Microsoft said please avoid their own security update, why why why Microsoft?

[singveld]

Microsoft: Please Avoid Security Update KB2823324

A security update distributed in April 2013 Patch Tuesday may put the 32-bit version of Windows 7 in an infinite boot loop.

Winbeta reports that complaints from users of the 32-bit version of Windows 7 began to arise after installing a security fix during April 2013 Patch Tuesday. This security patch, KB2823324, updated the Windows 7 file system kernel-mode driver. However for some, this resulted in an infinite reboot loop cycle, blocking users from fully loading into Windows 7. Fun stuff.

For now it seems that the issue is only affecting Windows 7 users in Brazil, but it's possible the update is plaguing other customers as well. To prevent further damage, Microsoft has halted the distribution of this specific patch while the company investigates the issue.

"Microsoft is investigating behavior where systems may not recover from a restart, or applications cannot load, after security update 2823324 is applied. We recommend that customers uninstall this update," the company stated. It's suggested that the problem stems from third-party software, but it's currently unknown which app is causing a conflict.

Given that Microsoft has pulled the security fix in question, it should no longer be necessary to turn off automatic updates. However if the security fix is installed and causing problems, then users are suggested follow one of three options if the PC has not been restarted: manually uninstall the security update via the Control Panel, to incorporate a command line uninstall in a custom script, or run removal script remotely by using PSEXEC.

If the PC has been restarted after the update and Windows 7 fails to load, users are suggested to hit the F8 key and recover the last restore point via System Restore or via the Command Prompt using one of two commands.

"Microsoft is researching this problem and will post more information in this article when the information becomes available," the company stated in security update KB2839011. "This includes issuing a new update that resolves the issues discussed in this article."

At least it wasn't a firmware update that totally bricked the hardware.

 

[Hawkeye1819]

Bloody fucked up.

 

[laksaboy]

Never, ever turn on automatic updates.

And do not update immediately on the Patch Tuesday the patches are released. Wait a few days or weeks.

Let the foolish guinea pigs go ahead and patch first.

Fucked up Microsoft, run by a fucked up CEO.

Various financial analysts have downgraded Microsoft stock because Windows 8 is selling worse than Vista, and the hardware vendors are not happy.

 

[singveld]

if you turn off automatic updates, they have an fxxking stupid icon appearing at bottom right, telling your computer is not safe.

Never, ever turn on automatic updates.

And do not update immediately on the Patch Tuesday the patches are released. Wait a few days or weeks.

Let the foolish guinea pigs go ahead and patch first.

Fucked up Microsoft, run by a fucked up CEO.

Various financial analysts have downgraded Microsoft stock because Windows 8 is selling worse than Vista, and the hardware vendors are not happy.

 

[singveld]

Microsoft pulls security update for Windows and Windows Server

After Windows users reported problems with Microsoft's security update 2823324, part of security bulletin MS13-036, the company has pulled the update from its automatic update service for Windows 7, Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 2008 R2.
The company recommends users uninstall the patch. The security fix for the NTFS kernel-mode driver that was rolled out as part of Microsoft's regular Patch Tuesday this month has caused some machines to crash with a "STOP: c000021a {Fatal System Error}" Blue Screen of Death (BSoD), and others to run the chkdsk utility on every boot. The update is the second patch this year that Microsoft has been forced to pull from Windows Update after incompatibility problems were reported.
On its support page for the problem, Microsoft also says that conflicts with anti-virus products from Kaspersky have been observed; Kaspersky has confirmed this. The problem can cause Kaspersky products to falsely claim that their licence is not valid. The issue seems to be most widespread with Portuguese language versions of Windows 7, with most reports of the problem coming from Brazilian users. The support page for the problem has details of how to uninstall the update and how to remove it from a system which is already suffering problems.
Microsoft has said that it is investigating the problem and working to correct the security update. The security bulletin with the affected patch was rated "important" by Microsoft, the vulnerability itself, however, was only rated as a "moderate" risk. To exploit it, an attacker would require physical access to the target system.

 

[singveld]

Buy 4D this saturday 2823324

 

[laksaboy]

if you turn off automatic updates, they have an fxxking stupid icon appearing at bottom right, telling your computer is not safe.

That can be disabled with a few (registry?) tweaks. Detailed instructions are somewhere on the Internet, look for it.

 

[kongsimi]

Aliyah you all complain so much might as well replace all your home and offices with tablets.

See how you work.

 

[Froggy]

For so many years already never have such problems with my MacBooks

 

[red amoeba]

Looks like I better stick with win 95

 

[halsey02]

For so many years already never have such problems with my MacBooks

This one I agree...but cockups are catching up fast with APPLE...it is slowly getting 'rotten'...

 

[OrLanChowHorFun]

some of the updates actually made my PC slower by a lot !

 

[MBSSLOTS]

some of the updates actually made my PC slower by a lot !

points for u! u struck lottery today!

 

[OrLanChowHorFun]

points for u! u struck lottery today!

wah ! thanks ah !

but how come my points go up so much leh ?

 

[po2wq]

Microsoft said please avoid their own security update, why why why Microsoft? ...

ya, man! ...

ah microsoft is oso avoiding his own thread ... y y y ah microsoft? ...

 

[SeaSonicX]

if you turn off automatic updates, they have an fxxking stupid icon appearing at bottom right, telling your computer is not safe.

right click my computer,click properties , click action center at bottom left , click change action center settings. Uncheck all box.

after that see bottom left corner. click windows update , click change settings. you will see important settings , click and change to never check for updates and click ok and no more irritating msg at the bottom right

 

[JuliaScissors]

For so many years already never have such problems with my MacBooks

I have used Windows since 3.1 and never had any major problems with running PCs and Windows . You just need to know it well enough!

 

[mojito]

Looks like I better stick with win 95

I never had problems with DOS. Windows was a bad idea.

 

[MBSSLOTS]

wah ! thanks ah !

but how come my points go up so much leh ?

cos its 86 points when i add...hahaha....

 

[refulgence]

Microsoft: Please Avoid Security Update KB2823324 ...

Thanks for the warning.

Uninstalled the update from one computer and hid the update in another. No hitches at all.