Last Tuesday, “Update 2” for Windows 8.1 rolled out and it seems that some users are suffering from the dreaded Blue Screen Of Death after installing it. Here’s what Hot Hardware had to say:
Since the patch rollout, it’s been discovered that four individual updates are causing random BSoD issues for its users, with KB2982791, a kernel-mode related driver, being the biggest culprit. Because of the bug’s severity, Microsoft is recommending that anyone who updated go and uninstall a couple of the specific updates, or rollback using Windows Restore.
The updates that should be uninstalled are:
- 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
Lovely. Microsoft has posted another workaround for this issue at this link. But I think this highlights why you should never install updates right away. Instead, wait a week and see if there are any issues and then upgrade. That way you avoid any downtime.
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Windows 8.1 Update Causing Blue Screen Of Death Issues
Last Tuesday, “Update 2” for Windows 8.1 rolled out and it seems that some users are suffering from the dreaded Blue Screen Of Death after installing it. Here’s what Hot Hardware had to say:
Since the patch rollout, it’s been discovered that four individual updates are causing random BSoD issues for its users, with KB2982791, a kernel-mode related driver, being the biggest culprit. Because of the bug’s severity, Microsoft is recommending that anyone who updated go and uninstall a couple of the specific updates, or rollback using Windows Restore.
The updates that should be uninstalled are:
Lovely. Microsoft has posted another workaround for this issue at this link. But I think this highlights why you should never install updates right away. Instead, wait a week and see if there are any issues and then upgrade. That way you avoid any downtime.
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