Microsoft Reissued Update MS14-045 With New Problems

A Black Screen of Death Plagues My Laptop With Z-Order

The z-order Black Screen

Just at the height of praising Microsoft Windows Update services having been improved i was sustained into disappointment with recent activities surrounding the updates. 

MS14-045
Microsoft has reissued the flawed update MS14-045 released Tuesday August 12 which had caused blue screen and reboot errors.  The new update now a real black Screen of Death just caused new problems on my Lenovo running Windows 8.1. After the update the touch enabled laptop was able to get you to the login screen. Immediately after logging in the Windows 8.1 Desktop tiles disappeared and i was replaced with a black screen. It appears the new update is equally flawed.    
                                                                                                                                                               
Microsoft Bulletin MS14-045:  Description of the security update for kernel-mode drivers: August 27 2014.                                                                                                                                                       
Of the two known issues starting with the most grave

Known issue 2

After you install this update, the z-order of the windows is changed. (The z-order calls the SetWindowPos function together with the HWND_TOP parameter.) Therefore, the windows of certain applications may become invisible or may be incorrectly displayed behind other windows.
Status 
We are currently working on a resolution for this issue.

Notes
This issue also occurs after you install the following updates:

2965768 Stop error 0x3B when an application changes the z-order of a window in                              Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
2970228 Update to support the new currency symbol for the Russian ruble in Windows.
2973201 MS14-039: Description of the security update for Windows on-screen keyboard:                  July 8, 2014.
2975719 August 2014 update rollup for Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows                        Server 2012 R2

Known issue 1

After you install this security update, fonts that are installed in a location other than the default fonts directory (%windir%\fonts\) cannot be changed when they are loaded into any active session. Attempts to change, replace, or delete these fonts are blocked, and a "File in use" message is displayed. 

Windows 8.1

I have seen around the web Windows 8.1 easy update of 30-45 minutes with a boast that its free. Free aside the Windows 8.1 update is quite tor·tu·ous, really lengthy as downloads take forever given a decent bandwidth 2/2mbps. The update process is filled up with several errors. 

"Microsoft has finally posted official (if partial) guidance on overcoming the seven most common errors when installing the must-have Windows 8.1 Update." Wrote Woody Leonhard on InfoWorld. 

As a lesson i had to go through KB 2919355 just to have my wife's laptop replacement done. I asked myself why i had to read so much just to do a damn update. It clearly took me to the feared age when windows update was a nightmare. Is Microsoft become relaxed at the recent updates? Are they in a hurry? Who is messing up?

5 Roles Every Windows Server Administrator Must Know

FSMO- Flexible Single Master Operations                                                                                            
These 5 unique roles are in the most ways a holy grail of every Microsoft Windows Server administrator. If you find yourself unaware of these roles just know that most of your network weird unproductive activities could be well coded there.

Fsmo Roles

Forest Roles                                                                                                                                              

• Schema Master | The schema master is forest wide and there's one for each forest. Remember the adprep /domainprep command. It worked because this role was operational.

• Domain Naming | Crucial for upgrades and demotions. It must be online when domains and application partitions in a forest are added or removed.

Domain                                                                                                                                                     

• PDC Emulator | This role must be online and accessible 24/7 for password and user account updates. Its a default target for the domain group policy and some admin tools

• RID Master | Must be online for newly promoted domain controllers to obtain a local RID pool thats required to advertise or when existing domain controllers have to update their current RID pool allocation.

• Infrastructure Master | Responsible for cross-domain reference and phantoms from the global catalog.

How To Determine The Role Holders                                                                                                    

Powershell Comand

If You Installed Update MS14-045 Remove It Immediately

Last Week's Microsoft Update Creates Blue Screens Of Death.
Microsoft has recommended uninstallation of of MS14-045 and a few other updates after a number of customers reportedly experienced the blue screens of death and reboot loop. After an update on my Think Edge A9z i just saw my pc suddenly reboot with 5 updates to be installed. Its was a bit queer but i was out of my usual focus and attributed the reboot to other immediate activities. A recovery from this restart noted pop ups on the personal website i was working on. Malwarebytes remediated my situation. 

A Microsoft spokesperson told ZDNet that they "are aware of some issues related to the recent updates and we are working on a fix." 
Edward Langley at the Naked PowerShell Blog has written a series of PowerShell scripts to determine if any of the relevant updates are installed on a system.

Microsoft released security bulletin MS14-045 and the known issues with this security updates are.

