Big batch of patches just dropped

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I count seven patches for .NET on Windows Embedded, and 39 40 separate non-security patches. But I might be off by one or two. No rest for the weary.
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Update to enable WSUS support for Windows 10 feature upgrades https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3095113 was finally promoted to Windows Update in March 2016 as promised last year at the time of release. Until now it was only a hotfix and discussed here only few days ago in relation to the new behaviour of Windows 10 Upgrade for Windows 7. It is certainly of interest only to admins and not to end users. It applies only to WSUS on Windows 2012 R2.
We may see something equivalent now in Windows 7 in the sense of a new category appearing in WU.

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Any of these for win7 users to worry about? Reason I ask, is cause if there are, wouldn’t it just delay defcon 5?

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They look clean at this point. Need to wrestle with all the other implications (the other patches) first….

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So do us W7 worshipers whom are struggling to keep W10 out actually want KB3095113 or not?

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If you’re running Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2, yes, you probably need it. If you aren’t running a server, I don’t think it’ll even be offered….

But wait, wait, wait… I’ll get the MS-DEFCON level adjusted after I’ve had time to digest the latest updates.

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Huh! That’s not what I’m experiencing on my 8.1. I’m suddenly down to 5 important updates (before there were 14 important and 2 optional updates waiting for me), including the questionable security update for IE, KB 3139929, which I won’t touch until Woody gives the all clear or the hide immediately signal. I checked my installed updates to see if Microsoft installed previous KBs without my permission, but nothing shows up. Also, the “Most Recent Check for Updates” line says “Never” as does the “Updates Were Installed.” I don’t know what to make of that. As always, I have the WU set to check but do not download/install and the trusty GWX Control Panel Monitor.

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Just did a sync of my WSUS server, but not a single new patch shows up (we have W7 and W2012 in our environment). I just patched KB3095113 manually on WSUS, still nothing new showing. (Although now I can see all the Windows 10 update classifications in the options, urgh.)

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Running Windows 7 Home. FWIW, only got 4 optional updates:
3133977 – BitLocker can’t encrypt drives and the service crashes in svchost.exe process in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
3137061 – Windows Azure VMs don’t recover from a network outage and data corruption issues occur
3138901 – Access to Internet is denied because proxy settings are overwritten in Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
3139923 – MSI repair doesn’t work when MSI source is installed on an HTTP share in Windows

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Same/same here.

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@Chris,

Exactly the same on my machine – 4 Optional updates, NO italics (unlike the two 3/8/16 Optional updates that were in italics)…..W7 x64 SP1…with GWX Control Panel running.

There seems to be no logic to what has been coming down the chute recently. Why italics? Who no italics? Why Optional updates a week after Patch Tuesday?
And it seems odd for a computer company to abandon logic.

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Allot of these updates for windows 8.1 are the maligned updates repacked from last year, the spyware from microsoft, and other whats nots that made big news are back with a vengance, before install any of the optional updates paste each one in a search engine and see what it is for before ya end up having your computer messed up with those annoying get 10 and the spyware that they tried installing before.

These you do not want.

KB2505438
KB2506928
KB2545698
KB2592687
KB2660075
KB2670838
KB2726535
KB2876229
KB2923545
KB2952664
KB2970228
KB2976978
KB2990214
KB2994023
KB3021917
KB3022345
KB3035583
KB3044374
KB3050265
KB3065987
KB3068708
KB3075249
KB3080149
KB3083324

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Ditto. W7 Home Prem SP1 64-bit

As an aside, after seeing the recent ‘sevenforums’ incident, may I say how grateful I am to have found your site, Woody.
Your efforts and those of the community of friendly/intelligent commenters that contribute to this site are an absolute credit to the online human race.

Vive l’Askwoody!!!

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Merci bukkups!

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I haven’t run the comparison. Are any of the new patches re-issues of old one?

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Italics seem to specify a “reommended” update – although the definition of the term “recommended” frequently escapes me.

MS has said it’s abandoning its old Patch Tuesday model. Lately, we’ve seen big bunches of patches on Patch Tuesday, but then many more dribbling out over the month, with blips on Tuesday. I haven’t counted, but I bet we’re getting hundreds of patches per month nowadays.

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I encountered two updates on my Windows 8.1 box that did not have an accompanying knowledge base entry, 3103709 and 3115224. There were 22 updates waiting for me in total.

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Any one of these useful to install? 3138901 – (Access to Internet is denied because proxy settings are overwritten in Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1) perhaps?

