This update breaks StartIsBack (search it on X, links are banned) and the last ESU broke my wireless Logitech mouse receiver (doesn't reactivate after Windows goes to sleep requiring a full reboot).
Currently rolling these updates back and disabling updates for the foreseeable future. If I wanted monthly patches to keep breaking my system, I would have stayed on Windows 11.
Anyone coming across this now, you can download latest startisback and presumably replace the old version.
I got a black screen with this error so you'll need to open task manager and open chrome / your browser via the run command e.g. 'chrome'
If it doesn't work, you may need to run powershell as admin via run command and delete or mv the current startisback install in C:\Program Files (x86)\StartIsBack and reinstall startisback then reboot
You could also try installing Open Shell temporarily, that seemed to work for me to at least be able to use explorer
New version works for me now. At least my old license key still works, seem to need to buy a new key every time anything changes.... (been using since 2015)
I can confirm comment from InterestingKale. There is an update for startisback (2.9.21). Running windows update afterwards no longer breaks the desktop/explorer (the issue I had).
There is nothing wrong with Windows 10 nor 11 IF you have the computer to run the OS's. Linux Mint is an alternative to Windows and it works great.............
None of the fonts are "blurry" in any Linux distros. I have a old laptop that runs Linux Mint. It looks a lot like windows. It was designed to replace windows for those that don't need windows programs.
Some say they have to have MS Office so they can't run Mint. Well, they can. LibreOffice works with MS Office files just fine.....and it's a full suite of programs too...and it's free...just like Linux.
After this update (KB5071546), my machine started acting up -- wallpaper engine broke, wallpaper animations became choppy, task manager showed increased CPU spikes suddenly, the UI started lagging.
I immediately realized something is suspicious; went into Update History and uninstalled it. Restarted the machine a few times and looks like I was successfully able to revert it.
I think this update broke the XBox app on my son's laptop. It kept saying Internet is not available and couldn't log into Roblox. I wound up installing Windows 11 on it because I don't think they will support 10 much longer.
you know you couldve just... rolled back the update? and continued enjoying roblox?
Never install windows 11. Go BACK.
nvm i dont know how to help even after going back to 10, because you need to rollback even another step. i think it saves its history somewhere in installation and can still downgrade
I could just wipe it again. It's not really my laptop anymore so I just want to set it and forget it. My personal PC still has 10 though. Gonna keep it as long as possible.
I'm having FPS drops too dude, what do I do? I tried uninstalling the update but for some reason it didn't seem to work. Is there a guaranteed way of returning to a prior version of windows?
I'm on Windows 10 Enterprise version 22H2. I installed KB5071546 manually yesterday. Always have automatic updates disabled completely. I'll set Windows Update to Manual temporarily in the Services menu once a month when I install the monthly update only, then after I'm done updating. I will disable Windows update in the Services menu. Next I will run a couple of cmd commands to clean the WinSxS folder. I didn't have any problems with the update breaking the StartIsBack menu. Didn't notice any slow downs either. As far is my OS goes I have it stripped down like Windows 7. Most of the built in apps are disabled. I have MS Store disabled as well. Have Co Pilot disabled in the Local Group Policy Editor and automatic updates to. I have my machine running very lean as possible, no bloatware.
Litealmente la nueva verción de windows 10 en la pantalla de nuestro escritorio ami no me deja seleccionar las apps que tengo y cliqueo pero no se abren o marcan incluso en sostener el maus para marcar el area cuadrada, solo me deja cliquear en los bordes alguien mas le pasa?
Seems like with each update more shit breaks and performance gets worse and honestly. The only reason I dont go to Linux is fear of not all my apps working until I heard of wine. Im going to be repairing my extra laptop(bios needs flashed in the most convoluted method possible ty eprom) and rolling up a Linux distribution to see how that goes
Create a new DWORD (32-bit) value and name it:
FlightSettingsMaxPauseDays
Then open it and enter the desired number of days in the Value data (Decimal) field. In my case it is: 365000
Then you simply set it in the update settings.
I've been on Windows 10 version 2004 for 5 years now, no updates, no nothing, runs perfect, 0% CPU usage at all times, 28 idle background processes, 0.7GB idle ram usage. Windows Update is literally a scam.
That's what I'm saying, if you want the best experience, modify the original iso with winreducer, and just continue using it without updates just like that.
