Posted on 11/16/2015 6:38:12 PM PST by dayglored
Same name, very different results
If you held back on installing November's Patch Tuesday updates last week after Microsoft fumbled an Outlook patch, it's apparently safe to go back in the water.
Many IT managers and normal folks held off on last week's patching cycle after one Microsoft fix - KB 3097877 - broke several versions of Outlook. The error came in how the software handled fonts, and resulted in the email client crashing as soon as some emails were scrolled through.
"We have re-released KB 3097877 for Windows 7 to address the Outlook difficulties that some customers experienced. We recommend customers apply this update to help stay protected," a Microsoft spokesperson told El Reg today.
The patch affected Outlook 2010 and 2013 when it was running on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 systems. It also caused problems for some people trying to log in to Windows with the three-fingered salute (Control/Alt/Delete).
The case highlighted the problems Microsoft can have with patching. With the plethora of operating systems and software run by its users, the Redmond patch testing team has its work cut out for it to avoid code breaks with patches. Usually it works.
Reissuing the patch with the same name might cause confusion to some users, but end users should now just download the full set of patches and get to work.
I am done w/ microsquish.
Multiple Choice:
A bloated piece of garbage.
A: Windows 10
B: Michael Moore
C: All of the above
Having previously disabled auto update on my Win 7 machine, I caught and hid KB 3097877 before it could damage Outlook. The only way that I knew there was a problem was through the post here on Free Republic.
This morning I went to the MS site with the description of the re-release and then to the manual download site. I downloaded and installed the update with no negative effect with Outlook.
Hot damn, that’s great, well done! I’m very glad FR was here to alert you.
Now all I gotta do is wait for my IT guys to authorize installing it on work pooter.
>> pooter
Sounds like something a two year-old would say ;)
That's it? You came to this thread specifically to bash MS? Do you have nothing better to do? Maybe plant a garden? Write a symphony? No! Of course not! Why, you should hijack EVERY thread having to deal with something you don't like, and make sure EVERY FReeper knows it. It's cathartic, right?
Thank God someone else calls them that. I've been castigated left, right, and center for calling computers "pooters" or "poots", but I've been doing it since the 70's and there's no stopping me now.
Some folks spell it "puter" or "pute" but that sounds even more silly, with the "y" in there: "pee-you-ter". Feh.
Besides, "poot" reminds me of Frank Zappa... whizzing and pasting and pooting through the day...(Let's Make The Water Turn Black).
All i said was i’m done with microsquish. Hardly a thread hijacking.
You then proceeded to lose it.
It happens even to the best of us.
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