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• Microsoft acknowledges bug in Win8.1 March Monthly Rollup KB 4489881, fixes it in Monthly Rollup Preview

  Posted on April 3, 2019 at 14:17 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  I’ve seen a couple of reports where Server 2012 R2 (Win8.1) users who installed this month’s Monthly Rollup, KB 4489881, are hitting unexpected reboots and BSODs.

  Microsoft recently acknowledged the problem:

  After installing this update, devices with a winsock kernel client may receive D1, FC, and other errors. Additionally, systems that run the Skype for Business or Lync Server Edge Transport role may be affected by this issue.

  The fix is to install the preview of next month’s Win 8.1/Server 2012 R2 Monthly Rollup, KB 4489893:

  Addresses an issue in which devices with a winsock kernel client may receive D1, FC, and other errors and affect systems that run the Skype for Business or Lync Server Edge Transport role.

  I guess we have to get used to the fact that Microsoft’s going to fix bugs in Win7 and 8.1 Monthly Rollups by slipping them into the preview of the next month’s Monthly Rollup.

  Windows Patches/Security KB 4489881, KB 4489893

• This month’s second cumulative updates for Win10 appear — but 1809 is missing again

  Posted on March 20, 2019 at 07:55 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  This is starting to get repetitive.

  Yesterday, Microsoft released its second monthly cumulative updates for Win10 versions 1803, 1709, 1703, and 1607. The second “optional non-security” patch for 1809 is MIA, as usual.

  As best I can tell, none of this month’s bugs have been fixed. Indeed, there’s a new one to add to the potent stew:

  If you enable per font end-user-defined characters (EUDC), the system will stop working and a blue screen will appear at startup. This is not a common setting in non-Asian regions.

  I also see Monthly Rollup Previews for Win7 and 8.1.

  Same advice as always: Don’t patch. Wait for the screams of pain to subside.

  Windows Patches/Security KB 4489888, KB 4489889, KB 4489890, KB 4489892, KB 4489893, KB 4489894