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• Patch Alert: Where we stand with September’s Windows and Office patches

  Posted on September 26, 2017 at 06:52 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  It ain’t a pretty sight.

  Any updates, folks?

  Computerworld Woody on Windows.

  Office Patches/Security, Windows Patches/Security KB 4011086, KB 4011089, KB 4011090, KB 4011091, KB 4011110, KB 4036586, KB 4038777, KB 4038782, KB 4038788, KB 4038792, KB 4038801, KB 4039473, KB 4040724, KB 4043361, KB 4043601, September 2017 Black Tuesday

• A roundup of ongoing problems with this month’s Windows and .NET patches

  Posted on September 21, 2017 at 12:01 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  It’s a long, sad list.

  That said, I don’t see any show-stoppers. Do you?

  Computerworld Woody on Windows.

  Windows Patches/Security 15063.608, CVE-2017-8759, KB 4036586, KB 4038777, KB 4038788, KB 4039473, KB 4043292, KB 4043361, KB 4043564, KB 4043601

• Report of KB 4038777 breaking activation on Dell machines

  Posted on September 18, 2017 at 15:15 CDT by woody

  Anybody else see this with the September Win7 Monthly Rollup, KB 4038777?

  An email from reader AJ:

  I saw your article regarding KB4038777. We are having an issue when this update is installed where it breaks the windows activation on Dell machines. Seems to be happening only to Dell Windows 7 Professional machines. Dell says to reimage, awaiting assistance from Microsoft. Still troubleshooting, currently no fix. Has anyone else pinged you on this?

  UPDATE:

  We actually just figured it out. Apparently the update removed Dell’s OEM folder from System32, and upon reboot Windows couldn’t validate its license. Fix is to replace OEM folder with a known good, then run:

  Slmgr /upk

  Slmgr /ilc oem.xrm-ms

  Slmgr /ato

  Windows Patches/Security activation, KB 4038777