Windows 10 20H2: ChkDsk damages filesystem on SSDs with KB4592438 installed

Post by tonyedgecombe » Sun, Dec 20, 2020, 10:21 AM UTC

jiggawatts wrote: post #113

kabdib wrote: post #20

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I help run a service that uses hundreds of Windows boxes, and at any one time two or three of them always seem to have a borked windows update state. Recovery is utter fucking voodoo, and it's usually better to flatten a machine than attempt to repair things. A while back I installed a couple racks of shiny, new, absolutely identical servers (except for MAC addresses) with factory-imaged operating systems, and had tw…

My favourite Windows bug is the Start Menu search function. Install Windows Server 2016 or 2019 in any manner you choose: Blank VM with ISO image, new Azure VM from Microsoft template, whatever . Try using the Start Menu. Nothing will work. The search upon typing will not show all items. If you click on a search result, it won't launch. Type "SQL" to try and match "Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio" and be shock…

Post by Kwpolska » Sun, Dec 20, 2020, 10:22 AM UTC

_trampeltier wrote: post #34

PragmaticPulp wrote: post #19

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I know we're basically comparing anecdotes, but I've been surprised at how much more I've come to trust my windows workstation than my Mac in the past few years. I can't actually remember the last time my Windows workstation crashed outright (if ever?) but my Mac locks up at least 2-3 times per week. I also have to be extremely careful to avoid high memory pressure under Big Sur now, otherwise Finder spirals into a r…

On work, I never had so much trouble, like with my HP ZBook and Win10. It had already once a complete reset, but still, I have a lot of trouble. Special since the new BIOS update about a month ago, it crashes once or twice a day again. In theorie Win10 looks nice. I tryed to upgrade one of my notebooks at home from Win7 to Win10. Privacy is one thing, but CandyCrush and things like that, was a totaly show stopper for…

Post by londons_explore » Sun, Dec 20, 2020, 10:27 AM UTC

jiggawatts wrote: post #113

kabdib wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I help run a service that uses hundreds of Windows boxes, and at any one time two or three of them always seem to have a borked windows update state. Recovery is utter fucking voodoo, and it's usually better to flatten a machine than attempt to repair things. A while back I installed a couple racks of shiny, new, absolutely identical servers (except for MAC addresses) with factory-imaged operating systems, and had tw…

My favourite Windows bug is the Start Menu search function. Install Windows Server 2016 or 2019 in any manner you choose: Blank VM with ISO image, new Azure VM from Microsoft template, whatever . Try using the Start Menu. Nothing will work. The search upon typing will not show all items. If you click on a search result, it won't launch. Type "SQL" to try and match "Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio" and be shock…

Post by qayxc » Sun, Dec 20, 2020, 10:35 AM UTC

ChicagoDave wrote: post #49

I paused updates until next year. Hopefully this gets resolved.

Post by worble » Sun, Dec 20, 2020, 10:36 AM UTC

causality0 wrote: post #4

I feel like Windows Update didn't used to be such a shitshow. Was I just not paying close enough attention a decade ago?