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AskWoody LoungerMay 2, 2018 at 8:07 am #189609My Dell Inspiron 5567 only one to get it yet. Can’t say its any slower, although the Defender icon put up a warning which only ended up being for the fact I use a local account and was not signed in to Microsoft account. How is this a security issue I will probably never know?
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ManagerMay 2, 2018 at 8:33 am #189615Microsoft accounts allow you to put info in onedrive and sync off files, and provide a better way to reset your password. It’s also tied in with the emphasis on Windows hello, ergo the defender warning.
The slowdown may be a reindexing thing.
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AskWoody LoungerMay 2, 2018 at 8:18 am #189611I never sign into my Microsoft account unless I have to so I’m generally running on a local account. No complaints from Windows Defender here.
I’m also not seeing any significant slowdowns since upgrading. I haven’t noticed any difference at all, so far at least.
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AskWoody LoungerMay 2, 2018 at 8:28 am #189613I have a significant increase in PCMark 10 scores 1803 compared to Win 8.1, but that might be due to DX12 in Win 10 (Futuremark’s benchmark tend to score for capabilities, not only for the speed itself), haven’t had time to look into details. Gaming performance across the board is faster than W8.1:
https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/win10-1803-megathread/#post-189278
And this is against 2017-12 rollup state, so without Meltdown/Spectre mitigations installed. I actually start to like W10…
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AskWoody LoungerMay 2, 2018 at 10:54 am #189642Hmm… Nvidia’s latest are 397.31, i.e. newer than you tested. Haven’t tried these? I’ve tested yesterday a fresh install with 397.31 installed and the results were rather promising.
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AskWoody LoungerMay 2, 2018 at 1:49 pm #189673OK, try to follow along.
Nvidia Drivers:
– Before I stalled the April Update I was running 391.31. After update PCMark10 score 5315.
– Then I installed 390.65 Nvidia drivers. PCMark10 score 6139.
– Then I clean reinstalled 391.31. PCMark10 score 6024.
– The I clean installed the newest drivers, 397.31. PCMark10 score 6059.I am left with the conclusion that the Win10 April Update did something to or mis-intalled the drivers.
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AskWoody LoungerMay 2, 2018 at 1:52 pm #189674Might be. WU pulls the drivers from MS servers and maybe they messed up. Glad you solved the problem!
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AskWoody LoungerMay 2, 2018 at 12:53 pm #189663You got me thinking. What if the driver wasn’t installed, or installed properly, or something like that during the update.
OK, try to follow along.
Nvidia Drivers:
– Before I stalled the April Update I was running 391.31. After update PCMark10 score 5315.
– Then I installed 390.65 Nvidia drivers. PCMark10 score 6139.
– Then I clean reinstalled 391.31. PCMark10 score 6024.
– The I clean installed the newest drivers, 397.31. PCMark10 score 6059.I am left with the conclusion that the Win10 April Update did something to or mis-intalled the drivers.
Original article updated.
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AskWoody LoungerMay 2, 2018 at 11:16 am #189646I installed Firefox yesterday and no issues at all. Same for Thunderbird. I keep wondering when will my X-Fi drivers stop working with all those changes in the system. Luckily, everything working fine so far.
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AskWoody PlusMay 2, 2018 at 11:30 am #189651It should be possible to patch Windows (which is all the 6 monthly updates are, patches, they’re still the same version namely Windows 10), without having immediately to patch everything else on the machine such as drivers and browsers. I would hope that Microsoft check compatibility before launching their updates.
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AskWoody LoungerMay 2, 2018 at 1:55 pm #189675I would hope that Microsoft check compatibility before launching their updates.
That would be rather difficult, given the number of all possible configurations…
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AskWoody PlusMay 2, 2018 at 3:21 pm #189703My Dell Inspiron 5567 only one to get it yet. Can’t say its any slower, although the Defender icon put up a warning which only ended up being for the fact I use a local account and was not signed in to Microsoft account. How is this a security issue I will probably never know?
A friend with Win 10 called yesterday in the midst of a Defender Warning and even had trouble trying to Re-Start or Shut-down the computer. We thought it might be malware.
If the Forced Spring Update triggered the Defender Warning & His was the same situation – HOW – would he have recovered at That Moment? I believe he Power-Buttoned OFF, and I haven’t heard the latest. And, I’ve always presumed every single-user Home computer runs off a “Local acct” (his, too) , so that part for you I don’t understand.
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GuestMay 2, 2018 at 10:55 pm #189755I have Win 10 Pro set to notify when updates are ready and Metered turned on. It notifies me that KB4023057 was ready to download.
I hid it with wushowhide and rebooted. It’s still telling me that there are updates ready to download.
Is this is supposed to go away to stay this way till I download them ???mindwarp
AskWoody PlusMay 4, 2018 at 10:26 pm #190321And, I’ve always presumed every single-user Home computer runs off a “Local acct” (his, too) , so that part for you I don’t understand.
Having helped multiple users reset their MS account passwords on library computers so they could then log in on their own Windows computers, and just seen too many people frustrated because they can’t log in to their own computer because it is offline… I think it was 8 that started MS’s push to trying to sucker people into setting up their accounts as MS ones instead of local ones, and 10 didn’t make it easier for the average user to realize they had the option to have a local account.
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