MS fixes “external database” bug with patches that have even more bugs — KB 4052234, KB 4052235, KB 4052233, KB 4052232, KB 4052231

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They’re all bad patches, and I expect Microsoft will yank them from the Catalog at any moment. Post coming in Computerworld.
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Abbodi86 didn’t mention any issues with the Window 10 updates.

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abbodi86

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Indeed

while i didn’t test Windows 10 updates for bugs, but they are normal complete cumulative updates

the issue is in downlevel OS updates partial rollups (Win 7/8/8.1)

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walker, woody

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The bugged updates are withdrawn from catalog

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walker, MrBrian

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As expected, the two Windows 10 updates are still available, and the other three updates are no longer available.

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walker

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If MS devoted an adequate level of skilled resource to properly developing, testing and distributing patches instead of focusing on the Windows10 hamster wheel of short-lived, questionable features and enhancements the situation wouldn’t be as dire.

It’s not the software, its the people making the decisions.

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walker

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Trouble is you cannot possibly have such a large OS user base and upgrade every six months with a major revision and not endure issues with at least a significant percent of that use group. No it may not be as significant as crashes, or missing files. But the ideal you can push the upgrades without issues is dreaming on Microsoft’s part. I just don’t think its any better than what we had previous with Windows. Is this Windows as a service better? Not in my opinion, and sometimes I think its much worse.

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woody wrote:

Every month I think, more and more, that Windows should simply be put out to pasture.

Woody on Linux doesn’t have the same ring.

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walker, woody

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I don’t know if Linux is the solution for every Windows user. But I certainly think for a lot of consumers who primarily use the web and a handful of apps could use something other then Windows these days. Its a rather complex OS that is not needed for many. Options like a consumer Linux or Chromebook, or even moving to a Android or IOS platform could be a better fit. I look at Windows 10 these days an don’t need half the stuff Microsoft forces on me. Plus some of it I cannot even uninstall, I am just stuck with it on my PC’s.

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Bill C.

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@ b

“The Leonhards on Linux” have a better ring.

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Cybertooth

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HA!

And I’d have to toss away a whole lotta years of (arguably useful) experience.

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JDeC

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Seems, M$’s message to Windows users is; … “If you do not want to be regularly affected by buggy or malware-like updates in Win 7/8.1 and older Versions of Win 10, you should quickly move to the latest Win 10 Version 1703 and 1709, Pronto.!”

IOW, this may have been intentional on M$’s part. Remember their aggressive GWX campaign ?

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Welcome to Windows as a Service.

 

Keep Running Windows 7 Safely for Years to Come  
Make Windows 10 look and work like Windows 7

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What’s that, Microsoft?
New bookmarks worth checking out?
https://www.ubuntu.com/
https://linuxmint.com/
https://ubuntu-mate.org/
https://solus-project.com/
You don’t say… [twiddles chin]

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Well, just one link would do really

Distrowatch

Windows - commercial by definition and now function...

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? says:

from my experience Woody would be like the “Lonely Maytag Repairman,” waiting for a broken Linux distro to visit the shop!

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HiFlyer, RamRod

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b wrote:

woody wrote:

Every month I think, more and more, that Windows should simply be put out to pasture.

Woody on Linux doesn’t have the same ring.

Whiny?

Loody? Loony?

Okay, okay, I’m off to watch the game on TV

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Cybertooth

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Sometimes it seems that the people who still care about Windows are the very same people that MS could care less about. As Alice opined, things keep getting curioser and curioser!

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Alice

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Hooray, Microsoft needs to patch their patches. And I assume the patches of the patches need patching as well?

This is a professional company? Hogwash!

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How does the average person know these Thursdays patches even exist if they are only in the catalog?

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walker

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Typically they would be documented at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/894199/software-update-services-and-windows-server-update-services-changes-in. I post to topic https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/windows-update-content-changes-for-2017/ when there is new info posted there. However, I have observed multiple instances in recent months in which that list is not updated.

Another method is to monitor new or updated Microsoft Knowledge Base articles.

 

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walker

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You might also see catalog-only updates at the various operating system “update history” pages:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4018124/windows-10-update-history

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4009469/windows-7-sp1-windows-server-2008-r2-sp1-update-history

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4009470/windows-8-1-windows-server-2012-r2-update-history

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4009471/windows-server-2012-update-history

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walker

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Perhaps surprisingly, the last 3 “update history” pages listed the catalog-only updates a few days ago before Microsoft expired them.

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Mt.Brian:  Thank you so much for the wealth of links you have provided in these last two posts.  This is a tremendous help to all of the members of Woody’s wonderful website, and is deeply appreciated by everyone!   

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Or search catalog daily

http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=7+for+x64

http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=2017+for+x64

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walker

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As mentioned above, the updates has been pulled:

Windows 7/8.1: KB4052234 & KB4052233 has been pulled

Ex Microsoft Windows (Insider) MVP, Microsoft Answers Community Moderator, Blogger, Book author

https://www.borncity.com/win/

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