{"id":322890,"date":"2019-10-10T17:03:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T15:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=322890"},"modified":"2019-10-10T17:11:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T15:11:00","slug":"windows-start-menu-broken-in-new-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/322890-windows-start-menu-broken-in-new-update.html","title":{"rendered":"Windows Start menu broken in new update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft&#8217;s latest cumulative update for Windows 10 is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/windows-10-gets-yet-another-faulty-update-with-broken-start-menu\">reportedly<\/a><\/strong> causing problems with the operating system&#8217;s Start Menu.<\/p>\n<p>The KB4517389 patch was released on 8 October and was meant to fix bugs from a previous update, which resulted in issues with printing.<\/p>\n<p>Although this problem seems to have been resolved, several users on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/forum\/all\/kb-4517389-causes-critical-error-when-using-start\/ae473b3c-ae57-4e1a-8c55-c727cd16fabd?ranMID=24542&amp;ranEAID=kXQk6*ivFEQ&amp;ranSiteID=kXQk6.ivFEQ-UBgn.0_euRlHanxMUWgRkQ&amp;epi=kXQk6.ivFEQ-UBgn.0_euRlHanxMUWgRkQ&amp;irgwc=1&amp;OCID=AID2000142_aff_7593_1243925&amp;tduid=(ir__6cqw1dyx2kkfrjlukk0sohz30v2xghm1d1of1isg00)(7593)(1243925)(kXQk6.ivFEQ-UBgn.0_euRlHanxMUWgRkQ)()&amp;irclickid=_6cqw1dyx2kkfrjlukk0sohz30v2xghm1d1of1isg00\">Microsoft community forum<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Windows10\/comments\/df2ykr\/cumulative_updates_october_8th_2019\/f30qlpo\/\">Reddit<\/a><\/strong> have now reported receiving a &#8220;Critical Error&#8221; message when trying to use the Start Menu and Search feature after installing the latest Windows 10 update.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft&#8217;s support documentation indicates that the company believes the issue is not impacting a large number of users, though it is investigating the complaints.<\/p>\n<p>Windows 10 users have vented their frustration at bugs in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/320397-the-latest-windows-10-update-is-a-nightmare.html\">recent faulty updates<\/a><\/strong>, which have caused issues with CPU drain, audio and PIN authentication, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Many skeptics of the current OS have stuck to Windows 7, which still enjoys a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2019\/09\/01\/net-applications-windows-10-windows-7-market-share\/\">market share of 30% on desktop PCs<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft is urging users to upgrade to Windows 10, as it is officially <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/industrynews\/320117-upgrade-to-windows-10-now-or-face-big-security-risks.html\">suspending support for Windows 7<\/a><\/strong> as of 14 January 2020.<\/p>\n<p>After this date, the operating system will no longer receive security updates or software support.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/320397-the-latest-windows-10-update-is-a-nightmare.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">The latest Windows 10 update is a nightmare<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft&#8217;s latest cumulative update is reportedly causing problems with Windows 10&#8217;s Start Menu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":322910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[123,26970,35787],"class_list":["post-322890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-microsoft","tag-windows-10","tag-windows-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322890"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322890"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322930,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322890\/revisions\/322930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}