Thread: WIN10 - "Fall Creator's Update"

Originally Posted by Dillinger

^its a Toshiba Satellite. There was a new bios update for it.
How do you know when theres an updated bios available? Shouldnt it do it itself?

Thanks for the driver tip, but its all working so ill desist in bollocking it up

That's why I said create a Restore Point. That way if you do somthing that bollocks it up you can restore to the last working version.



BIOS updates aren't that frequent, but there will be new Meltdown and Spectre updates out sometime soon.

The best place to check for BIOS updates is at the Toshiba support site. But IoBit is good for actually going to the manufacturers website; sometimes, for example, Realtek will update the sound driver and it will take Toshiba (or whoever) ages to port that over to their driver database.

Anyone explain will the updates stop other processes by using my entire bandwidth which is as low as 20 some days at night faster, are they scheduled by MS in USA or random?

recent slow speed

PING
31ms

DOWNLOAD
33.72Mbps

UPLOAD
23.03Mbps

Originally Posted by david44

Anyone explain will the updates stop other processes by using my entire bandwidth which is as low as 20 some days at night faster, are they scheduled by MS in USA or random?

recent slow speed

PING
31ms

DOWNLOAD
33.72Mbps

UPLOAD
23.03Mbps

Set your connection to "Metered" and then undo and download before you go to bed.

Here we (well you) go again....

Microsoft Readying Windows 10 'Spring Creators' Update Release

By: Pedro Hernandez| April 06, 2018


Several signs are pointing to the imminent release of the next major Windows 10 feature update.


Microsoft is getting ready to release the next feature major update to Windows 10, code-named Redstone 4 (RS4). It's a fairly substantial update, offering enterprise users advanced setup capabilities and allowing developers to natively evaluate machine-learning modelson a local Windows PC.
In an April 5 update on the status of Windows 10 preview build 17133, Microsoft revealed that the system software had been moved to the Release Preview ring of the Windows Insider early-access program, an indication that the company is gearing up for a public launch.
The test build was as originally released on March 27 to the Fast ring of insider evaluators, containing a smattering a bug fixes, but no new features. It also dispenses with the watermark that appears in test builds, another sign of an imminent release.


Build 17133 is being distributed in stages will be fully available to all Insiders in the Release Preview ring on April 9. Users who don't want to wait can manually trigger the installation in the Update and Security section of the operating system's settings options.
Although, Microsoft has yet to announce an official release date for the feature update, there are more clues that it will arrive soon.
Build 17133 appears as a "Feature update for Windows 10, version 1803" for Insiders who perform a manual check for the update. The version number denotes a targeted release date, March 2018, according to the company's new semi-annual update schedule.
There are also strong hints pointing to what Microsoft intends to officially name the update.
On March 8, a Twitter user posted the output of a PowerShell command showing Windows 10 version 1803 listed logically enough as the "Spring Creators Update," which follows a naming convention the company started in April 2017 with the original Creators Update and continued with the October 2017 release of the Fall Creators Update. This followed sightingsof the name by other observant users.
Meanwhile, Microsoft is already looking ahead to this coming fall's update, or Redstone 5.
On April 4, Windows Insiders who downloaded a Skip Ahead preview release got a taste of some upcoming improvements to the operating system's multitasking capabilities. Windows 10 test build 17639 improves on Sets, a feature that helps users create more focused workflows by collecting multiple websites, content and application experiences into one application window using browser-like tabs.
This latest build allows users to drag and drop application tabs between Sets and use the Alt+Tab keyboard shortcut to switch between tabs. Right clicking on a tab now sprouts new contextual options, including closing all the tabs that are open to the right of a selected tab or creating an entirely new window based on a given tab. Sets also gets its own area in the Multitasking section of the Windows settings panel.
Microsoft's fondness for tabs is spreading to File Explorer. Rather than litter the desktop with new File Explorer windows, users can now group them in a tabbed interface using the redesigned file menu or using the Ctrl+T shortcut.

Microsoft's Windows 10 'Spring Creators' Update Nearing Release

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Here we (well you) go again....

Oh FFS! Does it ever end?

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Users who don't want to wait can manually trigger the installation in the Update and Security section of the operating system's settings options.

I imagine there's a shit ton of them, chomping at the bit.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

There are also strong hints pointing to what Microsoft intends to officially name the update.

Spring 18 Fuckup?

Linux.

Sweet! I can not wait for the update!

Originally Posted by uncle junior

Linux.

On my raspberry pi builds of course but not on my main rig. Fuck no

Originally Posted by SKkin

Oh FFS! Does it ever end?