They just need to pull the plug already on this OS and have all hands on deck working on Windows 11 not being a bloated nightmare with hilariously slow and bloated native apps. Windows 11 was headed in the right direction until all this LLM crap took them away from doing what the OS truly needs - a full optimisation pass/overhaul. But, know they're too busy adding LLM bloat and breaking things to care about that anymore. Maybe the small team left on Windows 1 could be taken off of it and be the windows 11 optimisation team? Nah, never going to happen.
This update breaks StartIsBack (search it on X, links are banned) and the last ESU broke my wireless Logitech mouse receiver (doesn't reactivate after Windows goes to sleep requiring a full reboot).
Currently rolling these updates back and disabling updates for the foreseeable future. If I wanted monthly patches to keep breaking my system, I would have stayed on Windows 11.
StartIsBack is really neat, but it works by injecting modified components from older versions of Windows into newer versions.
That was always going to be subject to breakage.
Same with windhawk. If you have windhawk mods installed after reboot you'll have a blackscreen.
Windhawk is working fine on latest win 11 insider dev build, would be surprised if it broke on a win 10 sec update.
Any reason to use StartIsBack over Open/Classic Shell?
Anyone coming across this now, you can download latest startisback and presumably replace the old version.
I got a black screen with this error so you'll need to open task manager and open chrome / your browser via the run command e.g. 'chrome'
If it doesn't work, you may need to run powershell as admin via run command and delete or mv the current startisback install in C:\Program Files (x86)\StartIsBack and reinstall startisback then reboot
You could also try installing Open Shell temporarily, that seemed to work for me to at least be able to use explorer
New version works for me now. At least my old license key still works, seem to need to buy a new key every time anything changes.... (been using since 2015)
I can confirm comment from InterestingKale. There is an update for startisback (2.9.21). Running windows update afterwards no longer breaks the desktop/explorer (the issue I had).
Of course it breaks something what a laugh
There is nothing wrong with Windows 10 nor 11 IF you have the computer to run the OS's. Linux Mint is an alternative to Windows and it works great.............
does mint have the blurry fonts other Linuxes do?
None of the fonts are "blurry" in any Linux distros. I have a old laptop that runs Linux Mint. It looks a lot like windows. It was designed to replace windows for those that don't need windows programs.
Some say they have to have MS Office so they can't run Mint. Well, they can. LibreOffice works with MS Office files just fine.....and it's a full suite of programs too...and it's free...just like Linux.
After this update (KB5071546), my machine started acting up -- wallpaper engine broke, wallpaper animations became choppy, task manager showed increased CPU spikes suddenly, the UI started lagging.
I immediately realized something is suspicious; went into Update History and uninstalled it. Restarted the machine a few times and looks like I was successfully able to revert it.
omg same, and the system restore got rid of it. Turning updates off now. Literally are they bricking 10 on purpose? puts on tinfoil hat
Same situation, I will also try return to previous version.
I think this update broke the XBox app on my son's laptop. It kept saying Internet is not available and couldn't log into Roblox. I wound up installing Windows 11 on it because I don't think they will support 10 much longer.
you know you couldve just... rolled back the update? and continued enjoying roblox?
Never install windows 11. Go BACK.
nvm i dont know how to help even after going back to 10, because you need to rollback even another step. i think it saves its history somewhere in installation and can still downgrade
I could just wipe it again. It's not really my laptop anymore so I just want to set it and forget it. My personal PC still has 10 though. Gonna keep it as long as possible.
Causes fps drops in overwatch for me, nice extended support ms, good i didnt pay for this shit
I'm having FPS drops too dude, what do I do? I tried uninstalling the update but for some reason it didn't seem to work. Is there a guaranteed way of returning to a prior version of windows?
Sorry if I'm being dense, but didn't they end security updates for win10? Is this only for those who purchased extended support?
You can sign up for free extended updates till October 2026. ("the ESU programme")
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esta es hasta 16 de octubre de 2026 - busca google.
games have been consistently crashing since this installed DURING ACTIVE HOURS AND WHEN I HAD UPDATES PAUSED. wtf.
unistalling the update fixed this. couldn't play any games without them crashing with the update installed.
If that's the update I got yesterday then it caused a problem without even being fully installed.
I saw the update was ready but didn't have time to deal with it right then so I put my computer to sleep.
