I am just guessing and speculating, but I think I was under attack by a Windows 10 Anti-Piracy feature.
My theory is that ...
Windows 10 does not work after major updates because the Windows 10 Anti-Piracy Data Base gets completely reset.
Windows 10 requires an active internet connection to correctly validate your software applications, especially older legacy third party applications.
If you do not have an active network connection, your applications will just mysteriously crash or disappear.
Microsoft must really hate pirates with a passion to punish legitimate users also.
You apparently have to manually restart each and every effected application once (while connected to the internet), they will then crash or disappear, restart automatically and come back up working perfectly (If your not a pirate I guess)?
I was totally shocked by this weirdness. Two weeks wasted by a hidden anti-piracy feature.
If you are offline, which I am most of the time, you only get the crash and vanish behavior.
I erroneously assumed I had something wrong with my system and/or the software was now incompatible.
Windows 10 now appears to be working (online and offline), except for a major glitch associated with custom high contrast themes?
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Computer/User Built OS: Windows 10 Pro version Version 1909 (OS Build 18363.476) CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz Motherboard: ASUS Maximus VIII Ranger ROG Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 CMD16G Graphics Card: MSI GeoForce GTX 1060 X 6G Gaming Sound Card: Motherboard Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays: Samsung SyncMaster 204B Screen Resolution: 1600x1200 75KHz max 60Hz max Keyboard: T.B.D. Mouse: T.B.D. PSU: Corsair RM850i Case: TT Suppressor T31 Cooling: Corsair H100i V2 Hard Drives: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 250 GB
Western Digital 1 TB
Western Digital 4 TB Internet Speed: Varies Browser: Edge/Chrome Antivirus: Windows Defender
Past few days, my machine has been running EXE's very, very, excruciatingly slowly. Takes up to 20 seconds for a simple program to launch. Running this update for 30 minutes, and so far, all EXE's are starting normally... very quickly. Fingers crossed!
I had BSOD that has been previously reported with a minidump created this morning. Message on PC said it needed to restart but had not. I had to force with a power down. Thankfully it booted back up. phew
Looking back through event log it appears to have crashed during a windows update. Checking windows update this fix was pending. I restarted the update. It reinitialized and installed successfully after reboot.
Hopefully issue resolved. I ran winDbg and have included the text output. Doesn’t mean a lot to me honestly but have attached the file in case it might mean something to others and help them. To answer questions on what system I have ... I've also included the system information output.
Until this issue I have had a rock solid system since running Windows 10 1803 however last week my PC became unbootable. It appeared the SSD drive had failed but the tech that I took my system to, said that a windows system file was corrupted and there were registry errors. She recovered the system and told me the SSD drive was healthy. I later found an issue with PerfectDisk Pro 14 throwing a bunch of errors so their support provided a utility to clean the system and reinstall, which I did. I wondered if this caused the boot disk issue.
And now this error with the application of this windows update. Coincidence or unrelated ... unknown.
Don't expect any answers to this post ... just sharing my experience.
Edit ... I found some wer dumps at the time of the error at 4:46 am this morning and following the reboot this morning. Odd also that reviewing the section of my system info windows error reporting there are errors with time stamps at 12:57 PM today which has not occurred yet ...
2018-07-17 12:57 PM Windows Error Reporting Fault bucket , type 0
Event Name: BlueScreen
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0
Problem signature:
P1: ef
P2: ffffa58f6b272080
P3: 0
P4: 0
P5: 0
P6: 10_0_17134
P7: 0_0
P8: 768_1
P9:
P10:
These files may be available here:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\Kernel_ef_de91c7f66bb3148d3cbcda11f19a72a4b319956 b_00000000_cab_1cac32f6
Analysis symbol:
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: 7400f1c7-c1ff-46c4-b4e3-82c64a115108
Report Status: 2049
Hashed bucket:
Cab Guid: 0
2018-07-17 12:57 PM Windows Error Reporting Fault bucket 2014910846497146006, type 5
Event Name: CriticalProcessFault2
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0
These files may be available here:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_svchost.exe_RpcS_92ea3416d3fbe86c4ac17b4 8355836110656be_5a007bd5_1cac322b
Analysis symbol:
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: e5b06682-6491-4719-969b-2f809bc2e1fb
Report Status: 268435456
Hashed bucket: 9c10e77e1d5b4e9ffbf666bd4b8b4496
Cab Guid: 0
2018-07-17 12:57 PM Windows Error Reporting Fault bucket , type 0
Event Name: BlueScreen
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0
Problem signature:
P1: ef
P2: ffffa58f6b272080
P3: 0
P4: 0
P5: 0
P6: 10_0_17134
P7: 0_0
P8: 768_1
P9:
P10:
These files may be available here:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\Kernel_ef_de91c7f66bb3148d3cbcda11f19a72a4b319956b_ 00000000_03242d49
Interesting, WU in Settings shows no updates as of 9:50PM EST last night. The task scheduled WU ran at 7:48AM this morning with no update. Maybe later today, this week, this month?
