Windows 10 Forces Early Upgrade, Behaves Like a Virus
I have an older machine running Windows 10 1607. I tried 1703 but had problems so restored to 1607. Last week when I booted the machine, I was treated with …
April 2017 Monthly Rollup Breaks VB6 App
I maintain a client-server database app written in VB6 that uses ADO and COM+/DCOM. After installing the “April, 2017 Security Monthly Quality Rollup,” the VB6 app crashes in msado15.dll and …
Windows 7 Slow Updating
Windows 7 updating will take forever on a fresh install or if you haven’t updated in a while. This is covered in many online articles but I’m needing it often …
Windows 10 Re-Installs Cumulative Update
After finally getting the November 2016 cumulative update to install into Windows 10 (by installng Windows 10 from scratch, twice), I was a bit dismayed today to see that Windows …
When DISM Won’t RestoreHealth
I’ve been having trouble installing the Windows 10 cumulative update for November 2016. DISM is supposed to scan or restore your Windows image, as explained in this Technet article. But …
Windows 10 Can’t Install November Cumulative Update
Windows 10 Pro 1511 failed repeatedly to install the November 2016 Cumulative Update (KB3198586). So I deleted the partition and installed Windows 10 Pro 1607 from scratch. It also cannot …
Windows 10 Does Not Show or Install Optional Updates
Remember all those optional updates in Windows 7? Often you could ignore them, but sometimes you might actually want to update all your hardware drivers at once, or even install …
Windows 8.1 Update Scheduling
Windows Update on Windows 8/8.1/2012/2012R2 has some confusing behavior. I’m assuming you’ve installed the 2013 patch 2885694 to get more control over the updates. You’ll probably want to read the …
Print Detailed Windows Update Information
Earlier this year, I wrote about how to show and change Windows Update settings on a machine using PowerShell. But sometimes you need to know more about a Windows update …
Uninstall and Hide Windows Updates
Sometimes Microsoft releases a bad update via Windows Update. It might be 3035583 that has been released multitple times to to push Windows 10 nag prompts to users. Or 3097877 …