Where we stand with the May 2020 patches

[woody]

What a month! From an undocumented drive-by “Intel” microcode patch to an unannounced zero-day (which didn’t turn out to be very pressing), to five do
[See the full post at: Where we stand with the May 2020 patches]

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[Pim]

Wow, Fast Startup has been around for how may years? At least 5 I think. And only now did they find out that it caused Windows Updates to not be fully installed. Just wow…..

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[b]

Despite Woody’s “Earlier this week, Microsoft revealed that, …”, the linked KB4011287 support article is at least three years old and was previously posted in this forum in 2017:

Windows updates might not be installed with Fast Startup in Windows 10

It only applies if someone uses shutdown when a restart is clearly required by Windows Update.

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[Pim]

Then my wow remains but then for another reason: that is has not been solved yet. How difficult would it be to check for pending updates and if so do a shutdown without Fast Startup?

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[b]

Wouldn’t that be the only correct definition of a “forced update”?

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[Alex5723]

If there is a green light “it’s time for those of us who rely on stable PCs to consider installing the May patches.” why MS-DEFCON is still = 2 ?

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[anonymous]

I have always kept Fast Startup disabled, largely because I’ve noticed a degradation in performance if left on over time. Symptoms are the same as if you left a Windows PC running for days or when you use hibernate instead of shut down. A full restart clears the cruft and lets Windows start fresh with every session. This is why I shut down all of my computers (except my phones) overnight, and power them back on in the morning.

[DriftyDonN]

off topic but command line- powercfg /a tells me my acer pc’s don’t have required firmware- and they both have ssd’s- one SATA(I think and one Pci *** whatever that looks like a stick of RAM. Dont have it handy and dont recall the exact term. 512 GB tho….LOL

So as ssd’s and Fast Start and hibernate aren’t friendly, it’s just as well.

ARE we going to just skip May patch? I wouldn’t mind a bit.

 

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[Alex5723]

anonymous wrote:

I have always kept Fast Startup disabled, largely because I’ve noticed a degradation in performance if left on over time. Symptoms are the same as if you left a Windows PC running for days or when you use hibernate instead of shut down.

On my laptop : Fast Startup in on. I never shut down my laptop which is on 24/7/365 (restart only after Windows updates, software install..) system goes into hibernation… never seen any performance degradation. OS installed on M.2 Nvme SSD.

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[Mele20]

DriftyDonN wrote:

ARE we going to just skip May patch? I wouldn’t mind a bit.

That’s what I am wondering. Why the article by Woody but no change in Defcon status?

[PKCano]

There is still over a week until Patch Tuesday.
Be patient.

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SueW

[b]

Anyone who follows Woody’s advice should be getting updates tomorrow:

If Pause is set to expire before the end of May, or if you don’t have a Pause in effect, you should set up a patching defense perimeter that keeps patches off your machine for the rest of this month.

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3543189/check-to-make-sure-you-have-windows-updates-paused.html

[bobcat5536]

Windows 10 Pro ( 1903 )…Just installed May updates with, no profile problems, audio problems, or printer problems, or any of the other bugs being discussed. Everything went smooth with no problems.

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