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Michael Dugger
AskWoody PlusAs software and web developers, we have a crucial responsibility: building websites that are not just visually appealing but also functionally robust across a wide range of devices. In today’s digital landscape, it’s imperative that our websites are optimized for diverse devices, especially considering varying speeds and specifications. This includes ensuring that our websites are fast, responsive, and reliable, even on slower devices.
However, it’s evident that this standard is not universally met within the industry. This could be attributed to a lack of awareness regarding best practices or perhaps a shortfall in the dedication to rigorously optimize for multiple devices. Whatever the reasons may be, it’s essential to recognize the impact of these shortcomings. Websites that are not adequately optimized can lead to poor user experiences, which in turn can affect the website’s effectiveness and the business’s bottom line.
Let’s use this platform to share insights and strategies for overcoming these challenges. How can we, as a community, ensure that every developer has the tools and knowledge to create websites that perform well across all devices? What are some best practices you’ve implemented in your projects? Discussion and knowledge sharing are key to elevating the standard of web development for everyone.
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Michael Dugger
AskWoody PlusI’ve disabled Device Setup Manager service because it’s junk and doesn’t work. The device metadata service URLs are all broken, so I think this whole thing has been deprecated by Microsoft. All the warnings stopped after I did that. I was getting 40+ warnings every boot with this service.
There was also an error called Event 2, Kernel Event-Tracing
Session “Microsoft.Windows.Remediation” failed to start with the following error: 0xC0000035
I solved that by uninstalling Windows Update Health Tools, and downloading the updated version of the health tools offline installer here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=103324Once that’s run, go to Windows Update and check for updates. Restart and now the error is gone.
I hope that helps others who are getting hundreds of warnings in their error logs and being told there is nothing that can be done about it.
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Michael Dugger
AskWoody PlusThe event viewer is not always a good indicator that something is actually wrong. Sometimes issues are merely transitory and get fixed later.
I hope that’s the case here. I’ve seen there are a lot of people with this issue going way back to 2019.
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Michael Dugger
AskWoody PlusHi b,
Thanks for your reply. No my internet connection is not set to metered, and I’m not using any tools to block windows updates. I have Windows Updates paused until Defcon changes, and the following Update Group Policies:
Notify to download updates
Set Automatic Update options
Target release version for feature updates
Target product version for feature updates
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Michael Dugger
AskWoody PlusThat happened to me on my old ASUS gaming laptop. I found it was most likely an incompatible old driver. A clean install is probably your best solution in that case.
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Michael Dugger
AskWoody PlusMy custom PC was purchased in August 2013, and I see many other users with computers that old. It still holds up and passes VR stress tests and other performance benchmarks. It’s a sturdy, reliable beast.
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