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Yikes! Windows issues and fixes

Post by JerryF »

I use Windows 10 and just received another update (a few this month).

Look what the last cumulative update fixes:

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September 26, 2018—KB4458469 (OS Build 17134.320)
Applies to: Windows 10, version 1803
Release Date:September 26, 2018
Version:OS Build 17134.320
Note This update has been re-released because of a missing solution. If you installed build 17134.319, please install this newer version of OS build 17134.320.

Improvements and fixes
This update includes quality improvements. No new operating system features are being introduced in this update. Key changes include:

Addresses an issue that causes the prompt “You'll need a new app to open" to appear. This occurs when reloading a website on a non-standard port by pressing Enter . 
Addresses an issue that causes downloads to fail because Mark of the Web (MOTW) isn't supported at the download location. 
Addresses an issue that prevents the DefaultSearchProvider policy from working when the FirstRunPage policy is in use.
Addresses issue that causes the address bar to lose focus when a new tab is opened and the Allow web content on New Tab page policy is off. 
Addresses an issue that prevents the Microsoft Edge Configure Password Manager policy from suppressing the Save password prompt when the policy is disabled.
Addresses an issue that causes downloads to WebDAV locations to fail. 
Addresses an issue with the file previewer for .html, .mht, and email (MIME) attachments in Microsoft Outlook. 
Addresses an issue that causes Internet Explorer security and certificate dialogs to display prompts in the background instead of the foreground in certain circumstances. 
Addresses an issue that may cause the system to become unresponsive when applications call the EnableEUDC API. 
Addresses an issue in multi-monitor scenarios that causes a spell checker context menu to appear on the wrong monitor. This issue occurs when the customer right-clicks a misspelled word in Internet Explorer. 
Addresses an issue that occurs when entering Japanese characters in a remote desktop session (mstsc.exe). 
Addresses an issue that occurs when using low-level mouse hooks with high integrity-level processes. 
Addresses an issue that prevents custom keyboard layouts from working correctly. 
Makes the visibility policy for the Settings Page available under User Configuration. The GPO is at the following path: User Configuration/Administrative Template/Control Panel/Settings Page Visibility 
Addresses an issue that prevents some Bluetooth devices from pairing with Windows. 
Addresses an issue in the Universal CRT that returns the expected output or a null character when calling _getch(). 
Addresses an issue in the Universal CRT that returns unexpected characters when calling the _findfirst() or _findnext() functions. 
Addresses an issue in the Universal CRT that prevents some functions from accepting narrow input or producing proper output with certain ANSI Code Pages. This issue affects setargv.obj when using wildcard parsing and calls to get the current module name for debug windows. The issue also affects the following functions:
_chdir()
_exec()
 _fullpath()
 _loaddll
 _popen()
_system()
_spawn() (and variants) 
Addresses an issue with evaluating the compatibility status of the Windows ecosystem to help ensure application and device compatibility for all updates to Windows. 
Addresses an issue with the diagnostic pipeline for devices enrolled in Windows Analytics when the CommercialID registry key, "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\DataCollection" is present.
Addresses an issue that prevents the App-V client’s scheduled task from syncing if the Device Guard lockdown policy is enabled. 
Addresses an issue that may cause the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) process to stop working when attempting to process a malformed security identifier (SID). 
Addresses an issue that causes a delay in unlocking or signing in to a computer that was moved to a different network. For example, a delay occurs when moving from a corporate LAN or WLAN to a home LAN where domain controllers can't be reached. 
Addresses an issue on some laptops that prevents sign-out from completing. The issue occurs when a customer signs out and immediately closes the laptop. As a result, when the laptop is reopened,  the device must be restarted. 
Addresses an issue that occurs when enabling BitLocker from a local administrator account. 
Addresses an issue on devices with fingerprint sensors that were upgraded from Windows 10, version 1709. After the upgrade, users can't use the fingerprint sensor to log in.  
Addresses an issue that causes some systems to take as much as 60 seconds longer to start. This occurs on systems that don't have a smart card reader installed. 
Addresses an issue that prevents customers from logging in to a Windows 10S device with a PIN after upgrading to Windows 10, version 1803. Customers see the error “Your PIN is no longer available due to a change to the security settings on this device.” 
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Re: Yikes! Windows issues and fixes

Post by DAMIEN1307 »

hey jerry...hope these are actually fixes and not breaking things AGAIN...lol...better you than me...i know you need windows for work though...there ought to be a 12 step program to help people to just say no to windows...lol...DAMIEN
gm10

Re: Yikes! Windows issues and fixes

Post by gm10 »

JerryF wrote: Fri Sep 28, 2018 1:28 pm I use Windows 10 and just received another update (a few this month).

Look what the last cumulative update fixes:
Yeah, it's impressive, isn't it, so few fixes needed for an entire operating system.

Meanwhile the last LM 19 kernel update this note comes with enough fixes to fill a small ledger:

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linux (4.15.0-34.37) bionic; urgency=medium

  * linux: 4.15.0-34.37 -proposed tracker (LP: #1788744)

