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Microsoft's Fix-Fixing Patch that Leaves Some Windows Server 2008 Machines Unable to Boot

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

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 17 2020, @08:00PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 17 2020, @08:00PM (#959260)

    > Office 2000 and 2003

    Don't those versions phone home when you register them (supply the turn-on code)?

    Still using Office 97 when I need Word & Excel compatibility (also, they run really fast on newer hardware...). Pretty sure this was the last version that didn't talk to any kind of MS license server(??)

    Of course this older software doesn't seem to print very well through Win7, I often have to re-open in Libre Office to print (for the rare paper copy).