Posted on 04/13/2013 4:24:21 AM PDT by Carriage Hill
WINDOWS-7 USERS:
Microsoft is recommending an update released on Patch Tuesday be uninstalled.
reported incidents of the "blue screen of death" after installation.
Microsoft released two critical security updates and others rated as "important" for Windows and Internet Explorer as part of its latest round of Patch Tuesday updates.
However, a number of Windows 7 users have reported issues with security update 2823324, which is part of security bulletin MS13-036.
MS13-036 was meant to fix three privately disclosed flaws and one publicly disclosed flaw in an NTFS kernel-mode driver related to the elevation of privileges when a user is logged in. However, once installed, security update 2823324 -- part of the bulletin -- may produce a "STOP: c000021a {Fatal System Error}" problem for users. The error occurs early in the startup process, and no Memory.dmp file is created.
As a result, Microsoft has temporarily pulled the patch from its security bulletin while the issue is being investigated.
(Excerpt) Read more at zdnet.com ...
You are right it is not a joke. Most of the references here are to individual home computers. The company I do consultation for had security patches go out to all of their installed base. Instead of the units rebooting according to a reboot schedule, the patch forced a reboot. Some came back up, some did not. Service calls going out all over the country for “dead” units that failed to boot back up. Cost a fortune.
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