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Hang on. I’m sifting through them right now. Will change the MS-DEFCON status shortly.

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That 3103709 is very strange. the other one is just an oversight. But I don’t even see 3103709 listed on the official Windows Update page. Thanks for the heads up. I assume both were optional???

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Yep, woke up this morning to 14 important and 25 optional updates. Ugh!

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You’re on Server 2012 R2?

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Windows 7 Home Premium user here, I got the same 4 optional updates. I haven’t had any problems with any programs, and most of the descriptions sound alien to me.

I hid all the updates.

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I got here because I was searching for the answers to both files also! (Bing search failed, but Google listed the link to this article!) Yes – both are listed as “Optional.”

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I still don’t have a clue.

(Bing search failed? Why does that not surprise me? )

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What are these 4 Optional updates that came to me to beside Chris (post 5) above.
3133977
3137061
3138901
3139923
I”m a novice & I don’t understand what they are when I look them up. I”m running Windows 7 (SP1) and would like to avoid Windos 10. I installed the GWX CP 3 days ago. thanks for any replies.

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They’re unchecked. Leave them that way!

Don’t install any updates, except those specifically listed as security updates – and even then, don’t install the two that I listed.

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Thanks Woody, this has been a big help with the headache that windows update has become.

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Are others experiencing this problem??

Have updates listed, however “good luck” with getting any of them to download and install. It appears that MS has no intention of providing the capability of a functional server, or of correcting whatever their problems are.

It appears that they just keep cranking the updates out, however don’t have the capability to allow its users to download and install them.

I have 11 pending at the present time (3 of them critical). The only one I had any success with (yesterday) was the IE 11 update (KB 3139929). Under these circumstances it’s impossible to get these security patches installed to protect the computer. ^&*^%!!!!

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Hmm… I normally look if my Win 7 Professional needs any one of the said files. True enough, I’m quite wary of installing updates that might prompt the OS to convert to Win10. Deleting the GWX wasn’t enough… had to uninstall KB3135583 and switch settings of Windows Update to “Download updates but let me choose whether to install them”. It would be much appreciated to know if this OS needs any of those said updates. Thanks!

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Those which are common for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 are less likely to be spyware for Windows 10 for the simple reason that the server cannot be upgraded to Windows 10.
I would say those specific to Windows 8.1 only are those on which anyone interested in blocking Windows 10 Upgrade should keep an eye.
Same applies for Windows 7 vs Windows 2008 R2 patches.

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Hey, Woody. Just read your latest post. I re-ran Windows Update and guess what? That update, 3103709, is nowhere to be found. I verified that I hadn’t hid it and had not accidentally installed it. Strange.

Re 3115224, I’m guessing Windows 8.x receives Windows Server 2012 patches since they share a code base?

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I don’t know what’s going on with 3103709…

Yep, 8.1 and Server 2012 should get the same patches.

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After installing KB3139923, the windows installer service become corrupted. removing this update is solving the problem

any info on this issue.

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They have sent out 3035583 again – the W10 update that will automatically install W10 on your system – as an important update (I uninstalled it not so long ago when my machine started trying to install W10 unasked).

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I installed KB3139923, KB3137061, KB3133977 yesterday and my computer is now running slow as molasses, as if KB3035583 (Win10 nagware) were back on board! (checked, and it is not installed again). Had hoped these Win7 updates would actually improve something, but they certainly have not improved my mood. Am removing them all, but if they actually do make a good difference, someone pls let me know! Inkydentally, although I’ve hidden the nefarious KB3035583 several times, it does continue to slither into the important updates list now and then. So much for hiding.

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Greetings, today I observed an interesting phenomenon when attending to windows update for my 8.1 machine. I had the following return today that were optional last month. I did not hide them, I ignored them like I always do for optional updates. Today they were listed as important. They are: 3100473, 3105115, 3109976, 3115224, 3133681, 3133690, 3134785, 3136019, 3137061, 3137725, 3137728, 3138602, 3139165, 3139219, 3140185, 3140219, 3140222, 3140234, 3140250, 3140786, 3141074. All 21 of these are listed in the OP. Today I hid them of course. What bugs me most is that they somehow switched over from optional to important. Just thought I’d post about it in case someone else runs into a similar situation.

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Woody:

I have 64-bit Win 7 Pro (SP1) running on my Dell OptiPlex 780 computer. I have no desire to “upgrade” to Win 10. (I have Josh Mayfield’s GWX installed and running on my machine.)