  * Bionic update: upstream stable patchset 2018-08-09 (LP: #1786352)
    - MIPS: c-r4k: Fix data corruption related to cache coherence
    - MIPS: ptrace: Expose FIR register through FP regset
    - MIPS: Fix ptrace(2) PTRACE_PEEKUSR and PTRACE_POKEUSR accesses to o32 FGRs
    - KVM: Fix spelling mistake: "cop_unsuable" -> "cop_unusable"
    - affs_lookup(): close a race with affs_remove_link()
    - fs: don't scan the inode cache before SB_BORN is set
    - aio: fix io_destroy(2) vs. lookup_ioctx() race
    - ALSA: timer: Fix pause event notification
    - do d_instantiate/unlock_new_inode combinations safely
    - mmc: sdhci-iproc: remove hard coded mmc cap 1.8v
    - mmc: sdhci-iproc: fix 32bit writes for TRANSFER_MODE register
    - mmc: sdhci-iproc: add SDHCI_QUIRK2_HOST_OFF_CARD_ON for cygnus
    - libata: Blacklist some Sandisk SSDs for NCQ
    - libata: blacklist Micron 500IT SSD with MU01 firmware
    - xen-swiotlb: fix the check condition for xen_swiotlb_free_coherent
    - drm/vmwgfx: Fix 32-bit VMW_PORT_HB_[IN|OUT] macros
    - arm64: lse: Add early clobbers to some input/output asm operands
    - powerpc/64s: Clear PCR on boot
    - IB/hfi1: Use after free race condition in send context error path
    - IB/umem: Use the correct mm during ib_umem_release
    - idr: fix invalid ptr dereference on item delete
    - Revert "ipc/shm: Fix shmat mmap nil-page protection"
    - ipc/shm: fix shmat() nil address after round-down when remapping
    - mm/kasan: don't vfree() nonexistent vm_area
    - kasan: free allocated shadow memory on MEM_CANCEL_ONLINE
    - kasan: fix memory hotplug during boot
    - kernel/sys.c: fix potential Spectre v1 issue
    - KVM: s390: vsie: fix < 8k check for the itdba
    - KVM: x86: Update cpuid properly when CR4.OSXAVE or CR4.PKE is changed
    - kvm: x86: IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES is always supported
    - powerpc/64s: Improve RFI L1-D cache flush fallback
    - powerpc/pseries: Restore default security feature flags on setup
    - powerpc/64s: Fix section mismatch warnings from setup_rfi_flush()
    - MIPS: generic: Fix machine compatible matching
    - mac80211: mesh: fix wrong mesh TTL offset calculation
    - ARC: Fix malformed ARC_EMUL_UNALIGNED default
    - ptr_ring: prevent integer overflow when calculating size
    - arm64: dts: rockchip: fix rock64 gmac2io stability issues
    - arm64: dts: rockchip: correct ep-gpios for rk3399-sapphire
    - libata: Fix compile warning with ATA_DEBUG enabled
    - selftests: sync: missing CFLAGS while compiling
    - selftest/vDSO: fix O=
    - selftests: pstore: Adding config fragment CONFIG_PSTORE_RAM=m
    - selftests: memfd: add config fragment for fuse
    - ARM: OMAP2+: timer: fix a kmemleak caused in omap_get_timer_dt
    - ARM: OMAP3: Fix prm wake interrupt for resume
    - ARM: OMAP2+: Fix sar_base inititalization for HS omaps
    - ARM: OMAP1: clock: Fix debugfs_create_*() usage
    - tls: retrun the correct IV in getsockopt
    - xhci: workaround for AMD Promontory disabled ports wakeup
    - IB/uverbs: Fix method merging in uverbs_ioctl_merge
    - IB/uverbs: Fix possible oops with duplicate ioctl attributes
    - IB/uverbs: Fix unbalanced unlock on error path for rdma_explicit_destroy
    - arm64: dts: rockchip: Fix DWMMC clocks
    - ARM: dts: rockchip: Fix DWMMC clocks
    - iwlwifi: mvm: fix security bug in PN checking
    - iwlwifi: mvm: fix IBSS for devices that support station type API
    - iwlwifi: mvm: always init rs with 20mhz bandwidth rates
    - NFC: llcp: Limit size of SDP URI
    - rxrpc: Work around usercopy check
    - MD: Free bioset when md_run fails
    - md: fix md_write_start() deadlock w/o metadata devices
    - s390/dasd: fix handling of internal requests
    - xfrm: do not call rcu_read_unlock when afinfo is NULL in xfrm_get_tos
    - mac80211: round IEEE80211_TX_STATUS_HEADROOM up to multiple of 4
    - mac80211: fix a possible leak of station stats
    - mac80211: fix calling sleeping function in atomic context
    - cfg80211: clear wep keys after disconnection
    - mac80211: Do not disconnect on invalid operating class
    - mac80211: Fix sending ADDBA response for an ongoing session
    - gpu: ipu-v3: pre: fix device node leak in ipu_pre_lookup_by_phandle
    - gpu: ipu-v3: prg: fix device node leak in ipu_prg_lookup_by_phandle
    - md raid10: fix NULL deference in handle_write_completed()
    - drm/exynos: g2d: use monotonic timestamps
    - drm/exynos: fix comparison to bitshift when dealing with a mask
    - drm/meson: fix vsync buffer update
    - arm64: perf: correct PMUVer probing
    - RDMA/bnxt_re: Unpin SQ and RQ memory if QP create fails
    - RDMA/bnxt_re: Fix system crash during load/unload
    - net/mlx5e: Return error if prio is specified when offloading eswitch vlan
      push
    - locking/xchg/alpha: Add unconditional memory barrier to cmpxchg()
    - md: raid5: avoid string overflow warning
    - virtio_net: fix XDP code path in receive_small()
    - kernel/relay.c: limit kmalloc size to KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE
    - bug.h: work around GCC PR82365 in BUG()
    - selftests/memfd: add run_fuse_test.sh to TEST_FILES
    - seccomp: add a selftest for get_metadata
    - soc: imx: gpc: de-register power domains only if initialized
    - powerpc/bpf/jit: Fix 32-bit JIT for seccomp_data access
    - s390/cio: fix ccw_device_start_timeout API
    - s390/cio: fix return code after missing interrupt
    - s390/cio: clear timer when terminating driver I/O
    - selftests/bpf/test_maps: exit child process without error in ENOMEM case
    - PKCS#7: fix direct verification of SignerInfo signature
    - arm64: dts: cavium: fix PCI bus dtc warnings
    - nfs: system crashes after NFS4ERR_MOVED recovery
    - ARM: OMAP: Fix dmtimer init for omap1
    - smsc75xx: fix smsc75xx_set_features()
    - regulatory: add NUL to request alpha2
    - integrity/security: fix digsig.c build error with header file
