Bad Microsoft Patch Trapped You in a Boot Loop?

CommanderFrank

CommanderFrank

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If you were one of the unlucky downloaders of Microsoft Patch Tuesday update 2823324 and it hosed your system into the eternal boot loop or the dreaded Blue Screen of Death, take heart. Microsoft has uncharacteristically admitted their mistake and has issued a fix for the problem.

Redmond first owned up to its error on April 12, when it admitted that some customers experienced problems after installing security update 2823324, part of Microsoft's April Patch Tuesday update bundle.
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Getting a patch out for a 360 game is a costly nightmare that takes at least two weeks for quality assurance and tests.

Looking good MS.
 
this is why I always wait at least 1 week before installing any new Windows Update patches...gotta make sure it doesn't break anything
 
Ah...so it only effects Win7 and Win7 SP1...glad I am running Win8 on all my machines now.
 
BBA said:
Ah...so it only effects Win7 and Win7 SP1...glad I am running Win8 on all my machines now.
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Which explains why I have not had the issue either. (I am running Windows 8 as my primary OS as well on all my computers.) However, not even my Windows 7 Pro in Virtual Box install has run into the issue either.
 
Sucks but I dunno, I usually wait a week before I do any sort of updates to make sure. AV, Windows Update, etc etc.
 
I've patched a bunch of Win 7 systems, none have had this issue. That said this is a cool way to un-F*** people who did get hit with it.
 
I'm now very glad that I rarely reboot my machine and I keep it on 24/7.
 
DPI said:
Doesn't Microsoft test their updates before release?
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Welcome to the forum!

Hotfixes and patches get very limited testing from Microsoft before going out the door. Most are considered "install at your own risk" type things. I'm not 100% sure if it's still the case, but MS generally used to consider service packs a supportable thing because they got much more extensive testing before going out the door. Then again, most of that testing is at the customer's expense since, before they were a service pack, elements were hotfixes.
 
"Uncharacteristically admitted their mistake"?

That seems a little harsh. I cant recall any previous patch events where MS has tried to sweep things under the rug. In my experience they have always been very responsive.
 
I did not feel the burn on this, good old Windows 8 ;)
 
CreepyUncleGoogle said:
Welcome to the forum!

Hotfixes and patches get very limited testing from Microsoft before going out the door. Most are considered "install at your own risk" type things. I'm not 100% sure if it's still the case, but MS generally used to consider service packs a supportable thing because they got much more extensive testing before going out the door. Then again, most of that testing is at the customer's expense since, before they were a service pack, elements were hotfixes.
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They get extensive testing...but there is no way any company can control what happens when all the third party crap is out there that can 'behave badly' when core OS components are changed.

I think MS did a great job of offering help for those people who fall prey to fucked up third party apps that claim to 'make their OS better' or 'safer'.
 
DPI said:
Doesn't Microsoft test their updates before release?
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You cant test for bad reactions with every program on earth.

Kapersky is pretty bad about putting deep hooks into Windows and sometimes it affects things in very unexpected ways. One of the more recent ways I can recall is when they added certificates to hook into SSL connections which made them look insecure in some applications.
 
This sounds familiar... doesn't Microsoft learn from their mistakes?

Though guess it's also user's responsibilities to not rush at installing these and wait to see if they are safe.
 
jon666 said:
Hit it with a hammer!
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Thanks but where am I supposed to hit it? The keybard and monitor are pretty fragile. Should I hit that big copper block on the inside? And are we talking a few gentle "taps" to encourage it, or give it one good "WTF you POS" whack?
 
Be gentle at first. If it does not respond to that, then Wackamole that sunuvabitch.
I can suggest places to hit.

The rather long but almost square like object is one. (Believe it or not, you can take a magnetic to this in the event of a hit failing)

The big copper block on the inside.
Just some guesses, jon might have better ones.
 
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