You are my primary source for checking (before installing) Windows Update patches, so I want to thank you for your work.

It doesn’t take a genius to realize that Microsoft is obsessed with getting 99.99 percent of their customers away from Win XP/7/8 (and “upgraded”) to Win 10.

I’m not the type of person who wants to buy a brand new car every 2-3 years. I’m also not the type of person who wants to “upgrade” their computer’s OS every 2-3 years since there is (always) hassle – and incompatibilities – involved in such a process. (Despite the fact that it’s been out for well over a year now, I still consider Win 10 to be in beta testing. It won’t be anywhere near “stable” until [at least] SP1 due later this year.)

I’m just curious if you have written an article on why Microsoft is so obsessed with forcing Win 10 down our throats? I have a sneaking suspicion that it has something to do with them wanting the same capability, (i.e. data mining their customers internet browsing in order to sell advertising), that Google [allegedly] has. (In other words, their putting their own business interests ahead of their customers wishes and desires.)

If that is the primary motivation for the push to Win 10, Microsoft is pushing right up against my reluctance to try a different OS when I do buy my next computer.

Alan

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I think you’re quite right. I’ve written about snooping in Windows before, but haven’t yet put together an overall summary. Bottom line is that Microsoft’s changing the way it makes money from Windows 10 for consumers – and that new way involved advertising, which in turn benefits from information from the customer, in order to tailor ads.

Nothing particularly new or revolutionary about it. As you say, Google’s been doing it for years – and made quite a bundle out of it.

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Unless I missed something, do we have an update on these yet? The May group published today. There are probably others wondering if they can cross some of these from the OP off their list. Please advise.

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Yeah, I went to MS-DEFCON 3 a few weeks ago. If you didn’t get them installed, for now, I wouldn’t about installing any of them.

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Thanks fella, I appreciate the good word, cya next time.

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kb3156417 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3156417

Not really any info on this update (what other fixes are in it besides the 2 KBs mentioned). It’s under optional updates.

I think I’ll wait and see what woody says about this update. (I do a system restore backup before odd balls like this now)

KB3123862- Another Win10 bugging deal for explorer.exe- avoid it.

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W7 users (I have 3 W7s and all are affected), When the 2nd tuesday comes around (Wed in NZ) Trusted Installer will begin, lots of disc activity etc, then, when svchost(netsvc) takes over, it sits at 50% (with no related disc activity) on a dualcore/25% on a quadcore. (Seems to use 100% of one core) Itll Check, Check,… For hours. Each month the W7 checking for updates gets worse. My W7s were set to “Check, but let me decide”. But, netsvc sits at 50% on my dualcore, for hours, Without it even checking for updates. My only choice now, is to set to DONT Check at all. Then, on 2nd wednesday, Ill do it manually. Still takes ages, But at least I choose when to do sacrifice my CPU.
When it was set to “check but let me decide”, after 2nd Tue/Wed comes, soon as you boot up, TI then netsvc will start using CPU for hours. Or longer.
BUT, soon as u turn off all checking, you get no CPU hogging at all after the 2nd Tue. You start checking when your ready. Start it before u go to sleep.
Im gonna do every 2nd month. Too much trouble evry month.
This seems deliberate by MS not fixing it, pushing us to W10. As W8.1 & W10 updates go like a breeze. 15mins, Done!

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Most of the CPU time is calling do nothing functions checking how precise the CPU’s timer is.

wuauserv,supersedence-module: how many time ticks can this CPU measure per second:

CPU: 1,879,163 (this result won’t change until the next reboot, and even then only a little, not that it matters)

wuauserv,supersedence-module: great, I’ll ask you the same thing 10 MILLION more times in the next hour.

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It is not deliberate related to Windows 10, it has been the behaviour since the release of Windows 7. It was actually worse in the past, better now after SP1 and other updates. You probably reached the optimal compromise in terms of using Windows Update with Never check… and do the checks manually when it suits you.

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Yep. The same thing happening to me. Except my updater quit working in June. I can leave it on overnight and nothing. I’ve installed all the updates that are supposed to fix WU. Reset it, ran file checker. It seems broke. About the only way to get updates is to download them off Windows update catalog site. And I agree, updates work perfect and fast on my W10 machines. I can’t get W10 to work on my HP HDX so it’s unfair MS is doing this. And its intentional at this point. WU has had issues for far too long on W7 for it not to be intentional. And you can download the files manually on the catalog site with blazing speeds. Whats up with that MS?

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