Windows 7 'security' patch knocks out PCs, knackers antivirus tools
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Windows 7 'security' patch knocks out PCs, knackers antivirus tools
12-04-2013 4:11 PM
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[quote=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/12/ms_buggy_fix_roll_back/]Windows 7 users should uninstall a security patch Microsoft issued on Tuesday because some PCs failed to restart after applying the update.
The software giant advised users of Win 7 and Windows Server 2008 (both OSes are closely related, code-wise) to roll-back a patch within the MS13-036, a security update that closed two vulnerabilities in the Windows file system kernel-mode driver.
Edit: for those that don't want to follow the above link...
The dodgy fix is numbered 2823324, and exactly how one nukes it is explained here.
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12-04-2013 4:20 PM
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12-04-2013 4:23 PM
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12-04-2013 4:23 PM
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Re: Windows 7 'security' patch knocks out PCs, knackers antivirus tools
12-04-2013 4:29 PM
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12-04-2013 4:30 PM
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12-04-2013 4:33 PM
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York.
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12-04-2013 5:32 PM
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At any given moment in the universe many things happen. Coincidence is a matter of how close these events are in space, time and relationship.
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Re: Windows 7 'security' patch knocks out PCs, knackers antivirus tools
12-04-2013 5:41 PM
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Re: Windows 7 'security' patch knocks out PCs, knackers antivirus tools
12-04-2013 5:45 PM
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12-04-2013 8:06 PM
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Edit: Looks to have been an unintended change to BIOS settings, so the Windows update was a red herring.
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12-04-2013 9:24 PM
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12-04-2013 10:11 PM
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12-04-2013 10:23 PM
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So I suspect that El Reg has got it wrong again
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12-04-2013 10:29 PM
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Quote from: Oldjim So I suspect that El Reg has got it wrong again
Except the Microsoft site says explicitly:
Quote As an added precaution, Microsoft has removed the download links to the 2823324 update while we investigate.
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