Windows 10: Microsoft has fixed the critical bugs in Windows 10 version 21H1

Windows 10 has received a fix for a nasty bug that crashes some PCs running May 2021 Update, specifically those systems using Intel’s Rapid Storage Technology drivers. The bug was reported after users installed KB5001391 for Windows 10 version 21H1 and it seems to have been fixed in another update.

The Blue Screen of Death or Green Screen of Death error code “BAD_POOL_CALLER” bug was reported after users applied the monthly update to Windows 10 version 21H1. Only a ‘small number’ of devices were affected, particularly those using Intel RST drivers.

“I’m using the Insider Preview Build 19043.928 (Version 21H1). Yesterday. after the Windows Update KB5001391 was installed, my computer would always encounter the green error screen about a minute after logging in and would reboot automatically. I had to uninstall the update to stop the rebooting cycle,” a user wrote in the Feedback Hub.

“It appears that KB5001391 has caused my machine to continuously Blue Screen (actually green) with bad_pool_call error. Removing that KB seems to have stabilized my machine,” another user wrote.

The good news is that Microsoft has already fixed the problem ahead of May 2021 Update’s rollout. In a support document, published on April 28, Microsoft confirmed that the Blue or Green screen error “BAD_POOL_CALLER” has been fixed in another update to the same patch.

“We fixed an issue causing a 0xC2 (BAD_POOL_CALLER) bugcheck when using IOCTL_SCSI_PASS_THROUGH_DIRECT,” the company noted in an updated changelog.

In addition, Microsoft has also fixed the issues with certain audio drivers, which should allow more people to download the version 21H1 update.

Of course, Windows Update which fixes issues, and ends up causing other unintended issues is not a surprise for most users. However, this time Microsoft is carefully testing the May 2021 Update with Windows Insiders and it may not cause trouble for most users given that it’s essentially based on the October 2020 update.

Windows 10 version 21H1 is around the corner


As we reported in March, changes of the May 2021 Update are already preloaded in Windows 10 version 20H2, and when the time comes for the feature update to go live, Microsoft will simply activate the changes by turning on that “enablement package”.

There’s no big download required and the process would be straightforward in most cases.

While this would be a minor and disappointing update, huge alterations are currently planned with Windows 10 Sun Valley Update. The second update of the year is likely to ship with a new optional Start Menu, improved Action Center experience, and more.

However, it won’t be ready until October/November.

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Microsoft Selects Dolby Audio for Windows 10

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Nevertheless, this is good step for microsoft, by far.

 

Windows 10 Version 21H1 (OS Build 19043.899)

That, I'm afraid, is the price you pay for installing an Insider build. 21H1 has not been released to the public yet and the Release Preview may still have bugs. You are not the only Insider to see this....

KB5000842 Windows 10 Insider Beta 19043.906 21H1 and RP 19042.906 20H2 - post #48

See if any of the suggestions later in that thread will work for you.

 

New Microsoft PowerToys version 0.14.0 released for Windows 10

UPDATE 12/5: New Microsoft PowerToys version 0.14.1 released for Windows 10


How to install

For new and existing users, head to Releases . microsoft/PowerToys . GitHub and download the PowerToysSetup.msi installer.

How to Download and Install Microsoft PowerToys in Windows 10




What’s new inside 0.14.0

FancyZones

Changes:

• Removed legacy editor (along with the settings option to choose between the legacy editor and the new editor).
• Added a settings to disable FanzyZones for user defined list of applications.
• The editor now opens highlighting the current active layout.
• Show the correct keyboard key for the editor shortcut (with some limitations due to the WebView control).

Bug fixes:

• Fixed the FancyZones bug that was stealing the number keys (mostly happening when dragging Chrome tabs).
• Fixed a DPI scaling bug in the FancyZones editor that was causing the zones to be placed in the wrong position on the screen.
• Fixed bug preventing several apps from working with FancyZones (there are still some cases, like remote apps, that may not work).

PowerRename

Changes:

• The dialog can be resized (still need to finished the work to handle DPI changes when moving the dialog between screen with different scaling %).
• Added settings to restore search and replace flags value from previous run.
• Added settings to enable autocomplete and auto-suggest.

Bug fixes:

• Improved RegEx replace result.
• Fix bug preventing sub-folder items to be renamed if parent folder is also renamed.

Other bug fixes

• fixed a bug in the runner that was causing the tray icon to not appear.
• minor UI tweaks to the Settings appearance (icons position and margins, module's description text and documentation links position and margins).
• fixed a crash in the SortcutGuide.

NOTE: When upgrading from a previous version, the installer will close all the Windows Explorer windows in order to update the PowerRename shell extension.