    - x86/intel_rdt: Fix incorrect returned value when creating rdgroup sub-
      directory in resctrl file system
    - locking/xchg/alpha: Fix xchg() and cmpxchg() memory ordering bugs
    - x86/topology: Update the 'cpu cores' field in /proc/cpuinfo correctly across
      CPU hotplug operations
    - mac80211: drop frames with unexpected DS bits from fast-rx to slow path
    - arm64: fix unwind_frame() for filtered out fn for function graph tracing
    - macvlan: fix use-after-free in macvlan_common_newlink()
    - KVM: nVMX: Don't halt vcpu when L1 is injecting events to L2
    - kvm: fix warning for CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_EVENTFD builds
    - ARM: dts: imx6dl: Include correct dtsi file for Engicam i.CoreM6
      DualLite/Solo RQS
    - fs: dcache: Avoid livelock between d_alloc_parallel and __d_add
    - fs: dcache: Use READ_ONCE when accessing i_dir_seq
    - md: fix a potential deadlock of raid5/raid10 reshape
    - md/raid1: fix NULL pointer dereference
    - batman-adv: fix packet checksum in receive path
    - batman-adv: invalidate checksum on fragment reassembly
    - netfilter: ipt_CLUSTERIP: put config struct if we can't increment ct
      refcount
    - netfilter: ipt_CLUSTERIP: put config instead of freeing it
    - netfilter: ebtables: convert BUG_ONs to WARN_ONs
    - batman-adv: Ignore invalid batadv_iv_gw during netlink send
    - batman-adv: Ignore invalid batadv_v_gw during netlink send
    - batman-adv: Fix netlink dumping of BLA claims
    - batman-adv: Fix netlink dumping of BLA backbones
    - nvme-pci: Fix nvme queue cleanup if IRQ setup fails
    - clocksource/drivers/fsl_ftm_timer: Fix error return checking
    - libceph, ceph: avoid memory leak when specifying same option several times
    - ceph: fix dentry leak when failing to init debugfs
    - xen/pvcalls: fix null pointer dereference on map->sock
    - ARM: orion5x: Revert commit 4904dbda41c8.
    - qrtr: add MODULE_ALIAS macro to smd
    - selftests/futex: Fix line continuation in Makefile
    - r8152: fix tx packets accounting
    - virtio-gpu: fix ioctl and expose the fixed status to userspace.
    - dmaengine: rcar-dmac: fix max_chunk_size for R-Car Gen3
    - bcache: fix kcrashes with fio in RAID5 backend dev
    - ip_gre: fix IFLA_MTU ignored on NEWLINK
    - ip6_tunnel: fix IFLA_MTU ignored on NEWLINK
    - sit: fix IFLA_MTU ignored on NEWLINK
    - nbd: fix return value in error handling path
    - ARM: dts: NSP: Fix amount of RAM on BCM958625HR
    - ARM: dts: bcm283x: Fix unit address of local_intc
    - powerpc/boot: Fix random libfdt related build errors
    - clocksource/drivers/mips-gic-timer: Use correct shift count to extract data
    - gianfar: Fix Rx byte accounting for ndev stats
    - net/tcp/illinois: replace broken algorithm reference link
    - nvmet: fix PSDT field check in command format
    - net/smc: use link_id of server in confirm link reply
    - mlxsw: core: Fix flex keys scratchpad offset conflict
    - mlxsw: spectrum: Treat IPv6 unregistered multicast as broadcast
    - spectrum: Reference count VLAN entries
    - ARC: mcip: halt GFRC counter when ARC cores halt
    - ARC: mcip: update MCIP debug mask when the new cpu came online
    - ARC: setup cpu possible mask according to possible-cpus dts property
    - ipvs: remove IPS_NAT_MASK check to fix passive FTP
    - IB/mlx: Set slid to zero in Ethernet completion struct
    - RDMA/bnxt_re: Unconditionly fence non wire memory operations
    - RDMA/bnxt_re: Fix incorrect DB offset calculation
    - RDMA/bnxt_re: Fix the ib_reg failure cleanup
    - xen/pirq: fix error path cleanup when binding MSIs
    - drm/amd/amdgpu: Correct VRAM width for APUs with GMC9
    - xfrm: Fix ESN sequence number handling for IPsec GSO packets.
    - arm64: dts: rockchip: Fix rk3399-gru-* s2r (pinctrl hogs, wifi reset)
    - drm/sun4i: Fix dclk_set_phase
    - btrfs: use kvzalloc to allocate btrfs_fs_info
    - Btrfs: send, fix issuing write op when processing hole in no data mode
    - Btrfs: fix log replay failure after linking special file and fsync
    - ceph: fix potential memory leak in init_caches()
    - block: display the correct diskname for bio
    - selftests/powerpc: Skip the subpage_prot tests if the syscall is unavailable
    - net: ethtool: don't ignore return from driver get_fecparam method
    - iwlwifi: mvm: fix TX of CCMP 256
    - iwlwifi: mvm: Fix channel switch for count 0 and 1
    - iwlwifi: mvm: fix assert 0x2B00 on older FWs
    - iwlwifi: avoid collecting firmware dump if not loaded
    - iwlwifi: mvm: Direct multicast frames to the correct station
    - iwlwifi: mvm: Correctly set the tid for mcast queue
    - rds: Incorrect reference counting in TCP socket creation
    - watchdog: f71808e_wdt: Fix magic close handling
    - batman-adv: Fix multicast packet loss with a single WANT_ALL_IPV4/6 flag
    - hv_netvsc: use napi_schedule_irqoff
    - hv_netvsc: filter multicast/broadcast
    - hv_netvsc: propagate rx filters to VF
    - ARM: dts: rockchip: Add missing #sound-dai-cells on rk3288
    - e1000e: Fix check_for_link return value with autoneg off
    - e1000e: allocate ring descriptors with dma_zalloc_coherent
    - ia64/err-inject: Use get_user_pages_fast()
    - RDMA/qedr: Fix kernel panic when running fio over NFSoRDMA
    - RDMA/qedr: Fix iWARP write and send with immediate
    - IB/mlx4: Fix corruption of RoCEv2 IPv4 GIDs
    - IB/mlx4: Include GID type when deleting GIDs from HW table under RoCE
    - IB/mlx5: Fix an error code in __mlx5_ib_modify_qp()
    - fbdev: Fixing arbitrary kernel leak in case FBIOGETCMAP_SPARC in
      sbusfb_ioctl_helper().
    - fsl/fman: avoid sleeping in atomic context while adding an address
    - qed: Free RoCE ILT Memory on rmmod qedr
    - net: qcom/emac: Use proper free methods during TX
    - net: smsc911x: Fix unload crash when link is up
    - IB/core: Fix possible crash to access NULL netdev
