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On Sun, 8/2/2026 8:15 PM, David LaRue wrote:
JJ <jj4public@gmail.com> wrote in news:1go4s85kvfzo1$.15lpjrtsdgq5x.dlg@ 40tude.net:
On Sun, 2 Aug 2026 11:06:33 -0000 (UTC), David LaRue wrote:
Okay, "Wingroup" on desktop is new. It appeared after yesterday's update. >>>
It purports to be about other 'home' devices on my network.
What is Microsoft up to now?
Which KB number was that update?
The last install was KB915597. Supposedly only for Windows Defender Updates.
The only other unusual activity on the network were two less than one second power outages yesterday morning. The W7P computer with the new Wingroup setting did not experience the power outage. The ISP Router and TV did notice the power outages. Nothing like this has happened to this machine in the 15 years or so that it has been active and seen occasional power outages.
That is why I suspect Microsoft slipped something into the release.
I had a strange one once. I'd just installed some Java runtime
support, and on the next reboot, something started installing. This
turned out to be a software I'd tried to install two years previously,
but since there was no Java runtime, the install failed. And I didn't think
to look around for "materials left behind".
I can find one third party software that uses a word like that,
but that was about it. And the documentation was none too clear about
exactly what the software was supposed to do.
Perhaps you could look in the Control Panel that has "Programs and Features" and see if anything has recently installed ? Also, you could check Startup Items,
to see if there is a new thing added there. The Sysinternals "Autoruns" program,
can gather up the various mechanisms for starting software (as there is more than one way to run programs at startup, on Windows). Sysinternals is owned
by Microsoft. And one of the people who used to code those,
is a wheel at Azure (Russinovich).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Russinovich
Paul
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