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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.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Gaaark on Monday February 17 2020, @09:42PM
Get off Windows: the TCO is just too high.
Pretty bad when your bought and paid for copy of windows is worse than the volunteer software that is linux: as Billy Gates calls it; a "toy operating system".
Pretty fscking bad.
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