    - cxgb4: do not set needs_free_netdev for mgmt dev's
    - xen-blkfront: move negotiate_mq to cover all cases of new VBDs
    - xen: xenbus: use put_device() instead of kfree()
    - hv_netvsc: fix filter flags
    - hv_netvsc: fix locking for rx_mode
    - hv_netvsc: fix locking during VF setup
    - ARM: davinci: fix the GPIO lookup for omapl138-hawk
    - arm64: Relax ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1 discovery
    - selftests/vm/run_vmtests: adjust hugetlb size according to nr_cpus
    - lib/test_kmod.c: fix limit check on number of test devices created
    - dmaengine: mv_xor_v2: Fix clock resource by adding a register clock
    - netfilter: ebtables: fix erroneous reject of last rule
    - can: m_can: change comparison to bitshift when dealing with a mask
    - can: m_can: select pinctrl state in each suspend/resume function
    - bnxt_en: Check valid VNIC ID in bnxt_hwrm_vnic_set_tpa().
    - workqueue: use put_device() instead of kfree()
    - ipv4: lock mtu in fnhe when received PMTU < net.ipv4.route.min_pmtu
    - sunvnet: does not support GSO for sctp
    - KVM: arm/arm64: vgic: Add missing irq_lock to vgic_mmio_read_pending
    - gpu: ipu-v3: prg: avoid possible array underflow
    - drm/imx: move arming of the vblank event to atomic_flush
    - drm/nouveau/bl: fix backlight regression
    - xfrm: fix rcu_read_unlock usage in xfrm_local_error
    - iwlwifi: mvm: set the correct tid when we flush the MCAST sta
    - iwlwifi: mvm: Correctly set IGTK for AP
    - iwlwifi: mvm: fix error checking for multi/broadcast sta
    - net: Fix vlan untag for bridge and vlan_dev with reorder_hdr off
    - vlan: Fix out of order vlan headers with reorder header off
    - batman-adv: fix header size check in batadv_dbg_arp()
    - batman-adv: Fix skbuff rcsum on packet reroute
    - vti4: Don't count header length twice on tunnel setup
    - ip_tunnel: Clamp MTU to bounds on new link
    - vti6: Fix dev->max_mtu setting
    - iwlwifi: mvm: Increase session protection time after CS
    - iwlwifi: mvm: clear tx queue id when unreserving aggregation queue
    - iwlwifi: mvm: make sure internal station has a valid id
    - iwlwifi: mvm: fix array out of bounds reference
    - drm/tegra: Shutdown on driver unbind
    - perf/cgroup: Fix child event counting bug
    - brcmfmac: Fix check for ISO3166 code
    - kbuild: make scripts/adjust_autoksyms.sh robust against timestamp races
    - RDMA/ucma: Correct option size check using optlen
    - RDMA/qedr: fix QP's ack timeout configuration
    - RDMA/qedr: Fix rc initialization on CNQ allocation failure
    - RDMA/qedr: Fix QP state initialization race
    - net/sched: fix idr leak on the error path of tcf_bpf_init()
    - net/sched: fix idr leak in the error path of tcf_simp_init()
    - net/sched: fix idr leak in the error path of tcf_act_police_init()
    - net/sched: fix idr leak in the error path of tcp_pedit_init()
    - net/sched: fix idr leak in the error path of __tcf_ipt_init()
    - net/sched: fix idr leak in the error path of tcf_skbmod_init()
    - net: dsa: Fix functional dsa-loop dependency on FIXED_PHY
    - drm/ast: Fixed 1280x800 Display Issue
    - mm/mempolicy.c: avoid use uninitialized preferred_node
    - mm, thp: do not cause memcg oom for thp
    - xfrm: Fix transport mode skb control buffer usage.
    - selftests: ftrace: Add probe event argument syntax testcase
    - selftests: ftrace: Add a testcase for string type with kprobe_event
    - selftests: ftrace: Add a testcase for probepoint
    - drm/amdkfd: Fix scratch memory with HWS enabled
    - batman-adv: fix multicast-via-unicast transmission with AP isolation
    - batman-adv: fix packet loss for broadcasted DHCP packets to a server
    - ARM: 8748/1: mm: Define vdso_start, vdso_end as array
    - lan78xx: Set ASD in MAC_CR when EEE is enabled.
    - net: qmi_wwan: add BroadMobi BM806U 2020:2033
    - bonding: fix the err path for dev hwaddr sync in bond_enslave
    - net: dsa: mt7530: fix module autoloading for OF platform drivers
    - net/mlx5: Make eswitch support to depend on switchdev
    - perf/x86/intel: Fix linear IP of PEBS real_ip on Haswell and later CPUs
    - x86/alternatives: Fixup alternative_call_2
    - llc: properly handle dev_queue_xmit() return value
    - builddeb: Fix header package regarding dtc source links
    - qede: Fix barrier usage after tx doorbell write.
    - mm, slab: memcg_link the SLAB's kmem_cache
    - mm/page_owner: fix recursion bug after changing skip entries
    - mm/kmemleak.c: wait for scan completion before disabling free
    - hv_netvsc: enable multicast if necessary
    - qede: Do not drop rx-checksum invalidated packets.
    - net: Fix untag for vlan packets without ethernet header
    - vlan: Fix vlan insertion for packets without ethernet header
    - net: mvneta: fix enable of all initialized RXQs
    - sh: fix debug trap failure to process signals before return to user
    - firmware: dmi_scan: Fix UUID length safety check
    - nvme: don't send keep-alives to the discovery controller
    - Btrfs: clean up resources during umount after trans is aborted
    - Btrfs: fix loss of prealloc extents past i_size after fsync log replay
    - x86/pgtable: Don't set huge PUD/PMD on non-leaf entries
    - fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c: fix potential page fault while unregistering sysctl
      table
    - swap: divide-by-zero when zero length swap file on ssd
    - z3fold: fix memory leak
    - sr: get/drop reference to device in revalidate and check_events
    - Force log to disk before reading the AGF during a fstrim
    - cpufreq: CPPC: Initialize shared perf capabilities of CPUs
    - powerpc/fscr: Enable interrupts earlier before calling get_user()
    - perf tools: Fix perf builds with clang support
    - perf clang: Add support for recent clang versions
    - dp83640: Ensure against premature access to PHY registers after reset
    - ibmvnic: Zero used TX descriptor counter on reset
