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• Fourth Tuesday patches trickling in

  Posted on February 27, 2018 at 12:42 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  At this moment, I have notes for:

  KB 4018314 — February 26, 2018, update for Outlook 2010. As @MrBrian notes, the big fix here is:

  This update fixes the following issue:

  After you install KB4011273 on a Windows XP or Windows Server 2003-based computer, you receive an error message that resembles the following when you start Microsoft Outlook 2010:

  CompareStringOrdinal not found in dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll

  The list of new KB articles also includes several re-posted .NET Preview KBs, KB 4074805 (February 2018 Preview of Quality Rollups for .NET Framework 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, and 4.7.1 for Windows 7 SP1 and Server 2008 R2 SP1), KB 4074808 (February 2018 Preview of Quality Rollups for .NET Framework 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, and 4.7.1 for Windows 7 SP1 and Server 2008 R2 SP1), and KB 4073701 (Description of Preview of Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, and 4.7.1 for Windows 7 SP1 and Server 2008 R2 SP1 and for .NET Framework 4.6 on Server 2008 SP2), but none of the KB articles mention anything new (they’re still marked as last updated Feb. 23), and the three patches are still missing from the Windows Update Catalog.

  Poster bobcat5536 caught one I missed:

  Just did notice that Office 365 has yet another update released on the monthly channel yesterday. That makes 4 this month. Why don’t they rename it the weekly channel. This update stuff is just pure madness.

  And, sure enough, Microsoft’s official list bears him out.

  There’s a new bug posted for KB 4074598, the February Win7 Monthly Rollup, and KB 4074587, the Feb Win7 Security-Only patch, that triggers a bizarre error, “SCARD_E_NO_SERVICE”

  There’s a new bug posted for KB 4077525, the SECOND Monthly Rollup this month for Win10 1607:

  After installing this update, servers where Credential Guard is enabled may restart unexpectedly. The error is “The system process lsass.exe terminated unexpectedly with status code -1073740791. The system will now shut down and restart.”

  Event ID 1000 in the application log shows:

  “C:\windows\system32\lsass.exe’ terminated unexpectedly with status code -1073740791

  Faulting application: lsass.exe, Version: 10.0.14393.1770, Time Stamp: 0x59bf2fb2

  Faulting module: ntdll.dll, Version: 10.0.14393.1715, Time Stamp: 0x59b0d03e
  Exception: 0xc0000409

  I’m still looking for the Win10 1709 patch — the one that’s supposed to fix the USB and bluescreen problems.

  Did I miss anything?

  I’ll have a post in Computerworld when the dust settles.

  Windows Patches/Security 0xc0000409, 1073740791, CompareStringOrdinal, KB 4018314, KB 4073701, KB 4074587, KB 4074598, KB 4074805, KB 4074808, KB 4077525, Office 365, SCARD_E_NO_SERVICE, The system process lsass.exe terminated unexpectedly

• Patch Lady Posts – Intuit acknowledges known issue with KB4074805

  Posted on February 23, 2018 at 23:28 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums
  Susan here:  I saw that Woody had previously mentioned an optional .NET update impacting Quicken and now Intuit has acknowledged the issue:

  “We have identified a recent Microsoft patch preventing QuickBooks Desktop products from opening on Windows 7, Windows 8.1,  and Server 2008 r2 computers. The patch is no longer available via Windows update.
  QuickBooks Desktop products may not function properly while these updates are installed. Consult your IT professional to remove patch KB4074805. If you are still experiencing the issue, you may have to uninstall patch KB4073701 as well.
   
  We are actively working with Microsoft for a resolution.  For the latest updates, please subscribe to this article.   Our next scheduled update on this issue will be on  2/28/2018. “
  Windows Patches/Security KB 4073701, KB 4074805, Patch Lady Posts