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Ground Zero installation of W10 - 2 weird things incl KB34441
I installed W10 from scratch (wiped and nuked HDDs) on two elderly Dells this week.
Two strange findings.
1. After the usual raft of W10 Updates with 4 or 5 "Restart now"s I noticed that I was not getting the repeated persistent KB34441 "Failure - Retry" phenomenon. I saw it once; it was (or seemed to be) Accepted. No repeat thereafter though from memory (or was this something else) it is the initial Success that is followed by repeated Failures.
NB There is a new file at the C:\ root directory. It is attribute Hidden, of size 0, named
$WINRE_BACKUP_PARTITION.MARKER
I wondered whether this was a MS-supplied workaround (or fix) for the KB34441 repeated nag in which case Yay!! At Last!!
But .. .. I invented the same file, same attribute, same size on my standard un-refreshed machine - but to no improvemnent, The KB34441 nag persists. (
Any MeToo's or any explanation for any of this?
2. Not so good. On the new installations (importantly, both successfully Activated) I find I am unable to rename the Desktop icon called "This PC" to "Computer" (or anything else). R-click - Rename fails; the opportunity is presented, but the regression to "This PC" is immedate. Grrr!!
(Whereas, there is no difficulty using the indentical procedure to rename "Recycle Bin" to "Wasstebasket", my preferred nomenclature. And no difficulty with either on my standard un-refreshed machine.)
Weird or what. Any ideas?
Thank you!
fergusd
Edition Windows 10 Pro
Version 22H2
Installed on 22/04/2024
OS build 19045.4355
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19056.1000.0