    - mm/ksm: fix interaction with THP
    - mm: fix races between address_space dereference and free in page_evicatable
    - mm: thp: fix potential clearing to referenced flag in
      page_idle_clear_pte_refs_one()
    - Btrfs: bail out on error during replay_dir_deletes
    - Btrfs: fix NULL pointer dereference in log_dir_items
    - btrfs: Fix possible softlock on single core machines
    - IB/rxe: Fix for oops in rxe_register_device on ppc64le arch
    - ocfs2/dlm: don't handle migrate lockres if already in shutdown
    - powerpc/64s/idle: Fix restore of AMOR on POWER9 after deep sleep
    - sched/rt: Fix rq->clock_update_flags < RQCF_ACT_SKIP warning
    - x86/mm: Fix bogus warning during EFI bootup, use boot_cpu_has() instead of
      this_cpu_has() in build_cr3_noflush()
    - KVM: VMX: raise internal error for exception during invalid protected mode
      state
    - lan78xx: Connect phy early
    - sparc64: Make atomic_xchg() an inline function rather than a macro.
    - net: bgmac: Fix endian access in bgmac_dma_tx_ring_free()
    - net: bgmac: Correctly annotate register space
    - btrfs: tests/qgroup: Fix wrong tree backref level
    - Btrfs: fix copy_items() return value when logging an inode
    - btrfs: fix lockdep splat in btrfs_alloc_subvolume_writers
    - btrfs: qgroup: Fix root item corruption when multiple same source snapshots
      are created with quota enabled
    - rxrpc: Fix Tx ring annotation after initial Tx failure
    - rxrpc: Don't treat call aborts as conn aborts
    - xen/acpi: off by one in read_acpi_id()
    - drivers: macintosh: rack-meter: really fix bogus memsets
    - ACPI: acpi_pad: Fix memory leak in power saving threads
    - powerpc/mpic: Check if cpu_possible() in mpic_physmask()
    - ieee802154: ca8210: fix uninitialised data read
    - ath10k: advertize beacon_int_min_gcd
    - iommu/amd: Take into account that alloc_dev_data() may return NULL
    - intel_th: Use correct method of finding hub
    - m68k: set dma and coherent masks for platform FEC ethernets
    - iwlwifi: mvm: check if mac80211_queue is valid in iwl_mvm_disable_txq
    - parisc/pci: Switch LBA PCI bus from Hard Fail to Soft Fail mode
    - hwmon: (nct6775) Fix writing pwmX_mode
    - powerpc/perf: Prevent kernel address leak to userspace via BHRB buffer
    - powerpc/perf: Fix kernel address leak via sampling registers
    - rsi: fix kernel panic observed on 64bit machine
    - tools/thermal: tmon: fix for segfault
    - selftests: Print the test we're running to /dev/kmsg
    - net/mlx5: Protect from command bit overflow
    - watchdog: davinci_wdt: fix error handling in davinci_wdt_probe()
    - ath10k: Fix kernel panic while using worker (ath10k_sta_rc_update_wk)
    - nvme-pci: disable APST for Samsung NVMe SSD 960 EVO + ASUS PRIME Z370-A
    - ath9k: fix crash in spectral scan
    - cxgb4: Setup FW queues before registering netdev
    - ima: Fix Kconfig to select TPM 2.0 CRB interface
    - ima: Fallback to the builtin hash algorithm
    - watchdog: aspeed: Allow configuring for alternate boot
    - arm: dts: socfpga: fix GIC PPI warning
    - ext4: don't complain about incorrect features when probing
    - drm/vmwgfx: Unpin the screen object backup buffer when not used
    - iommu/mediatek: Fix protect memory setting
    - cpufreq: cppc_cpufreq: Fix cppc_cpufreq_init() failure path
    - IB/mlx5: Set the default active rate and width to QDR and 4X
    - zorro: Set up z->dev.dma_mask for the DMA API
    - bcache: quit dc->writeback_thread when BCACHE_DEV_DETACHING is set
    - remoteproc: imx_rproc: Fix an error handling path in 'imx_rproc_probe()'
    - dt-bindings: add device tree binding for Allwinner H6 main CCU
    - ACPICA: Events: add a return on failure from acpi_hw_register_read
    - ACPICA: Fix memory leak on unusual memory leak
    - ACPICA: acpi: acpica: fix acpi operand cache leak in nseval.c
    - cxgb4: Fix queue free path of ULD drivers
    - i2c: mv64xxx: Apply errata delay only in standard mode
    - KVM: lapic: stop advertising DIRECTED_EOI when in-kernel IOAPIC is in use
    - perf top: Fix top.call-graph config option reading
    - perf stat: Fix core dump when flag T is used
    - IB/core: Honor port_num while resolving GID for IB link layer
    - drm/amdkfd: add missing include of mm.h
    - coresight: Use %px to print pcsr instead of %p
    - regulator: gpio: Fix some error handling paths in 'gpio_regulator_probe()'
    - spi: bcm-qspi: fIX some error handling paths
    - net/smc: pay attention to MAX_ORDER for CQ entries
    - MIPS: ath79: Fix AR724X_PLL_REG_PCIE_CONFIG offset
    - watchdog: dw: RMW the control register
    - watchdog: aspeed: Fix translation of reset mode to ctrl register
    - drm/meson: Fix some error handling paths in 'meson_drv_bind_master()'
    - drm/meson: Fix an un-handled error path in 'meson_drv_bind_master()'
    - powerpc: Add missing prototype for arch_irq_work_raise()
    - f2fs: fix to set KEEP_SIZE bit in f2fs_zero_range
    - f2fs: fix to clear CP_TRIMMED_FLAG
    - f2fs: fix to check extent cache in f2fs_drop_extent_tree
    - perf/core: Fix installing cgroup events on CPU
    - max17042: propagate of_node to power supply device
    - perf/core: Fix perf_output_read_group()
    - drm/panel: simple: Fix the bus format for the Ontat panel
    - hwmon: (pmbus/max8688) Accept negative page register values
    - hwmon: (pmbus/adm1275) Accept negative page register values
    - perf/x86/intel: Properly save/restore the PMU state in the NMI handler
    - cdrom: do not call check_disk_change() inside cdrom_open()
    - efi/arm*: Only register page tables when they exist
    - perf/x86/intel: Fix large period handling on Broadwell CPUs
    - perf/x86/intel: Fix event update for auto-reload
    - arm64: dts: qcom: Fix SPI5 config on MSM8996
    - soc: qcom: wcnss_ctrl: Fix increment in NV upload
    - gfs2: Fix fallocate chunk size
    - x86/devicetree: Initialize device tree before using it
