Latest Windows 10 Update Breaks PowerShell (infoworld.com)

whoever57 writes: According to a report via InfoWorld, the latest Windows 10 update [KB 3176934] breaks Desired State Configuration (DSC) functionality in PowerShell. Some things that were broken in the prior update, such as support of many webcams and a freeze issue, don't appear to have been fixed in this update. Windows PowerShell Blog reported last night: "Due to a missing .MOF file in the build package, the update breaks DSC. All DSC operations will result in an 'Invalid Property' error. If you are using DSC from or on any Windows client, take the following steps: Uninstall the update if already installed [...]; If using WSUS, do not approve the update. Otherwise, Use Group Policy to set the 'Configure Automatic Updates' to '2 -- Notify for download and notify for install' [...] A fix for this issue will be included in the next Windows update which is due out 8/30/2016."

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The MS Merry Go Round.

[Anonymous Coward]

A fix for this issue will be included in the next Windows update which is due out 8/30/2016

I dread to think what that update will break.

Re:The MS Merry Go Round.

[Angeret]

There was a time when windows update would give you a list of what was fixed. Now it seems to be a list of what was/will be broken.

Re:The MS Merry Go Round.

[Darinbob]

I suspect that Microsoft's plan here is to save money by making Windows 10 Home edition users be the QA team.

Re:The MS Merry Go Round.

[Ol Olsoc]

There was a time when windows update would give you a list of what was fixed. Now it seems to be a list of what was/will be broken.

But t's like a new surprise each time. the fun part is listening to the shills try to blame it on the victims, So we have audio drivers, Ethernet adapters, Cameras, Powershell and more. I wonder if the dreaded predicted XPocalypse is actually going to happen instead with a windows 10 update bricking everything. The shills might have to use Linux or OSX to post their defense of the bricking as a good thing.

Windows 10 - the gift that keeps on taking.

Re:The MS Merry Go Round.

[hairyfeet]

Ain't no suspecting required, just look up Barancles Nerdgasm's "I was fired" video on YouTube. He was part of the testing team and talks about how pretty much all the QA and testing teams for Windows were fired and makes it clear the vibe at Redmond was pretty much Insider for alpha testing, Home and Pro is the beta, Enterprise is the actual product...which is of course the only version you have to rent instead of buy.

This is why I'm telling my customers to stay far away from Win 10 and if they get a new PC with that POS OS? I point them to Win 8 OEM which you can get quite cheaply (and once upgraded to 8.1 with Classic Shell is just Win 7 with some speed tweaks) because even with the new OEM systems it doesn't take more than one or two patches before I'm getting calls that shit is broken.

Now I've had every version of windows since 3.1, including the shitastic WinME and the bloated irritating Vista...Win10 IMHO is the worst product they have EVER came out with bar none. WinME? You could hack in some files from Win98 SE and make it a decent if not good OS. Vista? You could use NLite to chop out the crap and make an okay, not as good as XP X64 but an okay OS for daily use. And of course Win 8/8.1 you could just slap on Classic Shell and take out the crapstore and telemetry crap and its a good solid performer...Win 10? IMHO its not even beta quality, with every update just as much shit gets broke as gets fixed and frankly until Win 10 I had even forgotten what a BSOD looked like simply because how well previous versions past XP handled major errors. Its just not a good OS folks, its buggy, has baked in spyware and ads, it doesn't even look nice, its just a bad product.

Hopefully by the time 8.1 (if not 7) is reaching EOL they will have given Nutella his walking papers, if they haven't? Well I don't think there will be a Windows business to worry about really, it'll just be legacy installs while everyone is on Google or Apple OSes. Ballmer tried to kill the company being a faux Apple, Nutella is trying to finish the job by being a faux Google.

Re:The MS Merry Go Round.

[donaldm]

Actually, Barancles Nerdgasm used to work for Microsoft and has a few Youtube videos on Windows 10 which he fully admits is a reasonably fine operating system. However, he pulls no punches when it comes to the privacy features of windows 10 which he finds appalling.

I installed Windows 10 Genuine Malware edition :-) on a virtual machine running under Linux and even after turning off all the privacy features the OS still likes to call home ( Wireshark is your friend here) and that is even before I log into the OS. Needless to say, I don't trust Windows 10 and I have not started up its virtual machine since then.

Note: I actually use the following IP address lookup site to determine which machines Windows 10 was talking to and "You Guessed it" they were all owned by Microsoft. It would not be too bad (well maybe) if those sites were in the country where I live which is Australia but they were in other countries including the USA. I can understand authentification at a stretch but the sheer amount of information being sent was ridiculous.

Well

[johnsmithperson123]

I guess BASH was put in just in time, eh?

Re:Latest W10 update breaks

[Anonymous Coward]

Permanent headline?

It's not going to end you know.

