Win10 patch KB3200970 may cause MacOS network share failures

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Noel Carboni sent me an interesting note. Apparently, one of the Nov 9 Win10 patches (most likely KB 3200970, the patch that brings version 1607 up to
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1607, not 1611.

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Thanks! Change made.

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In Microsoft’s defense, this is a mixed PC and Mac network environment. These are notorious for having various connectivity issues, and MS can’t be expected to test for every mixed network environment when issuing security patches for Windows PCs. Still, the issue needs to be addressed, and users have now been given fair warnings.

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Also in Microsoft’s defense – they really are trying hard to stop over-writing user preferences. They just aren’t quite there yet.

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I’m not particularly fond of the thinking that Microsoft needs to test for things that they could get right just by doing good, solid engineering.

There’s too much “throw the code at the wall and see what sticks” happening nowadays. Such activity will NEVER lead to a rigorous implementation. Rigor is what’s expected. Do you want an operating system that works “most of the time”?

We’ve gotten to a a “throw some updates out there and see what feedback we get” state now. That, coupled with a rapid pace of updates, is simply incompatible with trying to RELY on the operating system for things.

-Noel

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Woody, I take it as a joke
It is all on purpose as most users don’t have a clue and Microsoft has other ideas

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