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GuestMay 6, 2020 at 7:27 am #2260094Has there been a better fix for the KB4549951 problem? I have not had the file deletion or the BSOD problems that some of the others have had. My problem is not as bad. When I fire up my system in the morning, my desktop icons are all blank. So after it boots up, I have to restart it. Then it runs normally. I tried putting it to sleep instead of shutting it down, but sometimes it does it anyway. I just did a clean installation a few weeks ago, so I don’t want to go through that again! I understand there is supposed to be a fix, but that the fix has it’s own problems. I have postponed any further updates for a month. I was thinking maybe to go back to the insider updates, but not sure how stable they are. I was on the slow updates before and they were OK. Any suggestions? Just keep rebooting after each startup
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