    - x86/devicetree: Fix device IRQ settings in DT
    - phy: rockchip-emmc: retry calpad busy trimming
    - ALSA: vmaster: Propagate slave error
    - phy: qcom-qmp: Fix phy pipe clock gating
    - drm/bridge: sii902x: Retry status read after DDI I2C
    - tools: hv: fix compiler warnings about major/target_fname
    - block: null_blk: fix 'Invalid parameters' when loading module
    - dmaengine: pl330: fix a race condition in case of threaded irqs
    - dmaengine: rcar-dmac: Check the done lists in rcar_dmac_chan_get_residue()
    - enic: enable rq before updating rq descriptors
    - watchdog: asm9260_wdt: fix error handling in asm9260_wdt_probe()
    - hwrng: stm32 - add reset during probe
    - pinctrl: devicetree: Fix dt_to_map_one_config handling of hogs
    - pinctrl: artpec6: dt: add missing pin group uart5nocts
    - vfio-ccw: fence off transport mode
    - dmaengine: qcom: bam_dma: get num-channels and num-ees from dt
    - drm: omapdrm: dss: Move initialization code from component bind to probe
    - ARM: dts: dra71-evm: Correct evm_sd regulator max voltage
    - drm/amdgpu: disable GFX ring and disable PQ wptr in hw_fini
    - drm/amdgpu: adjust timeout for ib_ring_tests(v2)
    - net: stmmac: ensure that the device has released ownership before reading
      data
    - net: stmmac: ensure that the MSS desc is the last desc to set the own bit
    - cpufreq: Reorder cpufreq_online() error code path
    - dpaa_eth: fix SG mapping
    - PCI: Add function 1 DMA alias quirk for Marvell 88SE9220
    - udf: Provide saner default for invalid uid / gid
    - ixgbe: prevent ptp_rx_hang from running when in FILTER_ALL mode
    - sh_eth: fix TSU init on SH7734/R8A7740
    - power: supply: ltc2941-battery-gauge: Fix temperature units
    - ARM: dts: bcm283x: Fix probing of bcm2835-i2s
    - ARM: dts: bcm283x: Fix pin function of JTAG pins
    - PCMCIA / PM: Avoid noirq suspend aborts during suspend-to-idle
    - audit: return on memory error to avoid null pointer dereference
    - net: stmmac: call correct function in stmmac_mac_config_rx_queues_routing()
    - rcu: Call touch_nmi_watchdog() while printing stall warnings
    - pinctrl: sh-pfc: r8a7796: Fix MOD_SEL register pin assignment for SSI pins
      group
    - dpaa_eth: fix pause capability advertisement logic
    - MIPS: Octeon: Fix logging messages with spurious periods after newlines
    - drm/rockchip: Respect page offset for PRIME mmap calls
    - x86/apic: Set up through-local-APIC mode on the boot CPU if 'noapic'
      specified
    - perf test: Fix test case inet_pton to accept inlines.
    - perf report: Fix wrong jump arrow
    - perf tests: Use arch__compare_symbol_names to compare symbols
    - perf report: Fix memory corruption in --branch-history mode --branch-history
    - perf tests: Fix dwarf unwind for stripped binaries
    - selftests/net: fixes psock_fanout eBPF test case
    - netlabel: If PF_INET6, check sk_buff ip header version
    - drm: rcar-du: lvds: Fix LVDS startup on R-Car Gen3
    - drm: rcar-du: lvds: Fix LVDS startup on R-Car Gen2
    - ARM: dts: at91: tse850: use the correct compatible for the eeprom
    - regmap: Correct comparison in regmap_cached
    - i40e: Add delay after EMP reset for firmware to recover
    - ARM: dts: imx7d: cl-som-imx7: fix pinctrl_enet
    - ARM: dts: porter: Fix HDMI output routing
    - regulator: of: Add a missing 'of_node_put()' in an error handling path of
      'of_regulator_match()'
    - pinctrl: mcp23s08: spi: Fix regmap debugfs entries
    - kdb: make "mdr" command repeat
    - drm/vmwgfx: Set dmabuf_size when vmw_dmabuf_init is successful
    - perf tools: Add trace/beauty/generated/ into .gitignore
    - tools: sync up .h files with the repective arch and uapi .h files
    - MIPS: xilfpga: Stop generating useless dtb.o
    - MIPS: xilfpga: Actually include FDT in fitImage
    - MIPS: Fix build with DEBUG_ZBOOT and MACH_JZ4770
    - fix breakage caused by d_find_alias() semantics change
    - Btrfs: fix error handling in btrfs_truncate()
    - mmc: block: propagate correct returned value in mmc_rpmb_ioctl
    - arm64: export tishift functions to modules
    - bcma: fix buffer size caused crash in bcma_core_mips_print_irq()
    - PM / core: Fix direct_complete handling for devices with no callbacks
    - ARM: dts: sun4i: Fix incorrect clocks for displays
    - bnxt_en: Ignore src port field in decap filter nodes
    - kasan, slub: fix handling of kasan_slab_free hook
    - riscv/spinlock: Strengthen implementations with fences
    - platform/x86: dell-smbios: Fix memory leaks in build_tokens_sysfs()
    - rxrpc: Fix resend event time calculation
    - i40e: hold the RTNL lock while changing interrupt schemes
    - hv_netvsc: Fix the return status in RX path
    - firmware: fix checking for return values for fw_add_devm_name()
    - bcache: set writeback_rate_update_seconds in range [1, 60] seconds
    - bcache: fix cached_dev->count usage for bch_cache_set_error()
    - bcache: stop dc->writeback_rate_update properly
    - ibmvnic: Fix reset return from closed state
    - powerpc/vas: Fix cleanup when VAS is not configured
    - f2fs: flush cp pack except cp pack 2 page at first
    - drm/amdgpu: Clean sdma wptr register when only enable wptr polling
    - powerpc/mm/slice: Remove intermediate bitmap copy
    - powerpc/mm/slice: create header files dedicated to slices
    - powerpc/mm/slice: Enhance for supporting PPC32
    - powerpc/mm/slice: Fix hugepage allocation at hint address on 8xx
    - ibmvnic: Allocate statistics buffers during probe
    - dt-bindings: display: msm/dsi: Fix the PHY regulator supply props
    - drm/amd/display: Set vsc pack revision when DPCD revision is >= 1.2
    - soc: renesas: r8a77970-sysc: fix power area parents
    - drm/vblank: Data type fixes for 64-bit vblank sequences.
    - selftests: Add FIB onlink tests
    - soc: amlogic: meson-gx-pwrc-vpu: fix error on shutdown when domain is
      powered off

