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Lars,

Thanks for your reply and the links. Unfortunately I have already tried most of the ideas to no avail.

I was hoping someone had found an easy to implement solution.

I am not going to Reset PC, create/use a MS Account (Cortana was working before without a MS Account), or create a new user account unless it was certain to work.

Maybe when MS separates Cortana from Search in a future update, it will resolve.

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Lars220

I’ve heard that some folks can see the Plus Membership status under Subscriptions. Can you?

The only items I show under Subscriptions are 2 categories:

Subscribed Forums

Subscribed Topic

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In the upper right corner, click on your username or your picture (“avatar”). Then click Edit. The password change boxes are under “Account.” by the way, you can see the status of your Plus Membership subscription there, too, under

Checked on my Profile and don’t see status of Plus Membership under Account or anywhere else….?

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woody

Hey all, couple of questions regarding 7-Zip.

On my windows 7 computer, I installed PowerArchiver many years ago and it works well. However it installed hundreds of file extensions in my registry which I never use and even they didnt know how to remove them!

So for my newer windows 10 computer, I am looking for something with a little lighter installation profile.

Does 7- zip install a bunch of file extensions?

For me, I need a program that can  extract multiple files from multiple .zip files/folders at the same time (ex: 10 .zip files/folders with each .zip file containing say 50 .docx or .jpg files. Highlight all 10 .zip and open/extract all files simultaneously).  Can 7-zip do this?

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Anon,
Thanks and I am good with all you said. My confusion is that this KB and other KB’s (like the original IE 11 patch KB4486474) are listed under posting AKB2000003 which appears to have been established for Group B Security Only update members.

But then this KB is placed under that AKB200003 post (and even referred to by Woody with the preface “Group B”. This leads one to believe that the KB is only for Group B members/followers and not applicable to Group A members/followers.

I suspect that this KB is applicable to both Group A and Group B, but by including it under AKB2000003 it creates the question of whether it can also be used by Group A members without messing up the Group A Monthly Quality Rollup update installation later on.

Thus my request for clarification. If it can be used by both Groups, maybe it (and future others of a similar nature) should be posted elsewhere?

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Woody:

@PKCano has added the appropriate admonitions to the “Group B” AKB 2000003 list

Microfix:

Just to clear things up for everyone and myself, I presume this ‘silver bullet’ IE patch can be downloaded/installed for Group A as well as Group B?

I see references to AKB2000003 on more than one occasion in various posts, and at times with no “limiting” preface language as to Group B or Group A. So just to clarify application of this KB and for the future, do KB’s listed in PKCano’s AKB2000003 post apply only to Group B followers? Or can Group A followers also utilize these KB’s such as this one under discussion? (Of course, Group A followers should never utilize a listed KB for the Monthly Security Only update).

And if so, why do you call it “Group B” AKB2000003?

Thanks

 

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Can we get additional confirmation on this new KB for IE 11.

 It also appears that there is a new update, KB4491113 to fix a bug that (IE 11 patch) KB4486474 may introduce. I can’t tell if the latter replaces the former (MS says no, but from the size of the patches it seems like perhaps it does)

And since the Monthly Security Only KB and the Monthly Rollup KB contained the original IE 11 fix, will they be revised or is KB4491113 truly a patch to all these?

Update: Per MS this fixes:

Internet Explorer cannot load images that have a backslash (\) in their relative sources path.

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DrBonzo thanks for your reply.

But I don’t know what would happen if you install the IE 11 patch first and then later try to install the KB4486563. I don’t recall this sort of situation ever coming up before.

If you’re Group B, then you could install the IE 11 patch and later the Security Only patch(KB 4486564). I’ve done this sort of thing many times on several Win 7 computers without any issues.

Your comments are exactly what I was asking about being in Group A and everything out there addressing Group B users.  I have not yet installed KB4486563 or the IE 11 patch KB4486474 pending a clarification. And apparently no affirmative answer yet as to if it is OK to install the IE 11 patch only first then the KB4486563 later if in Group A.

And thanks for the heads up on the IE11 patch for the patch – or replacement patch?

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DrBonzo

In Monday’s Newsletter, Susan said the following regarding this month’s IE KB fix for Windows 7:

What to do: Same drill as the other Windows versions: add the Internet Explorer fixes (KB 4486474) to your system, but put the security updates on hold until notified.

Is this advice the same for those of us in Group A – Rollup updates and using Internet Explorer?  That is, go ahead and install KB4486474, but hold up on the full KB4486563?  Or would that mess up the Rollup update installation when the time comes?

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So on Windows 7 and Windows 10 -1803 Group A, are there any separate, manually downloadable IE fix KB’s patches while awaiting the Defcon OK for the Monthly Rollups or must I install the full monthly updates?

If there is a IE KB patch, as respects Windows 10 – 1803 do I also, but first have to download and install the new Service Stack KB4485449?

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Per Woody:

So far the patching situation looks pretty good. Mind you, we’re still at MS-DEFCON 2, and unless you’re using Internet Explorer, there’s nothing lurk

Cant seem to find it, so what is wrong with using Internet Explorer 11?  And what is the recommended action?  Windows 7 and Windows 10?

Does whatever it is affect Edge also?

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As of now, I have 13 Replies:

The first 8 are in descending date order, the 9th is dated 2/12/2019, the next 4 are in descending date order from that one; but these last 5 are out of order with the first 8.

Not sure what you mean by “where replies nest”, but if it means replies grouped by topic, that is not happening either.

Update: This being the 14th reply, it went ahead of the previous 2/12/2019 reply, but still behind the first 8 replies.

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Very good information.

A Google search will produce lots of links specific to using the Windows Backup Image creation program with Windows 10 (it is very similar to Joulia’s second link).

The main difference with Windows 8 and 10 verses Window 7 is that with Windows 7 if you can access your computer, you can use the same Windows Backup program you made the Image with to also restore the image as well as use a bootable recovery disk.

With Windows 8 and 10, Microsoft removed the option to access restore the image from within the program so you have to use the Advanced Startup option or a Recovery USB drive (ie: Windows Recovery Environment aka Windows RE) to access the backup image.

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Can anyone provide the name of a good, simple, no bloatware, local install PDF program for Windows 10?

All I need is for it to Open PDF files to read (primarily forms) and be able to fill in forms/applications then print/save as PDF.  Kinda like the old Adobe Reader 9/10/11 did.

Thanks,  portable version as an option a plus.

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PK, In this instance (my first Feature update) I had no option to hide drivers. Microsoft took it upon itself to install the replacement Nvidia drivers (along with quite a few others) when it installed the 1803 version.

Since it was one KB, there was/were (as far as I know) no way to slice and dice via wushowhide to hide/deselect drivers.

I did have Group Policy selected so as Not to include drivers with Windows Updates, but this was obviously ignored (it is honored regarding in-feature updates).

Is there something else I should do next time around?

Per the original question, at this point – should I obtain, download, and install more current Nvidia drivers?

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