Rollup broke Media Center Again

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Post by ryegrass » Sat Dec 17, 2022 8:08 pm

Green Lantern wrote: Sat Dec 17, 2022 6:02 pm Can anyone else please post their experience (either positive or negative) with the December updates? Thanks!
Well the Dec Updates (both KB5021291 and KB5020879) installed fine for me, and WMC still opens, plays, and time records. EPG123 still updates correctly. If there are any other issues with the updates, they aren't apparent so far.

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Post by IT Troll » Sun Dec 18, 2022 10:38 am

Yep, December updates seem fine. Just one last update to go. Hopefully it doesn't include a kill switch...
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Post by ryegrass » Wed Jan 11, 2023 9:03 pm

The Jan (final?) update KB5022338 for Windows 7 doesn't appear to adversely affect Windows Media Center. So far so good.

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Post by Burger23 » Wed Jan 11, 2023 9:50 pm

Windows 8.1- I am running Windows 8.1 on 2 machines. Both machines failed to complete download and to install 2023-01 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems (KB5022352).

But, WMC on both machines continue to run perfectly. So I am not going to worry about failed install

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Post by IT Troll » Thu Jan 12, 2023 11:52 pm

The final Windows 8 update installed OK for me. No sign of any issues yet. Support for Windows Defender also ends today. It is not however clear if it will continue to receive definition updates for a little longer.
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Post by IT Troll » Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:23 pm

Well I've had a few Windows Defender definition updates from Windows Update since supposedly reaching end of support. Hopefully they will continue a while longer.
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Post by Bertmace » Tue Feb 14, 2023 10:07 pm

I just update it with 2012 r2 everything is fine https://forums.mydigitallife.net/thread ... lue.86548/

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Post by ryegrass » Wed Feb 15, 2023 10:38 am

The February Windows 7 Cumulative Update KB5022872 didn't adversely affect WMC either. For those of you still on Windows 7 it can be found in the following threads:

https://forums.mydigitallife.net/thread ... ion.45005/

and here https://forums.mydigitallife.net/thread ... ity.80606/

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Post by Green Lantern » Thu Feb 16, 2023 1:53 pm

So, after not seeing a bunch of people posting about the final January 8.1 update breaking WMC, I took the plunge and updated. So far no problems but I did experience a full-screen notification about the end of support and nothing I clicked about delaying or anything else would get me out of that screen. Tried alt-tabbing out but it kept bringing me right back to it no matter what I selected. Finally had to do a hard-reset. Obviously want to avoid dealing with that (or any other nags) about end of support. Does anyone know a currently working method to prevent them? Some googling only found old info/methods (registry entries, scheduled tasks, etc) that various people indicated they either didn't have on their 8.1 WMC system or they tried but it didn't work. Which is why I'm here hoping someone has a working method. TIA

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Post by StinkyImp » Thu Feb 16, 2023 3:05 pm

Green Lantern wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2023 1:53 pmWhich is why I'm here hoping someone has a working method. TIA
I (and others) have been using this for a few years with great results. https://greatis.com/stopupdates10/

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Post by Green Lantern » Thu Feb 16, 2023 5:28 pm

StinkyImp wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2023 3:05 pm
Green Lantern wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2023 1:53 pmWhich is why I'm here hoping someone has a working method. TIA
I (and others) have been using this for a few years with great results. https://greatis.com/stopupdates10/
Thanks but I'm not seeing anything in its info that indicates it will address this situation. The final ever Windows 8.1 has been applied and now it's just an issue of stopping the Microsoft full screen notification that seems to randomly appear about 8.1 no longer being supported.

Update: After looking into the app above a little more, it's unclear if it can do it. One place only shows Windows 7 and another shows 7-8. Nothing explicitly shows 8.1 but who knows??? Anyway, if it exists, I'd prefer a method that doesn't require a 3rd party app.

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Post by ryegrass » Thu Feb 16, 2023 7:47 pm

@Green Lantern
Have you seen this link from Bleeping Computer about the Windows 8.1 full screen nag?
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/m ... -warnings/

My Apologies for this being off the WMC topic.

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Post by IT Troll » Fri Feb 17, 2023 11:48 pm

I applied the registry setting and disabled the tasks back in October and haven’t seen a nag since.
viewtopic.php?f=49&t=13969&start=180#p149241
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Post by Bertmace » Tue Mar 14, 2023 11:17 pm

Win update + two months all is well

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Post by ryegrass » Wed Mar 15, 2023 9:10 am

The Windows 7 March Update KB5023769 works with WMC as well.

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Post by prsa01 » Sat Apr 15, 2023 11:04 am

Has anyone confirmed April updates with wmc yet?

Thanks much

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Post by ryegrass » Sat Apr 15, 2023 6:38 pm

prsa01 wrote: Sat Apr 15, 2023 11:04 am Has anyone confirmed April updates with WMC yet?

Thanks much
WMC still works fine on Windows 7 x 64 after April's update (KB5025279).

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Post by ryegrass » Wed May 10, 2023 5:42 am

So far WMC is still working fine on Windows 7 x 64 after May's update (KB5026413).

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Post by prsa01 » Wed May 10, 2023 10:04 am

ryegrass wrote: Wed May 10, 2023 5:42 am So far WMC is still working fine on Windows 7 x 64 after May's update (KB5026413).
Thanks for this! I'm always happy to see another month's update doesn't mess up wmc.

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Post by ryegrass » Wed May 10, 2023 7:31 pm

Well it's only been a couple of hours, but a test recording worked fine, it plays stored videos, and epg123 updates.

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