  * arm-smmu-v3 arm-smmu-v3.1.auto: failed to allocate MSIs (LP: #1785282)
    - ACPICA: iasl: Add SMMUv3 device ID mapping index support
    - ACPI/IORT: Remove temporary iort_get_id_mapping_index() ACPICA guard

  * Driver iwlwifi for Intel Wireless-AC 9560 is slow and unreliable in kernel
    4.15.0-20-generic (LP: #1772467)
    - scsi: hpsa: disable device during shutdown

  * [Bionic] i2c: xlp9xx: Add SMBAlert support  (LP: #1786981)
    - i2c: xlp9xx: Add support for SMBAlert

  * qeth: don't clobber buffer on async TX completion (LP: #1786057)
    - s390/qeth: don't clobber buffer on async TX completion

  * Linux 4.15.0-23 crashes during the boot process with a "Unable to handle
    kernel NULL pointer dereference" message (LP: #1777338)
    - x86/xen: Add call of speculative_store_bypass_ht_init() to PV paths

  * ThinkPad systems have no HDMI sound when using the nvidia GPU (LP: #1787058)
    - ACPI / OSI: Add OEM _OSI string to enable NVidia HDMI audio

  * [Bionic] i2c: xlp9xx: Fix case where SSIF read transaction completes early
    (LP: #1787240)
    - i2c: xlp9xx: Fix case where SSIF read transaction completes early

  * [Bionic] integrate upstream fix for Cavium zram driver (LP: #1787469)
    - Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: crypto: thunderx_zip: Fix fallout from
      CONFIG_VMAP_STACK"
    - crypto: cavium - Fix fallout from CONFIG_VMAP_STACK
    - crypto: cavium - Limit result reading attempts
    - crypto: cavium - Prevent division by zero
    - crypto: cavium - Fix statistics pending request value
    - crypto: cavium - Fix smp_processor_id() warnings

  * Bugfix for handling of shadow doorbell buffer (LP: #1788222)
    - nvme-pci: add a memory barrier to nvme_dbbuf_update_and_check_event

  * nvme devices namespace assigned to the wrong controller (LP: #1789227)
    - nvme/multipath: Fix multipath disabled naming collisions

  * linux-cloud-tools-common: Ensure hv-kvp-daemon.service starts before
    walinuxagent.service (LP: #1739107)
    - [Debian] hyper-v -- Ensure that hv-kvp-daemon.service starts before
      walinuxagent.service

  * hinic interfaces aren't getting predictable names (LP: #1783138)
    - hinic: Link the logical network device to the pci device in sysfs

  * Suspend fails in Ubuntu and Kubuntu 18.04 but works fine in Ubuntu and
    Kubuntu 17.10 (and on Kubuntu 18.04 using kernel 4.14.47) (LP: #1774950)
    - ACPI / LPSS: Avoid PM quirks on suspend and resume from S3
    - ACPI / LPSS: Avoid PM quirks on suspend and resume from hibernation

  * [Bionic] Bluetooth: Support RTL8723D and RTL8821C Devices (LP: #1784835)
    - Bluetooth: btrtl: Add RTL8723D and RTL8821C devices

  * CacheFiles: Error: Overlong wait for old active object to go away.
    (LP: #1776254)
    - cachefiles: Fix missing clear of the CACHEFILES_OBJECT_ACTIVE flag
    - cachefiles: Wait rather than BUG'ing on "Unexpected object collision"

  * fscache cookie refcount updated incorrectly during fscache object allocation
    (LP: #1776277) // fscache cookie refcount updated incorrectly during fscache
    object allocation (LP: #1776277)
    - fscache: Fix reference overput in fscache_attach_object() error handling

  * FS-Cache: Assertion failed: FS-Cache: 6 == 5 is false (LP: #1774336)
    - Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: CacheFiles: fix a read_waiter/read_copier race"
    - fscache: Allow cancelled operations to be enqueued
    - cachefiles: Fix refcounting bug in backing-file read monitoring

  * SMB3: Fix regression in server reconnect detection (LP: #1786110)
    - smb3: on reconnect set PreviousSessionId field

  * CVE-2018-1118
    - vhost: fix info leak due to uninitialized memory

 -- Kleber Sacilotto de Souza <kleber.souza@canonical.com>  Mon, 27 Aug 2018 16:45:36 +0200
Guess Microsoft is still far ahead in code quality. Hopefully the Linux community can catch up to their example eventually. :)

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DAMIEN1307 wrote: Fri Sep 28, 2018 1:33 pm hey jerry...hope these are actually fixes and not breaking things AGAIN...lol...better you than me...i know you need windows for work though...there ought to be a 12 step program to help people to just say no to windows...lol...DAMIEN
:lol: You're too much, and I love it!

Today is my last day at work (I left of my own accord), and won't be dealing with updating an office computer for a while. That's the great thing about going into temp work!
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you've been temp working as IT?...are you still doing accounting and tax work?...my mother was a CPA for some years...even had an IRS "t-card"...i made two framed signs for her office..."figures dont lie, but liars figure" and "creative accounting taught here"...she laughed and hung them up immediately in her office in Middleborough Mass....lol...DAMIEN
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gm10 wrote: Fri Sep 28, 2018 1:36 pm SCNR :twisted:
...speaking of 4.15.0-34.37...in proposed currently, fix for the...puppeteer :roll:
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thx-1138 wrote: Fri Sep 28, 2018 2:03 pm
gm10 wrote: Fri Sep 28, 2018 1:36 pm SCNR :twisted:
...speaking of 4.15.0-34.37...in proposed currently, fix for the...puppeteer :roll:
I always like a juicy PoC disclosure without patch availability (mainline, sure, but not the explicitly stated Ubuntu). At least Ubuntu is reacting fairly quickly.

On a more practical note, I will finally be able to stop explaining to people how to fix their Internet after suspend at least for one mainstream chipset as they finally fix something that has plagued much of their 4.15 series:
* r8169 no internet after suspending (LP: #1779817)

