Uninstall Flash Player: https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.html
Amazon Video BSOD crashes: I think this fixed this problem: Under Core Isolation, turned off "Memory Integrity", then reboot. Now Amazon Video works in Chrome without crashing. WinKey => Device Security => Core Isolation => Memory integrity
Amazon Video does not work in Edge browser, I get this error message: Your web browser is missing a digital rights component. For further assistance, please contact Amazon Customer Service at www.amazon.com/videohelp and refer to error 7235.
"Windows Defender System Guard: Making a leap forward in platform security with memory integrity" article
mbgjnotes
Credential Guard/Device Guard in Windows 10 prevents VMware player from running. How to fix.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/8004c3bd-7d57-40ce-93de-0b1a6babd64c/how-i-can-disable-credential-guard?forum=win10itprovirt | https://communities.vmware.com/thread/592148
This registry hack should fix it by temporarily setting Enabled to 0, reg setting can be reset again after running wmplayer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50374506/vmware-workstation-cannot-run-on-windows-10-after-recent-update-to-windows-10
However, the above did not work! I did not try a reboot, perhaps that would work?
Find why Windows crashed using Reliability History https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/why-did-my-pc-crash-windows-10-tools
MS Driver Verifier and instructions: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-update/driver-verifier-tracking-down-a-mis-behaving/f5cb4faf-556b-4b6d-95b3-c48669e4c983
"Kind of a strange workaround, but by starting in safe mode with a wired Internet connection, I was able to stream both Netflix and Amazon video. Then in normal mode they worked, first wired then wirelessly. This was with NO software or driver changes" (but this is a very old comment) https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/what-would-prevent-protected-video-netflix-amazon-prime-video-from-streaming-on-windows-10.2548259/
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/315263/how-to-read-the-small-memory-dump-file-that-is-created-by-windows-if-a#method1
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-update/bsod-finding-and-fixing-them/1939df35-283f-4830-a4dd-e95ee5d8669d
Windows Defender secret crapware PUP blocker: https://www.howtogeek.com/360648/how-to-enable-windows-defender%E2%80%99s-secret-crapware-blocker/
MS page that lists all the hosts that Windows 10 connects to; explains what Windows 10 endpoints are used for, how to turn off traffic to them, and the impact https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/manage-windows-endpoints | cited by this tweet
new Windows 10 preview 5/9/2018
https://venturebeat.com/2018/05/09/microsoft-releases-new-windows-10-preview-with-sets-clipboard-dark-theme-notepad-and-search-improvements/
In this build, Notepad now supports Unix/Linux line endings (LF) and Macintosh line endings (CR). Saying this is long overdue would be a massive understatement. You can now highlight any words or phrase in the app and search for it with Bing. The feature is accessible in three ways: via the right-click (context) menu, the Edit menu, and by hitting CTRL + B. With Sets, a new tab will open that will include the Bing search results page
https://www.freeformatter.com Great line-up of useful utils