Soon: One last update to end all misery

[skaag]

Mark my words: The day will come when an update from Microsoft will nuke the Windows installation beyond repair. ISPs will suddenly see a massive drop in traffic. Downloads and streaming will suddenly be super fast for everybody else. Spam, Ransomware, DDoS Bots and Trojans will vanish from the planet for 24 to 48 hours until people reinstall Windows on their machines and will access infected sites, get infected again... and the whole thing will start all over again :-)

Re:Soon: One last update to end all misery

[Anonymous Coward]

They did say that Windows 10 is going to be the last version of Windows.

If they keep this up, then maybe enough people will dump Windows to make that a reality!

Re:Soon: One last update to end all misery

[Gr8Apes]

Aren't you a ray of fucking sunshine

He is. For many of us, such an event would be a major positive development.

Re:Soon: One last update to end all misery

[Sperbels]

I don't understand comments like this. I get 20 Mbps which isn't even the fastest DSL service in my area and it seems plenty fast. High Def streaming...installing several gigabyte programs quickly, etc...it's quite fast, and it's been down once for a couple hours in the last 1 1/2 years. It's just as good if not better than comcast and I don't have to deal with comcast.

Re:There's a better fix for this...

[FlyHelicopters]

How to fix your PC: http://www.ubuntu.com/download...

How do I run MS Office and Adobe CC on that?

All or nothing forced updates

[Dracos]

This is the latest demonstration of why the all-or-nothing forced updates coming in October are a terrible idea.

Re:There's a better fix for this...

[Anonymous Coward]

Libre Office is a good enough alternative to MS Office.

Adobe's stuff is a bit trickier, but try to run it under Wine.

Re:There's a better fix for this...

[Anonymous Coward]

I prefer whiskey....

Please sue Microsoft already

[brxndxn]

Anyone that attempts to sue Microsoft is a hero, IMO. Their business model is basically to piss off users and waste peoples' time.

Re:Please sue Microsoft already

[Anonymous Coward]

"Because the defendant has demonstrated a clear and blatant history of low quality, problem-riddled products, and of generally pissing off users, the plaintiff had no reasonable expectation that a mandatory update would permit the computer equipment to continue to function. Case dismissed."

Re:Bountiful Bashing, Batman!

[ewhac]

Just so I understand your latest directive from Minitrue correctly: When one witnesses gross engineering incompetence, and then publicly describes said gross engineering incompetence as gross engineering incompetence brands one as an asshole.

Got it.

wherefore art thou, QC?

[e432776]

Lately the quality of the updates reminds me of Windows ME. I was affected by this mess just recently, now dealing with broken PS.

Re:Bountiful Bashing, Batman!

[UnknownSoldier]

> This is why I hate going to Slashdot. Not the factually incorrect articles, not the summaries needing proofreading, not the occasional "advertising". It's the asshole users.

As opposed to the asshole MS that force upgrades your Windows 7 / 8 and admits they can't disable tracking.

Methinks your priorities are out of whack.

LOLOL

[Anonymous Coward]

And that's why my Win 10 installation process goes:

1) Install
2) Run updates once, make sure everything's ok
3) Disable updates, Cortana, scheduled maintenance, and antimalware from the registry, and disable Windows Search and Superfetch from Services
4) Never worry about an update breaking my system or the never effing ending HDD grinding or SSD wearing

Re: Already happened

[mspohr]

You publicly admit that you have a Windows computer?

Re:Bountiful Bashing, Batman!

[bondsbw]

Well, there's more to it than "complete disaster". Updates are a disaster. The fact that they are secretive about what telemetry really does is a disaster. The resetting of settings and registry changes made on purpose by the user is a disaster.

I don't think those things are due to engineering incompetence... more like decisions at the upper level that someone hopes will translate into shareholders being happy. Those issues aren't a big deal to a lot of users, and there is a lot of improvements in other areas of Windows 10. This has translated into a 24% stock price increase since Windows 10 went RTM, and shareholders are happy. Goal met... definitely not a "complete disaster".

But I don't really think Microsoft is helping itself long-term with this strategy. It had better have a solution to the bridges that are being burned with the power users. Google is seriously within reach of being able to compete with Microsoft in areas like desktop/laptop/business OS. Chrome proves they can kill a Microsoft monopoly, while Android proves they can (at least help) build a new market that replaces a market that is heavily vested in Microsoft technology. Maybe Azure+Office is the endgame, but I see Microsoft peaking soon and going downhill very fast if it isn't hard at work in the background on fixing this problem.

Re: There's a better fix for this...

[old_kennyp]

Your so called Defacto Standard Keeps breaking compatibility with itself whenever a new version of itself is released so what is different?

and yes Libre Office usually has less compatibility issues with MS Office files than MS Office does!

Re:Windows 10

[surfdaddy]

LIpstick and spyware on a pig.

Re:There's a better fix for this...

[FlyHelicopters]

Many people replied, most were just silly MS hate...

The suggestion of Wine is not a useful one, running applications like Office and Adobe CC in an emulator (or whatever you want to call it) vs the native OS is not likely to be a great experience.

Why bother, when Windows works fine?

The MS hate here is silly, Windows has issues, but so does Linux, neither are perfect...