{"id":13667,"date":"2018-10-25T06:30:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T14:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2018\/10\/25\/news-7434\/"},"modified":"2018-10-25T06:30:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T14:30:07","slug":"news-7434","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2018\/10\/25\/news-7434\/","title":{"rendered":"Win10 1803 big bug bash KB 4462933 joins earlier versions, a week late to the party"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 06:45:00 -0700<\/strong><\/p>\n

Back on Oct. 18, a <\/span>\u201cC Week\u201d<\/span><\/a> Thursday, Microsoft released <\/span>hefty rounds of bug fixes<\/span><\/a> for Win10 1607, 1703 and 1709. At the time, I wondered out loud why the latest (unyanked) version of Win10, version 1803, didn\u2019t get a similar dose. Now, on a <\/span>\u201cD Week\u201d <\/span><\/a>Wednesday, it looks like we\u2019ve seen the deluge.<\/span><\/p>\n

The late-to-the-party cumulative update <\/span>KB 4462933<\/span><\/a> brings Win10 version 1803 up to build 17134.376. The patch is relatively unremarkable, except for the number of bugs that have been fixed \u2014 more than 50 are listed individually \u2014 and its odd appearance on a D Week Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my theory. Microsoft is backporting bug fixes: When it finds a bug in version \u201cn\u201d and fixes it, it applies the fix to version \u201cn-1,\u201d \u00a0once the patch has the kinks worked out. I think we\u2019re seeing that play out big time with the ill-fated Win10 version 1809.<\/span><\/p>\n

If my theory\u2019s correct, the massive number of fixes just released for 1803 includes many fixes for 1809, no doubt discovered during the full-court bug press currently under way on 1809. Those bug fixes have been deemed to be good enough for 1809, and they’ve been tested thoroughly. If that\u2019s the case, it bodes well for 1809 \u2014 when\/if we finally see it released.<\/span><\/p>\n

That theory\u2019s seen an interesting example lately, by the way. The <\/span>data-destroying Zip bug<\/span><\/a> in Win10 version 1809 has been fixed. But the fix hasn\u2019t (yet) appeared in 1809. Instead, it\u2019s been fixed in the <\/span>latest build of the next-next version of Windows 19H1<\/span><\/a>, build 18262, on Oct. 17. That, too, bodes well for 1809.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve seen a few reports of problems with KB 4462933 <\/span>on TenForums<\/span><\/a>. DaveWin, for example, has this observation:<\/span><\/p>\n

I installed this last night and after a couple of non-responsive actions I just went back to the previous restore point.<\/span><\/p>\n

One application wouldn’t launch and I could not show a drive’s folders in explorer. <\/span><\/p>\n

As always, I would wait a while to install the 1803 cumulative update, until we\u2019ve heard from more intrepid users.<\/span><\/p>\n

When will Win10 version 1809 drop? Er, re-re-drop? Good question. Given the indications mentioned before, I think Microsoft is (finally!) taking quality more seriously. Whether that will result in the \u201cOctober 2018 Update\u201d being released in October is anybody\u2019s guess. Don\u2019t forget that the last version, the \u201cApril 2018 Update\u201d \u2014 shipped on the last day of April.<\/span><\/p>\n

The only hint I\u2019ve seen comes from the <\/span>sole Answers Forum post<\/span><\/a> acknowledging the data-destroying Zip bug:<\/span><\/p>\n

Microsoft is working on a resolution and estimates a solution will be available in early November for this issue. <\/span><\/p>\n

Which would seem to indicate that 1809 isn\u2019t coming back to haunt us in time for Halloween. That\u2019s too bad because I really want to see an \u201cE Week\u201d patch.<\/span><\/p>\n

I continue to recommend that you hold off on the October patches. <\/span><\/i>See AskWoody.com<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 06:45:00 -0700<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Back on Oct. 18, a <\/span>\u201cC Week\u201d<\/span><\/a> Thursday, Microsoft released <\/span>hefty rounds of bug fixes<\/span><\/a> for Win10 1607, 1703 and 1709. At the time, I wondered out loud why the latest (unyanked) version of Win10, version 1803, didn\u2019t get a similar dose. Now, on a <\/span>\u201cD Week\u201d <\/span><\/a>Wednesday, it looks like we\u2019ve seen the deluge.<\/span><\/p>\n

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