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Microsoft to Patch Problem Patch

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-don't-screw-up-the-repatch dept.

slowroller writes to mention an eWeek article about a new patch to fix issues raised in their most recent release. From the article: "The company's plan is to target the rerelease only to Windows users who are affected. In a blog entry, Toulouse said the company's patch deployment technologies will have "detection logic" built into them to only offer the revised update to customers who don't have MS06-015 or are having the problem. The glitches, which Microsoft claims affect only a tiny fraction of the 120 million installations of the patch, stem from a new binary called VERCLSID.EXE that validates shell extensions before they are instantiated by the Windows Shell or Windows Explorer. On systems running Hewlett-Packard's Share-to-Web software, Sunbelt's Kerio Personal Firewall and some NVIDIA Drivers, users complained that the new binary stopped responding."

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  1. yay! by bensafrickingenius · · Score: 5, Funny

    Recursive patching at last!

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  2. Two Patch Tuesdays by Vskye · · Score: 5, Funny

    For some Windows users, there will be two Patch Tuesdays in April.
     
    So, you can get two patchs and two tacos on the same day? Wow, now if MS can do the pizza deal, I might just install their OS! ;)

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  3. URL For Patch by sinfree · · Score: 0, Funny
    Somebody was bound to post the link, so I might as well do it:

    Click here for the patch.

  4. My Patch by Cobralisk · · Score: 3, Funny

    del c:\windows\system32\verclsid.exe

    It works.

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  5. This is the patch that never ends by Hawthorne01 · · Score: 4, Funny

    yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started using it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue using it forever just because...This is the patch that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend... :-)

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  6. Re:Again? What? by 0racle · · Score: 1, Funny

    I don't think you used the word patch enough.

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  7. Oh Thank Heaven by keith134 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...that Microsoft doesn't make cars.

  8. Re:Again? What? by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, the patch was simply conflicting with a few pieces of software. If you aren't affected, you won't get the patched patch. The original bug was fixed with the original patch. This patch's patch simply whitelists a couple of programs known to cause issues with the patch.

    man: Well, what've you got?

    Waitress: Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and patch; egg bacon and patch; egg bacon sausage and patch; patch bacon sausage and patch; patch egg patch patch bacon and patch; patch sausage patch patch bacon patch tomato and patch;

    Vikings: Patch patch patch patch...

    Waitress: ...patch patch patch egg and patch; patch patch patch patch patch patch baked beans patch patch patch...

    Vikings: Patch! Lovely patch! Lovely patch!

    Waitress: ...or Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and patch.

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  9. How did it come to this? The answer is here... by rtssmkn · · Score: 2, Funny

    Steve: Ok, guys, I love this company...repeat...I looove this company (throws chair around). Bill: And remember, if it compiles, it ships... Dev-Team: But we're already special casing here... Steve: (looking angry) Bill: If it compiles, it is good enough for shipping, let the active user basis sort it out... Dev-Team: Well, look this special case here, where it says that all of Microsoft is GOOD and everything else is BAD, it might cause systems to go awry... Bill: It's awry in the first place, so don't care on fixing this until it is required to be fixed, we definetly can introduce more special casing if required...does it compile already? Dev-Team: Well, er, yes, a few errors and a few warnings, but no black box testing was done yet... Bill: Testing? Steve: (whispering into Bill's ear) you know that sort of thing that would prevent us from shipping early... Bill: Ah, erm, yes, ok. It compiles. Comment out the lines that produce the errors and re-compile. Ignore the warnings...and ship that damn patch. We have this initiative running, you know, security it was called, I believe. Ah, I love this company. Steve: (remember Dim from the Clockwork Orange?) Ah, I love this company... Dev-Team: Bill, you are genius, after commenting out the faulty lines and setting the compiler flag to ignore all warnings, it compiles just fine. Thanks for your great insight...a pleasure to be working for you! Ah, we love this company (even more so like Dim). SCNR. Carsten

  10. A bob each way by Grim+Leaper · · Score: 2, Funny
    Hear here!
    Couldn't decide if it was "Here, here!" or "Hear, hear!", huh?
  11. I see I'm not the only one by ro_coyote · · Score: 1, Funny

    Personally, I had Monty Python and the Holy Grail on my mind...

    "We apologise again for the fault in the operating system. Those responsible for patching the exploits that have just been patched have been patched."