Windows 10 Anniversary Update: problems with the Kindle and PowerShell – Hardware upgrade.it

Windows 10 Anniversary Update, the new major update of the Windows 10 operating system deployment from the beginning of August, in addition to a large number of innovations, has also brought with it some bug quite relevant. After reports of the problems encountered with the use of webcams, which will begin to be correct as of September (see. Previous article), are added to the list two new bugs affecting the access to Kindle devices and the ‘ use of PowerShel the , the command-line shell and scripting language that Microsoft recently made open source.

 

 

Windows 10 Anniversary Update and crash with eReader Kindle

 

The first problem can occur by connecting a Kindle eReader, as the Paperwhite or Voyage, the PC upgraded to Windows 10 Anniversary Update: the link determines the system crash resulting in the display of the classic blue screen. After the first reports, Microsoft stepped in releasing the following statement to ZDnet:

 

 

We are aware of a problem with a small number of Kindle Paperwhite and Voyager that can cause unexpected behavior when they are connected to a Windows 10 device after installing the Anniversary Update. We are currently working on an update to resolve this problem.

 

 

The problem, according to Microsoft’s statement, it seems to be limited to a small number of eReader Amazon and, for the moment, are not mentioned other models besides the Paperwhite and the Voyager. In fact, until the release of the corrective patch transfers dall’eReader eBook to your PC could be complicated enough for some users, as suggested by the notes contained in the support forum. Despite various attempts to establish the connection between the Kindle and PC – even changing the USB port and trying to restart the system – the result is the same: blue screen. For the moment, there is no workaround provisional pending official patch.

 

PowerShell: DSC (Desired State Configuration) and Implicit Remoting not working on Windows 10 AU build 14393.82

 

The latest Windows 10 update to build 14393.82 Anniversary Update – introduced in cumulative security update KB3176934 – has led to the malfunctioning of a fundamental element of PowerShell, or the DSC (Desired State Configuration) whose resources may be used to manage and configure a set of computer automatically.

 

Microsoft again claims to be aware of the problem and clarified the reasons that have caused related to the failure to enter the .mof file in the latest build of Windows 10 AU. As a result, all transactions carried out with DSC will return the error “ Invalid Property .”

 

Because of the absence of a track in the latest build, Microsoft adds, is not functioning even the ‘ Implicit Remoting , a feature that lets you run PowerShell commands in a remote session rather and locally.

 

The solution proposed by Microsoft to remedy the problems described by the time they are only palliatives, waiting for a corrective update that will be available from August 30 next Specifically,

 

• If you are using DSC by or on any Windows client to uninstall the update by running the command wusa / uninstall / kb: 3176934 of PowerShell ( with privileges amministratorie)

 

• If you are using WSUS does not approve the

 

Bug quite serious for those who use PowerShell who managed to overcome the phase of breakthrough also in public form test with the collaboration of Insiders and certain error – the failure to include two files – which could, perhaps, They are easily avoided.