Some users have reported having problems with Windows 10 after installing the latest update. Here’s what’s going on
There’s no peace for Windows 10 users: after installing the update released by Microsoft last week to fix as many as 95 recently discovered security flaws, of which about thirty are defined as “critical” by Microsoft itself, now numerous bugs are reported.
The previous mid-August update went to fix mainly the vulnerabilities present in Remote Desktop Connection, an application through which you can control a Windows PC remotely but which, apparently, could be “hacked” by hackers. The update was therefore very important and highly recommended to keep your computer’s security high.
August Win 10 update: black screen and other errors
Among the errors brought as a dowry by the August update for Windows 10, one can be seen from the first reboot after installing the update: a black screen instead of the desktop. Usually it’s enough to restart the PC with the classic CTRL+ALT+DEL to solve the problem, but that’s not a good business card. Other problems concern applications written in Visual Basic 6 and Visual Basic Scriptin Edition: macros don’t work and in some cases an “Invalid procedure call” message appears. Finally, there’s no shortage of users reporting unwarranted random reboots after installing the August Windows 10 update.
Windows 10: there’s already the second cumulative August update
While users halfway around the world complained about the bugs just described, Microsoft kept working on more updates. The latest major update dates back to yesterday and contains within it both bugfixes related to previous errors, as well as error correction of Visual Basic applications. However, as we still don’t have enough news from the users who installed it, we don’t know if this second update is enough to actually fix the errors brought by the first one. What is certain, however, is that this new update still causes the black screen error on some computers. Microsoft explains that it’s working on solving this problem and that another update will be coming to fix it.
Block Windows 10 updates?
Many users are wondering if it’s not the case to block, at least temporarily, Windows 10 updates to avoid running into all these problems. The choice is personal, but remember that the first update in August, from which all this comes from, goes to correct important security holes. In this specific case, then, perhaps it’s best to choose the lesser of two evils.