Patch Lady – report on the August updates

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Patch Lady here and so far (with a few exceptions like the SQL update) I’m not seeing any major trending issues with the August updates. Mind you that
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Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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It was my understanding that for Windows 7 group B, KB 4345459 replaced KB 4338823.  Is this not the case and both patches are needed?

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I installed first 8823 and later, goaded by MrBrian, decided to experiment a bit by installing 5459 as well. The good news is: there are no bad news. The PC is fine, I am fully patched through July (except for .NET) and life is sweet.

Also: Thanks, Patch Lady. I prefer to wait another two weeks, in case something unwelcome comes up and is revealed by the pitiful cries of those caught in its jaws. Then, if all is quiet, as I always have done for the last twenty years, I’ll shout “Geronimo!” and patch.

Windows 7, x64. Group B.

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OscarCP wrote:

I installed first 8823 and later, goaded by MrBrian, decided to experiment a bit by installing 5459 as well.

@OscarCP
I’ve done a few searches for a post regarding involvement of MrBrian and KB4345459 and KB4338823 but cannot find anything. Would you care to enlighten/ share with us the implications and dialogue, as I would really like MrBrian’s knowledgeable input on this before installing these patches. thanks

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MrBrian is a highly regarded member of this site that I have followed from well before he became a member of askwoody. His technical expertise was highly appreciated, selfless and thorough. One thing that bothers me is, it is highly unusual for Mrbrian to ‘goad’ anyone.

Our Win7 64bit systems have not been patched yet, as per Woody’s Defcon system for July/August and would also appreciate your reply on your findings of these two patches.

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Perhaps I’m being presumptuous here, but I believe that OscarCP may be referring to a post that he made here:

https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/comments-on-akb-2000003-ongoing-list-of-group-b-monthly-updates-for-win7-and-8-1-2/#post-210031

Note that he refers to ‘instigation by DrBonzo’. My intent was not really to instigate anything, but rather to suggest a possible strategy for patching. I made the suggestion in another post in a different thread, which unfortunately, I can’t seem to locate at the moment, but it was to install the Security Only patch KB4338823, reboot, then immediately install KB4345459 and reboot.

So I think perhaps OscarCP is simply remembering me as MrBrian?

If I recall correctly, OscarCP followed this patching strategy and had no issues. I also used this strategy on 3 machines: one Win 7 Starter and two Win 7 Pro sp1, x64 , all three without issues.

Note that it has also been stated that 4345459 REPLACES 4338823 here (scroll about 2/5 down the page):

https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/2000003-ongoing-list-of-group-b-monthly-updates-for-win7-and-8-1/

and here:

https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/comments-on-akb-2000003-ongoing-list-of-group-b-monthly-updates-for-win7-and-8-1-2/#post-210042

The first link is by PKCano and the second link, while written by me is acknowledging the advice of aboddi86 (to whom I apologize for mis-spelling his/her username)

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@Woody: what month does the MS-Defcon shown at the top of this page relate to? Is it the current month only? If not, it would be useful to show which month it is related to.

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See What should you do with the July patches?

You moved to Defcon2 for August but we still don’t know what to do with the July patches. (Win 7) !!??

Short answer: Nothing. Wait for MS-DEFCON 3 or 4.

I don’t believe this has been updated since.

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@Kirsty: 1st of all sorry for my late reply.

Thanks for your help Kirsty.

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Kirsty

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The status is real time, not patch month related. Currently it’s 2 so if you’re unsure, don’t patch yet.

cheers, Paul

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That’s exactly correct.

Look for a change in MS-DEFCON level late this week – unless something weird pops up.

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New problem on our 2k16 servers. Our monitoring tool showed it couldn’t load/show some devices, and all of them were 2k16 servers. Checked the eventlog ang got following error:
“The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID {D63B10C5-BB46-4990-A94F-E40B9D520160}

and APPID

{9CA88EE3-ACB7-47C8-AFC4-AB702511C276}”

Anyone having the same issues, and maybe a solution?
Microsoft support suggest to ignore the error and conceal it in the eventlog, but that’s not a solution IMO

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I’m on Win 8.1, Group A, so I’ll install the August rollups & other patches when the time is right. However, since I usually don’t download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, a question about KB4345424. Microsoft says the fix refers to “… when you run network monitoring workloads”, “… the restart of the SQL Server service…”, & “… when an administrator tries to stop the World Wide Web Publishing Service (W3SVC)”. Since I’m a home user who doesn’t run network monitoring, use SQL Server, or W3SVC (not sure on the 3rd, since I don’t run a website, & only post to forums or blogs I’m a member of), can I skip this? I usually run in admin mode since nobody else uses my laptop, but I’m not a business administrator like you & your usual target audience.

Bought a refurbished Windows 10 64-bit, currently updated to 22H2. Have broke the AC adapter cord going to the 8.1 machine, but before that, coaxed it into charging. Need to buy new adapter if wish to continue using it.
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Hi, we’re on Win7 and haven’t patched since 12/2017. Is it safe for us to patch now? Is there anything special we need to install other than updates found via Windows Update? Thanks and keep up the good work!

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Keep an eye on the MS-DEFCON level, once it reaches 3 or >, then instructions will be given.
In the meantime the following advice by @kirsty should be read: #211686

Windows - commercial by definition and now function...

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susan & woody:

regarding KB4345459 for Win7

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For those on Office 365 you can install the July click to run at this time. I am seeing one issue with the August click to run here:

https://www.askwoody.com/patch-list-master/

That issue was caused by a June update, fixed by a July update, and doesn’t exist with the August update:

Irritating Message when starting Outlook

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