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Post by drmark on Aug 19, 2014 1:05:21 GMT -5
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Post by cyberdiva on Aug 19, 2014 17:09:24 GMT -5
I took a quick look after reading DrMark's message. Somehow, I managed to dodge the bullet. None of the four updates listed in the article were among the ones I installed a few days ago (after reading Susan Bradley). However, I'm a little disconcerted by a comment someone wrote in response to the PCWorld article that DrMark linked to. That person said: "Do NOT do this with Windows 7 systems! All 4 of my Windows 7 systems and so far 18 of my CLIENTS, on removing these updates, on re boot, had the error message "Windows unable to recover your desktop" NO WINDOWS DESKTOP!!!! Only solution was to do a restore back to the restore point prior to the removal of these updates!"
I'm not sure what to think about any of this. Fortunately, I don't have to try to decide whether to uninstall any updates, but that comment's warning would make me unsure what to do if I did have any of the affected updates.
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Post by Jack Teems on Aug 19, 2014 18:37:31 GMT -5
Strangely, two of the 4 updates installed successfully on my machine and none of the reported problems are evident as so many Windows 7 users are reporting. So, I guess I'll follow the old adage "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" and leave well alone.
But I wonder, instead of going through the rather detailed procedures of the PC World's solution to remove the update, wouldn't a simple restore work as well, back to a point before the 8-14 update? Or is mucking in the Registry necessary?
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Post by cyberdiva on Aug 19, 2014 22:11:14 GMT -5
Good question, Jack, especially since Windows Updates sets a restore point before it installs its updates.
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Post by marck on Aug 19, 2014 22:27:28 GMT -5
None of the updates affected my windows 7,but I did uninstalled them anyway. using system restore.I wonder why it affected some PC's and not others
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Post by drmark on Aug 20, 2014 1:37:43 GMT -5
Thankfully. I do take my own advice and had not yet installed any updates. I always wait at least one week (and often two or three) before installing Windows updates. This is why.
As to Jack's question about System Restore. That would certainly be the fist thing I would try; however, System Restore only "backs-up" a couple of the "hives" in the Registry but not all so this may be why people are being told to remove the updates through editing the registry.
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Post by Jack Teems on Aug 20, 2014 7:52:08 GMT -5
And another interesting observation. I have a Windows 7 laptop I use very little. When I boot it up, it installs all updates to date. I booted it last night, and the notorious 8-14 update thankfully did not install. Did they pull the update when they found the problems?
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Post by marck on Aug 20, 2014 10:30:43 GMT -5
Yes they did.
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Post by pgarden158 on Aug 29, 2014 14:43:46 GMT -5
Today I just went through a nightmare of misery because of the Windows Update for August. I download the Windows Updates and did a restart of the computer. After the updates I could not get my computer to START. The start option kept loping to a certain point and it would begin the start process over and over. I couldn’t get to Safe Mode - I couldn’t do anything - everything was disabled in this loping process; finally called a Computer Tech to come to my home and he couldn’t get into my computer programs either. Had to do a Format of the Hard Drive C and re-install Windows 7 Home Premium. Thankfully I do have most of my info Backed Up so I am spending today getting my Computer back to where I can use it again. Thanks Microsoft; for the utter chaos today has been because of the August Updates.
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Post by cyberdiva on Aug 30, 2014 20:47:08 GMT -5
Wow, pgarden, what a nightmare! Sometimes I think I'm being needlessly cautious in waiting to install Windows Updates until Windows Secrets newsletter columnist Susan Bradley has sorted them out. But then I come upon horror stories like yours, and I feel that perhaps my caution isn't excessive after all.
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Post by drmark on Aug 30, 2014 22:22:38 GMT -5
No, Cyberdiva you cannot be needlessly cautious when dealing with Microsoft updates/patches. This is why I have been urging people to turn off their automatic updating and then wait a week or two before installing until there may have been news regarding these updates. As you know, barely a month goes by that Susan Bradley does not need to put a hold on at least one of the Windows updates.
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