• Known issue 1

After you install this security update, fonts that are installed in a location other than the default fonts directory (%windir%\fonts\) cannot be changed when they are loaded into any active session. Attempts to change, replace, or delete these fonts will be blocked, and a "File in use" message will be presented. 
For more information, go to the following Microsoft webpages:

Font Installation and Deletion
AddFontResource function
AddFontResourceEx function
RemoveFontResource function
RemoveFontResourceEx function

• Known issue 2 

Microsoft is investigating behavior in which fonts do not render correctly after               any of the following updates are installed:

2982791 MS14-045: Description of the security update for kernel-mode drivers: August 12, 2014

2970228 Update to support the new currency symbol for the Russian ruble in Windows

2975719 August 2014 update rollup for Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2

2975331 August 2014 update rollup for Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012

Status
Microsoft has removed the download links to these updates while these issues are being investigated. 

• Known issue 3 (This is the most severe)

      Microsoft is investigating behavior in which systems may crash with a 0x50 Stop error           message (bugcheck) after any of the following updates are installed:

 2982791 MS14-045: Description of the security update for kernel-mode drivers:  August 12, 2014

 2970228 Update to support the new currency symbol for the Russian ruble in  Windows

 2975719 August 2014 update rollup for Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows  Server 2012 R2

 2975331 August 2014 update rollup for Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows  Server 2012

This condition may be persistent and may prevent the system from starting correctly.

Status
Microsoft has removed the download links to these updates while these issues are being investigated. 

Mitigation and Uninstallation are in the following article kb/2982791

See the security update 

6 Amazing Features of New iPhone 6 | Why you will want to buy

With rumors souring so confidently, we can easily know the iPhone 6 release is imminent. Here are the few features that will fascinate the iOS culture and make you want to buy it.

#1 The looks!

Rich tone five different colors! Black, white, cyan blue, dark green, and gold. ID touch screen is going to be on the phone and also the edges will be round with the screen wrapping around it too. 

via http://s3.img.edn.vn

#2 Less buttons

The physical buttons on the sides are removed, meaning everything is touch screen. You will just need to touch the icons and symbols for the desired action.

Buttonless Rumored iPhone

#3 Removable Hard Glass

iiPhone 6 will come equipped with a hard glass -the bullet proof Concept- that will not shatter or scratch. There will be an option to take off this case though.    

via http://www.forbes.com

#4 Charging through iBox

iPhone 6 will come with iBox that will require charging but in turn as you walk around the vicinity your phone is wirelessly charged. It take care of the hassle of plug in, broken codes 

via http://sabthing.com/

#5 Length and width

A pretty 6 x 5 inches (15.4cm x 12.7cm). Its going to be a bit skinny 0.7inches (2cm). The weight, in volumetric, of the phone without a case on it is about 3.2 OZ (94.6cm3)

via http://cdn.theweek.co.uk/

#6 Battery life

Battery life will exceed the previous iPhones (admit it many iPhone 6 came with a bit disappointing battery) . "If you fully charge your iPhone until it hits 100% it'll last for 22 hours if you're on it for the entire period. But if you're not the 100% can last up to 4 days". #lmaovines.amazeworthy.com

via http://ebookconverter.blogspot.com/

#via http://lmaovines.amazeworthy.com/

CAF-CONFIDERATION | NKANA FC VS AL AHLY SC

5 Reasons Why Nkana Must Win | Saturday 09 15:PM

Al Ahly SC stands a better team looking at the last two months producing 5 wins, a draw from a fixture of 8 while Nkana FC stands at 4 wins against 4 losses, making Al Ahly-win predictions popular on the Betting sport. Nkana reconsidering the odds must settle, among many, to the following allowed way of thinking;

1. MTN | FAZ LEAGUE

Highly likely for aba Red the Zambia Super League 13th take stand as an allusion. |

2. RAMI RABIA | RED DEVILS  DEPARTURE

Rami Rabia wrote an open farewell letter to Al Ahly on his Instagram. 

Nkana have an advantage to ensure the side miss the departure of their highly skilled player.

Rabia has been an integral part of the Al Ahly set-up since making his debut as a youngster in a win against Haras El-Hodoud in the 2010/2011 season. Rabia has won two Egyptian Premier League titles, two CAF Champions Leagues, and two CAF Super Cups with the Red Devils. Reports @AlAhlyInfo.

3. SATE' SATE' | THE IRONIC RONALD KAMPAMBA

Nkana has largely relied on the goal scoring technique of Ronald. His prowess as he matures is quite keen, for a rhythm sake, say to that of Ronaldo. In so, as a known fact even by the youngest Wusakile boy, he must be administered with more space for chance creation to echo a possession that is goal and shot on target resultant. Ronald must continue, as evidenced from last weekend, with the direct effort even when closer to the 18th, a take he seems not to effort. Yet he must continue to conserve energy for spring and decisive moments that we know to results the ball where we we know best.

 4. GEEKEND | UNWAVERING SUPPORTERS

Just a bit of it has passed through most of the players, if that dough continue to circulate the team must pursue a win side. Nkana FC is the most successful team in the country given "Mighty awina ichungulo." But, as said, that must be given to Wanderers comeback.

