Microsoft Botches More Patches In Latest Automatic Update 254
snydeq writes "'No sooner did Microsoft release the latest round of Black Tuesday patches than screams of agony began sounding all over the Internet,' writes Woody Leonhard, reporting on verified problems with Microsoft Automatic Updates KB 2817630, KB 2810009, KB 2760411, KB 2760588, and KB 2760583. The latest round of MS Auto Update hell comes on the heels of one of the worst runs in MS Patch Tuesday history — and just in time for Microsoft to expand the scope of its automatic update damage. 'Does this make you feel warm and fuzzy about automatic app updates in Windows 8.1?'"
Re:This is why I have a 1 week delayed install pol (Score:5, Interesting)
Ditto for home - the only Windows box left in the house is a VM on my MacBook Pro, which doesn't have network access to the outside world.
Now at work? It depends on the box, where it sits (inside, DMZ, etc), what it does, and how badly the patch is needed. Snapshot/backup-before-patching is a *must*. Takes work to triage it all, but well worth the effort, all things considered.
Re: This is why I have a 1 week delayed install po (Score:2, Interesting)
The price is reduced due to
NSA subsidies.
Re:This is why I have a 1 week delayed install pol (Score:3, Interesting)
Windows user here. Have never had an issue from a patch and definitely glad I paid for Win7. Quite nice being able to play games that are fun. For everything else that can be done on Linux, why bother?
Re:way overblown (Score:1, Interesting)
Eight hours what? Sounds like you have the worst IT dept. in the world.
Re:This is why I have a 1 week delayed install pol (Score:4, Interesting)
True. I recently went through a bunch of Debian upgrades from 6 to 7, and this happened to one server. Unfortunately, it was one of the few physical servers on the list, which meant I had to haul my ass down to the data centre, early hours of the morning, to fix it at the console.
Serves me right for ignoring the grub update warning while doing the update. A simple "grub-install /dev/sda", when the update process is finished, would have made sure that all was OK. Also, this can be fixed by booting the Debian 7 install CD, and running through the rescue menu. No need for a live CD or such.
Still, it's a shame that this one got through the testing process, especially for such a crucial bit of the system. Very unusual for Debian.