Just got this from Fred Marshall: Woody – KB4056892 [the Jan. 3 1709 cumulative update] seems to not have widespread impact. But we’ve been hammered.
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Problem reported with KB4056892, the Win10 1709 delta update
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AskWoody LoungerJanuary 25, 2018 at 8:29 pm #162247Have had no problems with KB4056892.
Ended up relaxing my settings and updating from 1703 to 1709. KB4056892 installed as well afterwards. No issues. 1709 has been as rock solid for me as 1703 was. (I no longer defer updates or upgrades since I back up every night with Veeam and restoring an image is easy.)
2 Intel systems – i7 4790K + Z97X-SLI motherboard, Pentium G3258 + H97 Performance motherboard. NVIDIA GPU’s in both.1 user thanked author for this post.
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Noel Carboni
AskWoody_MVPJanuary 25, 2018 at 8:44 pm #162252I couldn’t even install it, myself. It just did this when I tried to install it directly from the catalog…
I need to drop back to an earlier snapshot and try again.
Edit: Hm, I just looked at the dates. I’m thinking it’s older than the last cumulative update I put in. Guess I should think before I test (embarrassed smiley here).
-Noel
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JB
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AskWoody LoungerJanuary 26, 2018 at 5:22 pm #162459Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities:
KB4056892 installed OK on my desktop PC but refused to install on my laptop. After several attempts plus using the Updates Troubleshooter, which found and corrected two errors and then reported a third which it couldn’t repair, I contacted Microsoft Support. They tried another unsuccessful update remotely and then initiated a Windows repair, which I finished. After that KB4056892 installed successfully.BIOS Update: This week I acquired a Dell Latitude Ultrabook and it took the update in its stride. Yesterday Dell sent me a BIOS update which I installed today. Afterwards the Dell passed the Intel vulnerability test.
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anonymous
GuestJanuary 29, 2018 at 1:33 am #162932See this thread for lots of people with massive issues with this update: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-performance/inaccessible-boot-device-error-cause-fix/8950ec0c-8502-4af4-aca6-be0e41fe463b?messageId=d1a69d2c-d862-4551-bc97-6cb4a02d0b97
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abbodi86
AskWoody_MVPJanuary 31, 2018 at 12:18 pm #163483Windows 10 Version 1709 new updates
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