One thing that I always tell my customers is that waiting a day or two to update their computers with whatever latest updates are shipped from Apple, Microsoft, or whomever is a good idea because every once in a while, you get an update that causes havoc.
Microsoft apparently has delivered two of them that have cause some degree of havoc.
- The first one affects Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 users. If you installed update KB3004394, you got an update that was supposed to install new trusted root certificates into your Windows install. Instead, you lose the ability to install future updates. The fix is to follow the instructions in this document to get an update from Microsoft that fixes this.
- The second one affects those who use Microsoft Exchange as their e-mail platform. On December 10, Microsoft announced that an issue was found in the Exchange Server 2010 SP3 Update Rollup 8, which could impact the ability of Outlook clients to connect to an Exchange server. In response, Microsoft has recalled the specific update and is trying to revise it to fix the problem. The company advises enterprise customers to hold off on this update or roll it back if already installed.
Buggy updates seem to have become a bit of a trend with Microsoft as of late. In October, Windows users were hit by four buggy updates and in August, Microsoft issued an update that affected the display of fonts and triggered the Blue Screen of Death. Clearly, Microsoft has some work to do on the QA front.
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Microsoft Forced To Pull Two Buggy Patch Tuesday Updates
One thing that I always tell my customers is that waiting a day or two to update their computers with whatever latest updates are shipped from Apple, Microsoft, or whomever is a good idea because every once in a while, you get an update that causes havoc.
Microsoft apparently has delivered two of them that have cause some degree of havoc.
Buggy updates seem to have become a bit of a trend with Microsoft as of late. In October, Windows users were hit by four buggy updates and in August, Microsoft issued an update that affected the display of fonts and triggered the Blue Screen of Death. Clearly, Microsoft has some work to do on the QA front.
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