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Microsoft's Fix for CPU-Hogging Windows Bug Wrecks Desktop Search

posted by Fnord666 on Saturday September 14 2019, @08:01PM   Printer-friendly
from the business-as-usual dept.

"exec" writes:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Microsoft's build 18362.356 (KB4515384​​​​​) for its Windows 10 May 2019 Update (version 1903) rolled out on Tuesday with security improvements for Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, networking tech and input devices – and a CPU usage fix that, for some, has broken desktop search.

The security tweaks address a variety of speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities known as microarchitecture data sampling (MDS) for 32-bit x86 versions of Windows. Intel dealt with the CVEs at issue – CVE-2019-11091, CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018-12130 – in May.

The update, released concurrently with Build 17763.737 for the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (v1809), also includes security enhancements for assorted Windows components.

Microsoft says its update fixes a high CPU usage problem associated with SearchUI.exe reported by a small number of users who disabled searching the web via Windows Desktop Search.

But its fix has nixed SearchUI.exe for some. Those griping claim SearchUI.exe, a part of Cortana, won't launch after installing KB4515384.

"What a mess – I had the original issue with SearchUI.exe and it sending my CPU to unparalleled heights and showing a big black pane of nothing," wrote Reddit user cyrenaic101 in a complaint thread. "So I uninstalled that turd. And then here comes the 'fix' KB4515384. Search completely broken..."

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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday September 15 2019, @01:32AM (2 children)

    by Gaaark (41) on Sunday September 15 2019, @01:32AM (#894212) Journal

    Ah! Thanks. Never played it.

    Still a dumb name. Halo would have been better!

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  • (Score: 2) by PinkyGigglebrain on Sunday September 15 2019, @02:18AM (1 child)

    by PinkyGigglebrain (4458) on Sunday September 15 2019, @02:18AM (#894220)

    Halo would have been better!

    I'm not so sure about that. Halo was the name of the ancient weapon that could, and once did, wipe out all sentient life in the galaxy.. Then again given that this is Microsoft we are talking about you might be right.

    Obviously the main gist of the game is your trying to stop the bad guys from setting it off again, with Cortana providing timely information (and occasional snarky comment) about how to save everyone :)

    You succeed!, but everyone else on you arrived with dies in the process
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    • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Monday September 16 2019, @12:15AM

      by Gaaark (41) on Monday September 16 2019, @12:15AM (#894454) Journal

      "Halo was the name of the ancient weapon that could, and once did, wipe out all sentient life in the galaxy.."

      And here I thought that was Microsoft itself!

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