Microsoft pulls security update after reports of issues affecting some PCs

ZDNet ^ | Feb 15, 2020 | Ed Bott

[dayglored]

Also see the thread on the Windows Update bug I reported here: https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3816520/posts

[dayglored]

Windows 10 Update Yet Another Bug, and MS PULLS THE UPDATE... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

[dayglored]

Geez, Microsoft. As someone who has used Windows continuously for over 30 years, this is not a happy place to be.

[mylife]

Oh Noes! not KB534244! We’re doomed!

[dayglored]

Also see (Forbes):

Warning: New Windows 10 Update Bug Is Deleting User Data And Preventing Login -- Microsoft Acknowledges Serious Windows 10 Update Bug

That's about a different update: KB4532693

[McGruff]

I’m sticking with Windows 7 until they pry it from my cold dead hands.

[2111USMC]

One of these is probably why I’ve been having to enter my password twice to boot up on my company laptop.

[dayglored]

> Oh Noes! not KB534244! We’re doomed!

[dayglored]

> One of these is probably why I’ve been having to enter my password twice to boot up on my company laptop.

Nothing would surprise me any more about these updates. It's discouraging.

[mylife]

It’s like The Stand, better get Flu Buddy!

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=flu+buddy+the+stand&view=detail&mid=01FA1C28F0BFA6002E8501FA1C28F0BFA6002E85&FORM=VIRE

DAmned ol Coronavirus

[RayChuang88]

I am running an Intel NUC7i5BNH computer and did not encounter issues with this update. Hmmm.... 🤷‍♂️

[2111USMC]

Directly under that Forbes article is a link to an article “Which Linux Distro Should I Use”.

[dayglored]

> Directly under that Forbes article is a link to an article “Which Linux Distro Should I Use

Yeah, saw that. Had to laugh... :-)

[McGruff]

Maybe because the author is:

Jason Evangelho Senior Contributor
Games
I cover the fascinating worlds of Linux & consumer PC hardware.

[smokingfrog]

So, if you’ve downloaded the update but haven’t installed yet, what should you do?

[2111USMC]

I’ve been “test driving” different flavors of Linux on another computer here at my home desk for the last 10 years or so.

It wouldn’t take much more than a gentle nudge for me to wipe this hard drive clean and install Linux Mint on it.

My attitude toward Microsoft has been steadily going downhill ever since they decided that we no longer own our operating systems. “Windows is a service” BS.

Constant screw-ups in their patches is getting rather tiresome.

[CedarDave]

I’m sticking with Windows 7 until they pry it from my cold dead hands.

This is my last weekend with it. My company has been after me since January and I've given excuses, but now more or less I have no choice. It will be done while I'm out of the office on Tuesday so I don't know what I'll have when I return.

[dayglored]

> I've given excuses, but now more or less I have no choice. It will be done while I'm out of the office on Tuesday so I don't know what I'll have when I return.

Windows 10, most likely. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.

[sushiman]

“I’m sticking with Windows 7 until they pry it from my cold dead hands.”

Me , too . Both my desktops are Windows 7 . Curious - what browser are you using ? Also - have you ever had an issue with Nvidia ? Started a while back but getting worse recently . Every day - sometimes a few times a day , especially when watching Youtube , “ I lose vidoe and “Nvidia Windows Kernel Mode Driver Stopped Responding “message ( in Japanese ) appears . Eventually I can access the video again but it’s getting to be a pain in the a** .

[OrangeHoof]

One more reason I shut off my Windows Update long before they stopped supporting my Windows 7. This seems to be a regular occurrence of theirs with Windows 10.