But I'm on 4.18, anyway. That just had another spectre v1 fix in the latest version, when we all thought spectre v1 had been dealt with long ago already. Not so.
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hi gm10...i have always noted that you tend to read most everything here in the forums and have probably come across the posts i had made back in Jan. 2018 regarding meltdown/spectre etc, where at some point down the line, i figured, (i think correctly) that we have not seen the end of the mitigations to meltdown/spectre as you have just mentioned...there were times i asked the Mods if i should just add the word SOLVED to the post but they have all said that its ok to keep it open since i believe and i think they also believe, that as long as these existing processors are still around, they will probably never be truly and fully, "fixed"...DAMIEN
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DAMIEN1307 wrote: Fri Sep 28, 2018 2:59 pm hi gm10...i have always noted that you tend to read most everything here in the forums
Nearly exclusively zero response threads and threads I posted in.
DAMIEN1307 wrote: Fri Sep 28, 2018 2:59 pm and have probably come across the posts i had made back in Jan. 2018 regarding meltdown/spectre etc, where at some point down the line, i figured, (i think correctly) that we have not seen the end of the mitigations to meltdown/spectre as you have just mentioned...there were times i asked the Mods if i should just add the word SOLVED to the post but they have all said that its ok to keep it open since i believe and i think they also believe, that as long as these existing processors are still around, they will probably never be truly and fully, "fixed"...DAMIEN
I only decided to waste time on here after that date, but I agree. I had only expressed my surprise in this case since the Variant 1 exploit was considered well fixed after all the scrutiny it had received. It's lucky this was found since often the good guys stop looking under these circumstances and often these issues stay around for a long time then. Still no fix for variant 3a for my laptop btw...
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hi gm10...you mentioned variant 3a...am i missing something here that is not mentioned below?...is there another script i should be running to find variant 3a?...DAMIEN

damien@damien ~ $ dpkg -l | grep microcode
ii amd64-microcode 3.20180524.1~ubuntu0.18.04.2 amd64 Processor microcode firmware for AMD CPUs
ii intel-microcode 3.20180807a.0ubuntu0.18.04.1 amd64 Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs
ii iucode-tool 2.3.1-1 amd64 Intel processor microcode tool
damien@damien ~ $

damien@damien ~ $ grep CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION=y /boot/config-`uname -r` && echo "patched" || echo "unpatched"
CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION=y
patched
damien@damien ~ $

damien@damien ~ $ grep . /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/*
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/l1tf:Mitigation: PTE Inversion
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown:Mitigation: PTI
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spec_store_bypass:Mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1:Mitigation: __user pointer sanitization
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v2:Mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB, IBRS_FW
damien@damien ~ $
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DAMIEN1307 wrote: Fri Sep 28, 2018 3:21 pm hi gm10...you mentioned variant 3a...am i missing something here that is not mentioned below?...is there another script i should be running to find variant 3a?...DAMIEN
This is 3a: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cg ... -2018-3640

The only comprehensive script to check them all that I know of is at https://github.com/speed47/spectre-meltdown-checker but there may be others.

PS: Somewhat unrelated, I just noticed that 4.18 kernels are making it to the bionic repos now, no more need to use the cosmic ones:
linux-image-4.18.0-8-generic/bionic-proposed 4.18.0-8.9~18.04.1 amd64
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hi gm10...you have mentioned,
I only decided to waste time on here after that date
,...let it be known, i dont think you wasted time here at all but a very welcome edition to the LM community...you have contributed bountifully in your short tenure here in the LM forums since june 21st 2018, you have contributed 2866 posts in helping many people here...DAMIEN
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DAMIEN1307 wrote: Fri Sep 28, 2018 3:40 pm since june 21st 2018, you have contributed 2866 posts
My point exactly though. Something clearly went wrong. :lol:

PS: Congrats on your post 1000. Nice round number.
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hi gm10...the only thing that went wrong is you realised that you didnt waste your time and your still here with us...lol...DAMIEN
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hi gm10...thank you for pointing out a thousand post milestone, (i didnt notice until you pointed it out),...lol...im going to do something that doesnt normally happen in my life tonight...when i tend to my feral cats in training to be total house cats (three of them) tonight, im going to hoist a celebratory drink not for me, but to this forum that has been putting up with me for this duration of time...love the LM forum...heres to you all...DAMIEN
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DAMIEN1307 wrote: Fri Sep 28, 2018 1:59 pm you've been temp working as IT?...are you still doing accounting and tax work?...my mother was a CPA for some years...even had an IRS "t-card"...i made two framed signs for her office..."figures dont lie, but liars figure" and "creative accounting taught here"...she laughed and hung them up immediately in her office in Middleborough Mass....lol...DAMIEN
No, I was an admin. asst. at a church, so I was the everything guy, which included being the IT department. :wink:

Now I'll be going into temp work and on the market on Monday.

I only do taxes now for myself and my partner.

Love the story about the frames!

Middleborough---not far from where I am in Warwick, RI.
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hey jerry...in warwick, are you old enough to remember "howdy beefburgers" drive in?...it was like a mcdonalds way back when....my step father was the manger there...by the way, i lived in little compton, barrington, west barrington, providence,(federal hill) just beyond the "pineapple", near the "blue grotto" and also west warwick, ri near "rocky point", many moons ago...also was the automotive mgr/dept. manager for "bennys" home and auto stores for many years...mostly on metacom ave in bristol ri...also had many a "dinner evening" with "buddy" cianci... DAMIEN
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DAMIEN1307 wrote: Fri Sep 28, 2018 10:04 pm hey jerry...in warwick, are you old enough to remember "howdy beefburgers" drive in?...it was like a mcdonalds way back when....my step father was the manger there...by the way, i lived in little compton, barrington, west barrington, providence,(federal hill) just beyond the "pineapple", near the "blue grotto" and also west warwick, ri near "rocky point", many moons ago...also was the automotive mgr/dept. manager for "bennys" home and auto stores for many years...mostly on metacom ave in bristol ri...also had many a "dinner evening" with "buddy" cianci... DAMIEN
Oh yes, I am old enough to remember. In fact, there was one in the city I grew up in---Fall River, MA. It was on President Avenue.

I'm familiar with all the towns/cities you used to live in. Ah Rocky Point! What an amusement park!! Funny, there was a local news story just last night on NBC 10 about a 19-year-old man refurbishing the cars for the House of Horrors ride. Here's a local Cranston newspaper article from last month http://cranstononline.com/stories/back-to-life,135993.

Benny's had a great auto department. Unfortunately, Benny's is no longer around. All the stores closed and the last one was closed in December 2017.

So, you knew Buddy? He was a character, that's for sure! What life he had. Even though he died in January 2016, if his name were to be put on the ballot for mayor or governor, he'd probably get enough votes to win!!!

8)
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heheheh...just 2 days out of the chute and dont you know it, windwoes 10 "upgrade" strikes again...lol...DAMIEN

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DAMIEN1307 wrote: Fri Sep 28, 2018 1:33 pm hey jerry...hope these are actually fixes and not breaking things AGAIN...lol...better you than me...i know you need windows for work though...there ought to be a 12 step program to help people to just say no to windows...lol...DAMIEN
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