• BillH

    BillH

    @bhenshaw

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    • in reply to: Reenable the full context menu in Windows 11 #2716294

      If you don’t like to make changes to the registry yourself, you can use the program Winaeor Tweaker to make this change.  It can also make other changes related to Windows 11 and other versions of Windows.

      https://winaero.com/winaero-tweaker/

       

    • in reply to: MS-DEFCON 4: Safe — for now #2662908

      I have Win 11 Home 23H2 with Secure Boot, but not Bitlocker.  I was expecting the worst, but it only required two normal restarts.  No additional steps were required.

    • in reply to: Windows Update Mini Tool question #2649019

      OK.  That is a bit weird though.  I’ve seen in several places that people are using WUMT with Windows 10 Home and Windows 11 Home.  Do you have any more specifics on what doesn’t work on Home editions?

      Thanks,

      Bill

    • in reply to: Windows Update Mini Tool question #2649002

      Sorry, I didn’t think it would matter.  The Win 10 computer is Win 10 Pro.  The laptop is Win 11 Home.

      Thanks,

      Bill

    • in reply to: KB5034441 has led us astray, in a horrible way #2630339

      If you have upgraded to Win11 from Windows 10 your Recovery partition is probably 4GB+
      With W11 clean OEM/install it is probably > 500MB

      Mine is a new Win 11 laptop that has never been updated.  I used the instructions Susan gave to determine how much free space the recovery drive has.  It shows it has 89 MB of free space out of about 732  MB total.

      Bill

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    • in reply to: KB5034441 has led us astray, in a horrible way #2630333

      I installed the new update on Windows 11 Pro with no problems – maybe a little slow. I wondered what all the fuss was about.

      The horror, the horror…

      Mark

       

       

      Did you have less than 250 MB of free space on your recovery drive?

      Bill

    • in reply to: KB5034441 has led us astray, in a horrible way #2630313

      She also said, “While I’ve not seen issues with Windows 11, I have seen issues with Windows 10.”

      Yes, but just because she hasn’t seen any issues doesn’t mean there might not be issues.  The recovery partition on my Win11 laptop doesn’t have 250 MB free space.  I just want to make sure the cumulative update won’t fail.  Has anyone with a Win 11 machine with less than 250 MB free space been successful in installing the January cumulative update?

      Bill

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    • in reply to: KB5034441 has led us astray, in a horrible way #2630291

      That sounds right.
      Use WUMT to hide updates you don’t want and download/install the ones you want.

      Thanks PKCano.

      Bill

    • in reply to: KB5034441 has led us astray, in a horrible way #2630289

      So for Windows 11 is the only option to block the entire cumulative update?

      There’s no reason to do so, as there are no known issues with January 2024 updates for Windows 11 versions 22H2/23H2.

      I’m confused.  In her article Susan said “It’s important to remember that updates for WinRE can be included in cumulative updates, as they currently are for Windows 11. When that is the case, and the conditions for the installation of the WinRE update are not met, the entire cumulative update may fail to install.”  Is that incorrect?

      Bill

    • in reply to: KB5034441 has led us astray, in a horrible way #2630280

      After you get Windows Update under WUMT control, you no longer need Metered Connections.

      So I turn on metered connections.
      Un-pause Windows Updates.
      Run WUMT and hide the update.
      Turn off metered connections.

      Then next month Windows update will not download and install anything, but I can do so using WUMT.  Is that all correct?  I am not all that technical and this is very confusing for me.

      Thanks.
      Bill

       

       

    • in reply to: KB5034441 has led us astray, in a horrible way #2630254

      Hi Susan,
      Thanks for the info.
      I do have a question though: If I understand correctly from your posts and from information on the internet this update only applies to Windows 10 (21H2 and 22H2), not to Windows 11. Is that correct?
      If so, maybe the defcon should be different for Windows 10 and Windows 11? I mainly use Windows 11, so that is a valuable distinction for me 😊

      Thanks,
      Frank

      KB5034441 is a separate security update for Windows 10.  It’s included in the January 2024 cumulative update for Windows 11.  If the recovery partition is too small then the entire cumulative update will fail.

      So for Windows 11 is the only option to block the entire cumulative update?

      Bill

    • in reply to: KB5034441 has led us astray, in a horrible way #2630192

      @PKCano

      So, do I need to keep metered connections turned on or can I turn it off after I run WUMT?

      Thanks,

      Bill

    • in reply to: MS-DEFCON 2: Last call for 22H2 #2571882

      Or Windows finally decided to check for updates….

      cheers, Paul

      I did check for updates several times.  That didn’t work.  Only when I released In Control did it work and it did so immediately.

      Bill

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    • in reply to: MS-DEFCON 2: Last call for 22H2 #2571747

      Read through this thread 22h2-update.

      Thanks for the link to that other thread.  I have done everything mentioned in that thread I think.  It has been about 6 or 7 hours since I made the change.  Guess I’ll just have to wait a bit longer.

      Bill

      Strange.  After waiting for awhile longer and not getting offered 22H2, I decided to try something.  I “released control” in In Control and was immediately offered 22H2 which I then installed.  It appears that In Control was keeping me from being offered 22H2 despite having In Control set to Windows 11 22H2.

      Bill

    • in reply to: MS-DEFCON 2: Last call for 22H2 #2571717

      Read through this thread 22h2-update.

      Thanks for the link to that other thread.  I have done everything mentioned in that thread I think.  It has been about 6 or 7 hours since I made the change.  Guess I’ll just have to wait a bit longer.

      Bill

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