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: ASUS CM6730-06, New 08/26/2012 OS: Windows10 Home 64 bit v. 22H2 bld. 19045.2604 CPU: Intel Core i5 2320 @3.00 GHz Memory: 6.0 GB Graphics Card: Nvidia 7300 LE Monitor(s) Displays: AOC 22" Keyboard: Lenovo SK-8825 Mouse: Logiitech cordless Case: ASUS Hard Drives: 2 - 1TB internal, 2 -1TB external USB, 1 - 250GB external USB Internet Speed: 200+ Mb/sec Local Cable Gateway, Netgear R6400 bridged router, PC ethernet connection to Modem/Route Browser: FF v108 default, Chrome, Edge Chrome never used Antivirus: Norton 360 w/LifeLock, MalwareBytes,SpybotS&D,MSERT Other Info: System was purchased with OEM W7 & updated to W10 at the end of the free upgrade period. Macrium Reflect Free v.8 for system Image Backup. W10 dynamic file backup to separate drive. Static file backup to one external USB drives.
Computer Type: Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number: HP-15 bs062st OS: Windows 10 Home - Version 22H2- Build 19045.3758 CPU: Intel Core i3 7100U CPU @ 2.40GHz Memory: 6GB Graphics Card: Intel HD Graphics 620 Screen Resolution: 1366 X 768 Keyboard: MK 345 Mouse: Logitech M275 Internet Speed: 200 MBPS Browser: Chrome, Firefox Antivirus: Windows Defender Other Info: Use iPhone SE 3rd gen and 2nd gen.
Computer Type: Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Lenovo OS: Windows 11 Home Memory: 4 GB Ram 64 GB Storage Monitor(s) Displays: 11.6 inch Browser: Firefox Antivirus: Windows Defender
Interesting, WU in Settings shows no updates as of 9:50PM EST last night. The task scheduled WU ran at 7:48AM this morning with no update. Maybe later today, this week, this month?
Same here. Did a manual update check and it found it, installed it very quickly.
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: TUrBO X OS: WINDOWS 10 PRO x 64 CPU: 3.2 Motherboard: ASUS Memory: 6 GB Graphics Card: ASUS NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti Monitor(s) Displays: SAMSUNG 24 Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 PSU: 880 Hard Drives: 3 TB (1+1+1) Antivirus: KASPERSKY
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Hand Built Desk Side System OS: Win10 20236.1000 64bit Pro and Win7 SP1 Ultimate CPU: Intel i5 4790K Devil's Canyon 3.5GHz Quad Core CPU Motherboard: GigaByte Z97 HD3 Memory: Crucial Balistic Sport 16GB Dual Channel DDR3 Graphics Card: EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Sound Card: On board Realtek High Def. Monitor(s) Displays: 27" Acer Screen Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Keyboard: Logitech K520 Mouse: Logitech M310 PSU: 750 Watt - Upgraded Case: Mid Tower Cooling: 3 System Fans + CPU Fan and GPU Fan Hard Drives: 256GB Crucial SSD, 500GB Crucial SSD, 2TB Western Digital 7800 RPM SATA, External Western Digital 1TB My Passport Ultra USB 3 and a second External Western Digital 1TB My Passport Ultra USB 3 Backup Drive Internet Speed: 250 MBs ↑ Just Increased by Comcast at no additional cost Browser: IE 11, Firefox 80.0 Antivirus: Malwarebytes 4-2-1 (Premium) + MS Defender/Security Essentials
Computer Type: Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Asus ROG GL553VD OS: Windows 10 Ver.2004 Build 19041.572 Pro CPU: Intel i7 7700HQ Motherboard: Asus - Bios V308 Memory: 16 Gb Graphics Card: Intel HD 630 and nVIDIA CTX 1050Ti Sound Card: Reltek HD Audio R82 Monitor(s) Displays: 15" 1980 x 1020 And HP LA2405 Screen Resolution: 1980 X 1020 Keyboard: Logitech K520 Mouse: Logitech M310 Case: LapTop Hard Drives: Crucial 500Gb SSD and Micron 1100 MTFDDAV256TBN Internet Speed: 50 GB Office 300 Gb Home Browser: Firefox 52.9ESR, IE 11 Antivirus: Windows Defender + Malwarebyts Premium 4-2-1
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: iBuyPower OS: Windows 10 and windows insider CPU: AMD Ryzen 7X Motherboard: Asus Prime X370 Pro Memory: 64 Gb Graphics Card: Radeon RX480 8 GB Monitor(s) Displays: Samsung 28 inch UHD 4 Screen Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Hard Drives: 2 Samsung 1 TB SSD each
I later found an issue with PerfectDisk Pro 14 throwing a bunch of errors so their support provided a utility to clean the system and reinstall, which I did. I wondered if this caused the boot disk issue.
PerfectDisk corrupted your SSD. I dropped that dumb program years ago when it ruined a spinning HD. Thrashing the drives to defrag which speeds up nothing.
Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4507466
Direct download links for KB4507466 MSU file from Microsoft Update Catalog:
:arrow: Download KB4507466 MSU for Windows 10 v1803 32-bit (x86) - 541.1 MB
:arrow: Download KB4507466 MSU...
Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4507435
Direct download links for KB4507435 MSU file from Microsoft Update Catalog:
:arrow: Download KB4507435 MSU for Windows 10 v1803 32-bit (x86) - 540.0 MB
:arrow: Download KB4507435 MSU...
Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4340917/windows-10-update-kb4340917
Direct download links for KB4340917 MSU file from Microsoft Update Catalog:
:arrow: Download KB4340917 MSU for Windows 10 v1803 32-bit (x86) - 397.9 MB
...