Microsoft Releasing 34 Unscheduled Patches Today

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Holy cow! Buckle your britches, Patch Tuesday is a whopper! Hit the link for the complete descriptions of each item on the list below:

  • Update for Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB2998097)
  • Update for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 (KB3013531)
  • Update for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB3013538)
  • Update for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB3015696)
  • Update for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 (KB3020370)
  • Update for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB3022345)
  • Update for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB3033446)
  • Dynamic Update for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB3036216)
  • Update for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB3037924)
  • Update for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB3038002)
  • Update for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB3038562)
  • Update for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows RT, and Windows Server 2012 (KB3038701)
  • Update for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB3042216)
  • Update for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows RT, and Windows Server 2012 (KB3043812)
  • Update for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows RT, and Windows Server 2012 (KB3044673)
  • Update for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB3045717)
  • Update for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB3045719)
  • Update for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows RT, and Windows Server 2012 (KB3045992)
  • Update for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB3046737)
  • Update for Windows RT 8.1 (KB3046743)
  • Update for Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 (KB3047254)
  • Update for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB3047255)
  • Update for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB3047641)
  • Dynamic Update for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB3048100)
  • Update for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (KB3048761)
  • Update for Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems (KB3053946)
 
Yes! New 'features'! :)

I wonder which one will break the most systems this time? MSFT hasn't had that great of luck with patches the past year or so... Hopefully, this goes smooth.
 
Thankfully they are all non security updates which most of them are just to "resolve issues in windows".
 
Curious...Some of the KB articles do not exist

One list CMITrust.dll which is used by the installer to resolve a copy issue...sometimes this dll is replaced by malacious trojans.
 
To paraphrase the guy from the old Dunkin Donuts commercials, "Time to break the business applications."
 
Yes! New 'features'! :)

I wonder which one will break the most systems this time? MSFT hasn't had that great of luck with patches the past year or so... Hopefully, this goes smooth.

The real problem is trying to balance quick and fully tested. If they spent 8 months testing everything that would be great, but then people would complain about waiting for patches. So as a result they have to quickly push them out the door and cross their fingers that it doesn't break much.
 
I'm not surprised by this any more but why not post the odds on these updates actually work and not mess with your computer ;)
 
The real problem is trying to balance quick and fully tested. If they spent 8 months testing everything that would be great, but then people would complain about waiting for patches. So as a result they have to quickly push them out the door and cross their fingers that it doesn't break much.

Yup. And limited resources when it comes to testing. Windows runs on a ton of devices. Desktops? Which configuration? What chipset? What CPU? What GPU? What memory? etc.etc.etc., it can for a ton of different things. Maybe one configuration causes issues where the others don't. Hard to test everything before pushing one out.

Plus, Google waits 2 months (?) before releasing a vulnerability to the public. That's not a long time. So, from initial finding to creating, testing and releasing a patch for a fix that may or may not be simple is pretty quick.

Their luck just hasn't been great lately. Pulled a few back due to some issues.
 
This is why Imma not turn on my Windows PC until this weekend and just use my Linux Mint netbook or my Nintendo DSi (like I am right now) for surfing the web and stuff.
 
I don't think there is a patch tuesday any more. My damn machine wants to restart every 2-3 days from patches installed.

It's even worse on my corporate that gets pushes from SCCM.
 
Woah, what timing. I loaded [H] for the first time today (it's been a long day,) scrolled down to this article, paused to read it, and the "Software changes are required by your IT department" popup appeared, letting me know that IT is ready to push these to my machine! :eek:

Creepy!
 
I wish they would take the time to put the actual patch description in windows update. "Install this update to resolve issues in Windows" doesn't tell me squat. Having to click on the 'more information' link for every patch is a bit ridiculous - especially for the bazillion patches they've released lately.
 
Just installed a bunch but they were all listed under optional. Normally only allow critical and recommended.
 
I wonder why 8.x/R2 got so many out of band updates?
 
34 patches released today...7 patches to be recalled next week after they crash people's systems
 
34 patches today, all optional. One month from now, no crashes and things are all good. :)
 
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