I tried turning it back on a few minutes later and no response from mouse, keyboard or power button.
Had to pull the plug and feared my computer had messed up, turned out the update didn't like being ignored.
According to bleepingcomputer.com, this update will "resolve 57 security vulnerabilities, including three zero-day flaws" in Windows 10.
Uninstall/roll back at your own risk.
Was going to download it from the Update Catalog for offline deployments, but then I see this:
https://preview.redd.it/d1rvzfxyks6g1.png?width=1210&format=png&auto=webp&s=a6f467ae289d513a42c30e1db3a28a4f8e1a3e0b
Aaand it's back to normal now🤔
So does it break anything or not
many people here are saying its broken, im halting it
Well I had no choice.I turned off my computer in a forced update.It seems fine so far....
I'm on Windows 10 Enterprise version 22H2. I installed KB5071546 manually yesterday. Always have automatic updates disabled completely. I'll set Windows Update to Manual temporarily in the Services menu once a month when I install the monthly update only, then after I'm done updating. I will disable Windows update in the Services menu. Next I will run a couple of cmd commands to clean the WinSxS folder. I didn't have any problems with the update breaking the StartIsBack menu. Didn't notice any slow downs either. As far is my OS goes I have it stripped down like Windows 7. Most of the built in apps are disabled. I have MS Store disabled as well. Have Co Pilot disabled in the Local Group Policy Editor and automatic updates to. I have my machine running very lean as possible, no bloatware.
Litealmente la nueva verción de windows 10 en la pantalla de nuestro escritorio ami no me deja seleccionar las apps que tengo y cliqueo pero no se abren o marcan incluso en sostener el maus para marcar el area cuadrada, solo me deja cliquear en los bordes alguien mas le pasa?
https://preview.redd.it/t52dknq9q47g1.jpeg?width=4096&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=07b7d44176583fcb6c53afef349609218173ec3d
And yet we're expected to pay for these, either with cash or with our personal data.
This update is a mess. Now MS added a known issue on to the update page, on top of issues people reporting here.
Seems like with each update more shit breaks and performance gets worse and honestly. The only reason I dont go to Linux is fear of not all my apps working until I heard of wine. Im going to be repairing my extra laptop(bios needs flashed in the most convoluted method possible ty eprom) and rolling up a Linux distribution to see how that goes
*for people using an MS account. Fuck them.
im on a local account still getting them :)
the very well known windows activation script:)
how do i know they aren't going to make my pc slower on purpose? how do i kill windows update?
https://preview.redd.it/u9wm25bn3y6g1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=251df6966857d32e3cb6bf4771d24cdf54dc0c79
You can pause windows update for 1000 years.
how did you postpone it for that long? or is this image edited?
You just need to increase the maximum number of days for pausing updates in regedit.
Registry path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings
Create a new DWORD (32-bit) value and name it: FlightSettingsMaxPauseDays
Then open it and enter the desired number of days in the Value data (Decimal) field. In my case it is: 365000 Then you simply set it in the update settings.
What an elegant solution
I've been on Windows 10 version 2004 for 5 years now, no updates, no nothing, runs perfect, 0% CPU usage at all times, 28 idle background processes, 0.7GB idle ram usage. Windows Update is literally a scam.
But. How. Do you stop. The updates.?
Winaerotweaker has an option to disable windows update entirely
Group Policy Editor (on Pro edition of Windows).
Try this: https://youtu.be/9OW5Dy4uYqk?si=NVGZ5WG3pjFsCUKV
TargetReleaseVersion and NoAU :)
That's what I'm saying, if you want the best experience, modify the original iso with winreducer, and just continue using it without updates just like that.
Will do. But maybe I should get it to the best version first, somehow.
That's true, in my case I've heavily modified/reduced a 2004 ISO, check DM?
He is prob saying that 2004 is not the best version. 1709 ftw
They just need to pull the plug already on this OS and have all hands on deck working on Windows 11 not being a bloated nightmare with hilariously slow and bloated native apps. Windows 11 was headed in the right direction until all this LLM crap took them away from doing what the OS truly needs - a full optimisation pass/overhaul. But, know they're too busy adding LLM bloat and breaking things to care about that anymore. Maybe the small team left on Windows 1 could be taken off of it and be the windows 11 optimisation team? Nah, never going to happen.
I would love if they made it so Windows 11 could be updated onto all systems that can run 10