Windows 10: Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1511 KB3140742

The Microsoft Windows-10 development/deployment team reminds me of the 5 hamsters in my son's cage. It's chaotic in there. Lots of busy work, but no progress.

I downloaded KB3140742 today. It took several minutes to download and install. Restart was required. Guess what? No difference in anything that a user can see or feel in the O.S. or Edge.

A lot of hamster-like busy work has been invested to make Windows-10 a revamped, modernized version of Windows-XP.

 

I downloaded KB3140742 and installed it on one machine with no side effects, everything seems to be running smooth on one of my three systems that I have Win 10 Pro running on. Was hoping that there would be an update to the DirectX graphics kernel soon, ever since Novembers TH2 release NVidia drivers do not play nice with the dx memory management (dxgmms2.sys) portion of it with some 3D apps.

 

I'll wait until it appears on WU. No hurry ups on my side.

 

The way it reads it was to fix some bugs that some members have been having.
Next big Update for Edge is hoping to be included in Redstone Build

 

Have to agree there. I don't ever notice a difference. The same old annoyances and bugs that irritated me from day 1 are all still there 4 months later. There are too many to mention specifically. I think MS likes pushing updates for the sake of updates. If there are new features then I don't notice or use them. I would rather bug fixes over new features anyday of the week. New features mean more bugs to go onto of the old bugs that don't seem to get fixed. Just slow down MS with the constants updates, focus on the glitches and get the OS really bug free and stable first.

 

Wise choice.
If your system is running fine and no apparent glitches, then there is nothing needed to be fixed.
It is best to wait for Windows Update.

 

downloaded X64 with no problem

 

Nobody implies that there will be problem installing that update.

My point is, if there is no problem in the computer, then there is no hurry to download an update that has yet to show up in Windows Update.
To play safe and wait for Windows Update appears to be prudent.

 

As alluded to on other sites, it seems to have made Store, Groove Music and Cortana, and perhaps others, much more responsive.
No negative side affects, (yet!)

 

crap.
works fine here, no problems at all

 

FYI:
KB3140742 - Full Build String: 10.0.10586.112 (th2_release.160208-1655) *Smile

 

hi
thanks
but why should we update manually??
what's wrong in the microsoft minds????

 

They include past updates too, that you already have installed in most cases. That's one reason that KB is so large. It does not install those updates if it sees them already installed, but I see no reason not to just wait for MY updates to come from MY WU
Some folks can't wait......that's fine. I can wait... *Smile

 

I will be waiting also

If this is like the last one then this update will be replaced by a later one when it appears on windows update

there must be a reason these are only available as a manual update, whether they install and run fine is not something I want to risk, who knows what it might affect down the line

 

That's the very reason I try them! *Wink