[OPLINTECH] HP Computers and Windows 10 Fall update

[Chad Neeper]

Dubious congratulations to Dan for finding one of several major problems
with the latest update from Microsoft.  Another:  Documents irrecoverably
gone in the blink of an eye; hope you made a backup!

It seems generally known that Microsoft's patch quality has been on the
decline since Windows 10. But this one has been one of the worse in recent
memory. Both now and in the foreseeable future, it may be wise to try to
delay updates...especially the biggest ones...by a few weeks to let someone
else get cut by the bleeding edge. Microsoft's internal development
cycles/processes aren't going to be changing anytime soon, so we can expect
to continue to have this quality of software delivered for a while yet. (I
really wish I could link to a very good article I just read detailing this
exact topic...but alas, my chances of finding that specific article is
pretty darned slim. Sorry.)

Good luck.

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On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 2:57 PM Danny Will via OPLINTECH <
oplintech at lists.oplin.org> wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
>      I thought that I’d update everyone on my afternoon. I came in a
> little after 11 this morning to a computer that had to say the least a
> flickering screen.  I had updated Windows 10 pro to the fall update
> yesterday afternoon without any issues. It had restarted several times (as
> is normal anymore for MS updates) without issue. I shut it down and went
> home.  When I started it, I had the screen that I included with this email.
> It was so bad I ended up using Remote Desktop to log onto it and did a
> little research on HP’s support site. Way at the bottom of their support
> page HP states that the Fall update “may” cause “some” flickering. That is
> an understatement! They recommended reinstalling their driver. Well before
> I went to HP, I had done that very thing. No luck. I uninstalled the Fall
> update and reinstalled the video drivers again. No luck. After reinstalling
> the update and video drivers again to no avail, I took a break. It then
> dawned on me that the video card & the chipset were Intel. MS has gotten a
> bad rap for replacing Intel drivers with their own and not for the
> betterment of the user. So, on the off chance, I reinstalled the chipset
> drivers and BINGO. HP didn’t say anything about them but, it made sense to
> me.
>
>      So, if anyone runs into this issue on the list, you are now better
> armed than I was this morning.  J
>
> Dan Will
>
> Meigs County District Public Library
>
> Technology Supervisor
>
> danwill at meigslibrary.org
>
> 740.992.5813
>
>
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