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Been using Kaspersky for years.  Will continue to use Kaspersky.  Re-upped my subscription in February for 3 years so am good till February 2027.

 

On a side note, been using EaseUs Partition Master and Todo Backup for years.  I wonder why Biden isn’t banning EaseUs.  Is there a critical risk with close ties to the Chinese government?

 

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I have a Win11 22H2 laptop, 2 Win10 22H2 desktops and this Win10 22H2 laptop.  When I built the 2 desktops, the Windows install did not create a recorvery partition or a WinRE partition.  I don’t have any issues with Win11.  I guess when the ok for Win11 23H2 is given, then I will upgrade the Win11 22H2 laptop and will upgrade one of the Win10 22H2 desktops to Win11 23H2 to see how that experience goes.  I vowed to never go from XP to 7 but did.  And vowed to never go from 7 to 10 but did.  Did 2 years of 7 ESU.  So will go from 10 to 11 when 23H2 is blessed.  As the Borg say, resistance is futile.

Yes, the patch fails.  I tried it just to see, was curious.  It is hidden and will stay hidden.  But, if KB5034441 gets incorporated into a Cumulative update, then the whole update will fail.  And then what.  I have no intention of creating a recovery partition or a WinRE partition.  Don’t need either.  But, if I am forced to create either, then will see what is needed to create, unless it will go on without the partitions.

What if you don’t have a recovery partition or a WinRE partition (WinRE is disabled)?

Ok, will do.  I started this post because I thought KB5034123 for Windows 11 22H2 has the partition issue included in it that KB5034441 and KB5034440 has so asked if it will fail because WinRE is disabled and I don’t have a WinRE partition nor a Recovery partition.

 

I ask because of thread ‘KB5034441 and KB5034440’:

‘For Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2, the vulnerability noted in  CVE-2024-20666 is being patched as part of the cumulative windows update of KB5034123.’

I don’t know if I need to do anything regarding partitions.

Bottom line is that it will not install?  Then how do I install it? Do I need to create a recovery partition or a WinRE partition? Do I need to enable WinRE?

Yes, I read that, should have said that I log in with a Local account.  I don’t use my Microsoft account to log into any of my 4 computers, all userid’s are Local account for both Windows 10 and 11.

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Alex5723

I use EaseUS Todo Backup Professional on my two desktops and laptop.  Every Sunday morning at 12:00AM EaseUS is set to take a full image backup of C: drive on each machine.  With every EaseUS release I create a WinPE disk.  Every month before installing the monthly Windows updates I use EaseUS to create a clone of my C: drive.  Have booted into the WinPE disk and restored fine and booted into the clone fine.

I have read the various posts concerning KB5012170 and am not sure what to do.  Do I need to or have to install KB5012170?  I do not use Bitlocker and don’t have a Bitlocker key.

Since I don’t use Bitlocker, is KB5012170 safe to install?   Will it enable Bitlocker upon the install boot and not boot?  Are there any other issues with KB5012170 to be concerned about?

I built a PC with Ryzen 7 3700x and ASUS Prime X570-Pro.  I ran the PC Health Check to check for Windows 11 compatibility.  It came back and said I need TPM 2.0.

I went into BIOS and AMD fTPM is set to Discreet TPM. It seems that I need to change the setting to Firmware TPM.

Is it safe to change the setting?  What does changing from Discreet TPM to Firmware TPM do?  I do not use BitLocker and am concerned about encryption.

 

Not sure what to do.

 

Have a question.  According to WuMgr KB5000802 is 102.81 GB.  When KB5001649 came out it was 102.82 GB.  KB5001649 has since been replaced with KB5000842 at 103.03 GB.

The Catalog version of KB5001649 is 446 MB.  The recommendation is to install KB5001649 instead of KB5000802.  With such a great discrepancy in size between the original KB5001649 and the Catalog version of KB5001649, what is missing from the Catalog KB5001649 (446 MB) versus the original KB5001649 (102 GB) or KB5000802 (102 GB)?

Do I install KB5000802, then install the Catalog KB5001649 or do I just install the Catalog KB5001649 and not install KB5000802?

[redknight]

I want to make sure I understand.  You are recommending that I install KB5001649 instead of KB5000802?

 

This was supposed to be a reply to PKCano #2353027

• This reply was modified 4 years, 1 month ago by redknight.

[redknight]

I received KB4577586 (both 1909 and 2004).  It showed up when doing a routine wushowhide.  I hid it.  Do I install it (is it safe to install) or do I keep it forever hidden?

• This reply was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by redknight.

I meant the installation instructions.  Susan’s instructions from last year:

• Open an elevated command window (enter cmd into the Windows search box and select the “Run as administrator” option).
• At the prompt, type in slmgr /ipk [full key]” and click Enter. (Replace [full key] with the complete ESU key number.)

Be patient: eventually a screen will pop up indicating that the key was properly entered

• Back at the prompt, enter slmgr /dlv and click Enter; this will go out and acquire the given activation key.

Again, be patient: each step takes some time. After a pause, a screen will pop up indicating that the key is ready for activation.

• In that same screen, look for the Activation ID. It should be 77db037b-95c3-48d7-a3ab-a9c6d41093e0. (For the first year, all ESU setups will have that same number.)
• Final step: Back in the command window, enter slmgr /ato 77db037b-95c3-48d7-a3ab-a9c6d41093e0 — another window should pop up, stating an activation was successful.

 

This year the activation id will be different?

Are the instructions for installing Year2 ESU the same as Year1 instructions that Susan provided?