Microsoft ups the ante with fix-fixing patch that leaves some Windows Server 2008 machines unable to boot

The Register ^ | Feb 11, 2020 | Richard Speed

[dayglored]

> It has to be less on the server side. There are a lot of private individuals on Win7 that skew those numbers. 2008 is out of support. And it’s now, by definition, a security risk to the entire enterprise.

Absolutely. Yeah, my company even got away from Server 2012 a couple years ago; we're all 2016 and a few 2019.

[Dalberg-Acton]

I bought an older Dell Vista box for cheap (2 gig RAM)and put Server 2008 on it. The box is rarely turned on and is just used to run Family Tree Maker and, in that way, archive my genealogy research.
Then I remote into it from my Linux Mint desktop as it has no monitor or keyboard. I might have to come up with another strategy.

[polymuser]

[ducttape45]

I got four updates for W7 today. Certainly surprised me, but will take it none the less.

[daniel1212]

Perhaps it is infected with the Coronovirus, the solution is Window 12 Lite. 

I can tell its origin by the description.

[dayglored]

I think the article is pretty clear, despite its somewhat optimistic assessment:

"So, we recommend you not to go with this OS. Instead you can use any other official and productive operating systems."

Sounds like good advice. :-)