Windows 10: Audit Assistance

I am working on a patch management audit for a fortune 500 company, and management was hoping that we could obtain a list of patches that have been made available for endpoints PCs and Servers relating to Microsoft Office products and Windows for the past 5 years. Is there an available listing published somewhere?

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Audit mode

Hi Diane,

Windows boots into Windows Welcome Mode and Audit Mode. Windows Welcome Mode
is the first user experience while the Audit mode is used to add customization to Windows images. Sometimes, Windows keeps running in Audit Mode and user has no idea about it, just like in your case. While your machine is running Audit
Mode when upgrading or reinstalling Windows 10, the upgrade won’t progress.

Here's how to exit from Audit mode to reinstall Windows 10:

• Open the administrative or elevated Command Prompt. Type cmd in the
  Search field at the taskbar.
• Type the following command and press Enter key: sysprep /oobe /generalize
  DISCLAIMER: Running sysprep command each time resets Windows licensing state to default. So if your Windows is activated and you run this command, you’ll need to reactivate Windows after executing this command.
  
  
• Once the command IS successfully executed, you’ll be out of Audit Mode. Now you can re-try to upgrade to Windows 10 and it should work.

Let us know if the steps above worked for you.

 

what is audit mode

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you are facing issues with Audit Mode on your PC.



Usually, Audit mode is used to add customization to Windows images. Sometimes, Windows keeps running in Audit Mode and user has no idea about it, just like in your case. While your machine is running Audit Mode when upgrading
or reinstalling Windows 10, the upgrade won’t progress.



Kindly follow the steps mentioned below to exit Audit mode:

1. Now press Windows +
   S key together to open Search.
   
2. Now type CMD and select Run as administrator.
   
3. Accept the UAC prompts.
   
4. Type in the following commands one by one and hit
   Enter:
   
   sysprep /oobe /generalize
   
5. Close the command prompt window.
   

DISCLAIMER: Running sysprep command each time resets Windows licensing state to default. So if your Windows is activated and you run this command, you’ll need to reactivate Windows after executing
this command.



Let us know how it goes.



Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Adobe Audition

Hi Alexander,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.



This seems to be an issue with compatibility on Windows 10.

I suggest you to install the program in compatibility mode on Windows 10 and check.

Follow the steps to install in Compatibility mode:

• Right click on the program installation file and select Properties then click the
  Compatibility tab.
• Place a check in the Run this program in compatibility mode for: box.
  
• Tap the drop down box and select a previous operating system, then click
  OK.

Hope it helps.



Let us know the status, we are glad to assist you further.