On the second hand, the money loving Ba Chisokone, Katondo affiliates, congruent old timers, passionate Reds, have given an undeniable overwhelming support, an unfathomable strong emotion to Kalampa. In this weekend they are yet in for a shiny morale poled booster and support. Its a Geekend!

5. LOCAL CELEBRITIES

C'mon its a known thing how rating sharply rises and the wonders it done to the ego. We'll know how footballers like the limelight, the cameras. Take a leaf from Ronaldo.

On the pitch only through commitment, sharpness and sensibility will they achieve the goal(and i mean the goal!). Relying on divine intervention in sports does not warranty anything further than a consolation. The key is the upscaling of the individuality skill played as a team. Thats the more recent reminder of Germany at the World Cup 2014.

6. "Dont think about the game you lost last week, just win the current game." Anyway, ifishikumana fiwa AND that last bit had me a bit worried.

MUMBA YACHI - KANTEMYA NTEMYA | My "Firefly"

Mumba Yachi Image courtesy of Vibrant Africa

A Zambian Progression with a Lenses view

Vatice escapes this WiFi linked associations and settles us with Mumba and we soon develop undeniable longing into this sweet consistency with nature. Our allotrope guitarists denies us nothing soft, philosophically granted and true. Simply elevated! 

This short musical film detail into efforts a few Zambians are making when they pick a camera(lens) and results the files in a studio for a professing output(view).

"The super talented Mumba Yachi with this great song #Zambia Can't get enough!" Dee Walker @Sunshine_deeD -October 14.

Published on Oct 12, 2013

Kantemya Ntemya Means my "Firefly". A short musical film by Mumba Yachi Produced and Directed by Vatice Mushauko of Inzy

Materials for Tomorrow | Graphene and Its Future

Through a study of discrete and continuous quantum graphs an interest has emerged to produce a possible directions of the various research projects by the  involved Universities. Key interest in the study is

• Transport properties of networks and their complexity.

Projects and research are underway through application of graphene manipulation. What is Graphene?

Its the versatile two dimensional carbon allotrope with amazing properties 

• Lightest
• Strongest with
• Heat and electricity conductivity (than any material known on Earth)

that can easily be integrated into current materials for various applications with future open door to combine it with 2D crystals for more wider amazing compounds.

"Graphene’s popularity began when Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov won the Nobel Prize in Physics 2010 for discovering the material".  Wrote Pablo G. Bejerano | 6 September 2013 at 19:03 at BlogThinkbig.  "However, their work had been published years earlier, in October 2004. Since that time, and later when they won the prestigious award that brought fame to the new material, companies and research centers have improved their knowledge of it and their manufacturing techniques."

Graphene Application and Use

Bionic engineering, high quality headphones, efficient sports tools like a tennis racquet, absoletion of batteries the list is quiet incredible.

1. Its  a Download World with Upscale Uploads

Mega-fast uploads. A mention of a whole terabit in just one second. Wireless uploads of big files take for-ev-er. But researchers at Georgia Tech University have plans for an antenna made of crazy thin graphene that would let you transfer a whole terabit of data in just one second.

Mobile Devices with optoelectronics engineered

Graphene is an almost completely transparent material and is able to optically transmit up to 97.7% of light. This means its application is all over in optoelectronics; liquid crystal displays ( LCD), touchscreens for smartphones, tablets and laptops

2. Energy Storage

Whats the use of the hybrid cars when you quickly run out and have to spend long precious hours recharging? Any battery can potentially hold a lot of energy, but it can take a long time to charge. A capacitor, on the other hand, comparatively speaking can be charged quite quickly, but can't hold that much energy. The solution is to develop energy storage components such as either a supercapacitor or a battery that is able to provide both of these positive characteristics without compromise. Currently scientist are working on incorporating graphene as an anode in batteries. When successful? 

Plug your home devices, Tablets, phones just for five seconds and the unit would be charged.

3. Cleaner Environment- Ultrafiltration

Graphene could potentially clump together radioactive waste, making disposal a mere breeze.

Water Desalination Illustration

MIT Water Desalination | We show that nanometer-scale pores in single-layer freestanding graphene can effectively filter NaCl salt from water. This means water almost everywhere. 

Plus graphene is stronger and less brittle than aluminium oxide (currently used in sub-100nm filtration-applications). Here graphene can be shown to potentially clump together radioactive waste, making disposal so easy.

4. Composite Material    

Graphene is strong, stiff and very light. A good application to employee in the manufacture of vehicles and aerospace. Manufacturers will easily incorporate it into the carbon fibre material. Its preferential because its stronger while much lighter. Military and defense geniuses can, If not already, use these characteristics; high strength requirement applications such as body armour for personnel and vehicles.

F117 Night Hawk- Radar Absorbent Material

Of course all these applications are only in the initial and it would take a while, but manufacturers have to figure out production (apparently Spain is a country to look to for Graphene production as confirmed by ICEX. However  its so interesting to see a promising future.