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posted by martyb on Monday February 17 2020, @03:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the broken-fixes-make-PCs-into-bricks dept.

Like a needy ex-partner that just won't let go, Microsoft's legacy OSes continue to cling to the Windows behemoth's ankles. Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 have once again been bashed with the borkage bat.

Users are reporting that the fix to fix the fix that broke the desktop wallpaper in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 has left systems unbootable after an apparent boot file deletion.

The fix-fixing fix (KB4539602) was unleashed at the end of last week, and some administrators have kicked off a deployment.

It has not gone well.

One Redditor remarked that 18 2008 R2 servers had fallen victim, while another reported 30 Windows 7 computers were refusing to boot after an install.

If you don't already have the 23 September 2019 (or later) SHA-2 update installed, you will probably be having a rather ungood day.


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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 17 2020, @04:03PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 17 2020, @04:03PM (#959189)

    Roses are red
    Violets are blue
    Microsoft is malware
    Prepare to be screwed

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 17 2020, @04:44PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 17 2020, @04:44PM (#959203)

    Seems like a missed opportunity... revised:

    Roses are red
    Violets are blue
    Microsoft is malware
    So fuck you!

    FTFY