Will I think the names "Spring" and "Fall" are a bit of a giveaway, but maybe that's just me.

Actually there are some decent new features coming:

https://www.techrepublic.com/article...a-cheat-sheet/

Plus they are finally killing that HomeGroup shite.

Microsoft admitted yesterday that the reason it did not launch the Spring Creators Update for Windows 10 last week was because of technical issues the company encountered with the supposed final release.

More precisely, Microsoft says it encountered a higher percentage of Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) errors on PCs, the company's Insiders Program managers said in a blog post yesterday.

Microsoft says that instead of shipping the Springs Creators Update faulty as it was, and then delivering an update later to fix the issues, it decided to hold off on deploying the defective build altogether.

The OS maker says it will create and test a new Windows 10 build that also includes the BSOD fixes, and ship that one instead of Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17134, the build that was initially scheduled to be launched as the Spring Creators Update on April 10, last week.

The delay also appears to have given Microsoft more time to think about its Windows 10 updates naming scheme.

According to Windows 10 sleuth WalkingCat, Microsoft appears to have renamed the Spring Creators Update —formerly known as Redstone 4— to the "Windows 10 April 2018 Update," a naming scheme that makes more sense.

Last year, Microsoft said it planned to deploy two major Windows 10 updates per year, every April and September.

Having the month and year of each update in the name makes it more easier for system administrators to track which updates they have installed, as opposed to using codenames such as the Anniversary Update, the Creators Update, the Fall Creators Update, or the Spring Creators Update.

At one point or another, sysadmins would have lost track of what update came before what, and patching would have become chaotic.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/new...tage-of-bsods/

Ransomware Protection Section Included in Windows 10's Spring Creators Update

By Lawrence Abrams

While ransomware has evolved into targeted attacks rather than mass spam campaigns, it is still a significant threat to businesses and consumers. Microsoft must agree, as in the upcoming Spring Creators Update, Microsoft has added a dedicated Ransomware Protection section in the Windows Defender Security Center settings.


This new Ransomware Protection section is located in the Windows Defender Security Center under the "Virus & threat protection" settings.


When going into the Ransomware protection section, you will currently only see the Controlled folder access tool. Controlled Folder Access is a feature that allows you to protect files in certain folders to that they cannot be modified by unknown applications. This protects the files within these folders from being encrypted by a ransomware infection.

If you enable Controlled folder access, then further settings will appear that allow you to configure what folder will be protected and to whitelist apps that can bypass CFA.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/new...eators-update/

This is not my area of expertise as I have just reverted back to W7 as my wifi refused all efforts to work on W10 when I updated on my Toshiba laptop 64 bit (I.7. 2630QM CPU 6gb ram)I Checked driver etc. Does Apple have these problems when updating their OS?

Originally Posted by Hugh Cow

This is not my area of expertise as I have just reverted back to W7 as my wifi refused all efforts to work on W10 when I updated on my Toshiba laptop 64 bit (I.7. 2630QM CPU 6gb ram)I Checked driver etc. Does Apple have these problems when updating their OS?

Not much, because they build their own hardware.

As for your Wifi not working, what brand is it? And is your laptop Windows 10 compatible?

Originally Posted by bsnub

That really is the key question as a lot of older PC's are not being supported by there original manufacturer. So the likely issue is Hugh that if your laptop was not working correctly it may well because Toshiba refuses to write new drivers for it.

But rarely an insurmountable problem with a little bit of effort.

^ Not in all cases. Some of these companies have shit bios. My Aunt for example has a touch screen HP aio PC. It had a "beats" audio driver. Today MS installs a weird audio codec and when you plug in a set of headphones it does not shut off the onboard speakers. No fix found.

Originally Posted by bsnub

^ Not in all cases. Some of these companies have shit bios. My Aunt for example has a touch screen HP aio PC. It had a "beats" audio driver. Today MS installs a weird audio codec and when you plug in a set of headphones it does not shut off the onboard speakers. No fix found.

Restore Point?

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Restore Point?

Nope. HP just never updated that Beats audio driver for 10.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Microsoft says that instead of shipping the Springs Creators Update faulty as it was, and then delivering an update later to fix the issues, it decided to hold off on deploying the defective build altogether.

Originally Posted by SKkin

Spring 18 Fuckup

Told ya.

Originally Posted by SKkin

Told ya.

I've been running it since they made it available on the Fast Ring, so it's clearly not something that affects every PC.

But fair play to them for holding it off until they've worked out what badly-made, cheap pieces of Chinese shit will got tits up if it's installed.