Windows 10: Application of settings described in KB5004442 DCOM hardening

Discus and support Application of settings described in KB5004442 DCOM hardening in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hello,The updates described in KB5004442 which will be coming in June of 2022 will "force" a hardened DCOM setting for clients. Will these changes be... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by bphillus8, Feb 16, 2022.

  1. bphillus8 Win User

    Application of settings described in KB5004442 DCOM hardening


    Hello,The updates described in KB5004442 which will be coming in June of 2022 will "force" a hardened DCOM setting for clients. Will these changes be released in the cumulative security update for the month of June or will it be a separate update? If the June update is skipped, will the changes be applied in future cumulative updates? If a user were to skip the June 2022 update which applies the hardening settings in KB5004442, would the settings be applied in any future cumulative update?

    :)
     
    bphillus8, Feb 16, 2022
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  2. ozzyrocks Win User

    Windows 10 Pro Update Error after hardening

    Hi,

    I have a new installation of Windows 10 Pro and after a few days of use, I am getting this error on Windows Update:

    "There were some problems installing updates, but we'll try again later. If you keep seeing this and want to search the web or contact support for information, this may help: (0x80070426)"

    The background is as follows:

    I have a new Dell XPS 13 laptop. It came with Windows 10 Home, and I upgraded it to Windows 10 Pro because I need to use it for business and need the extra encryption and other features that Home does not provide. I have implemented security hardening on
    the Windows 10 Pro installation following the process documented here: Harden Windows 10 for Security. How to secure Windows 10.

    After completion of the hardening steps (first time round), the above error appeared. I assumed that it was due to my hardening steps, so I tried all sorts of fixes and tweaks to repair it, until I finally restored back to a previous restore point from 2
    days earlier. After the restore, the windows updates were functioning. I then repeated the hardening steps, while testing Windows Update after each major step in the process. Windows Update continued to work fine through the hardening and even worked fine
    after I completed the hardening (the second time). This was yesterday evening when I ended work for the day. Now, this morning (the next day), when I started up my Windows 10 Pro, it is giving the above error once again under Windows Update.

    I am not sure whether this is an issue caused by the hardening, or just a temporary issue that will resolve itself. Can somebody please assist and shed some light on the situation.
     
    ozzyrocks, Feb 16, 2022
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  3. Ulysses Win User
    Security hardening

    Good day community,

    I wanna your kind assistance about security hardening.
    My goal is like that: 1. to encrypt all (hole) drive C and D. 2. install VM ware 16 and use it for other jobs. or for personal purposes.
    3. on main OS want to use Tor browser. chrome and Mozila got RAM hungers.

    Whats your recommendations right ways to be more secure and make system more harden? is recommended to encrypt C and D drive?

    Any suggestions would be helpful for me.

    Thanks.
     
    Ulysses, Feb 16, 2022
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  4. Johan45 Win User

    Application of settings described in KB5004442 DCOM hardening

    AMD FX OC'ers Club

    That's what the auto setting will do since you're over the 1333 mark it jumps to the next step which isn't listed or officially supported I assume by that ram.

    At this point though I would suggest dropping the multi one step or .5 so that we can get something stable and possibly take the heat issue out of the picture for now.
     
    Johan45, Feb 16, 2022
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