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Security Patch Breaks VMware Users' Windows Desktops
jbrodkin writes "VMware is telling customers that two Windows 7 security patches have left VMware View users incapable of accessing their Windows desktops. Security updates issued on Patch Tuesday fixed Windows but broke the VMware View connection between users' PCs and remotely hosted Windows 7 desktops. Users will have to upgrade VMware View or uninstall the Microsoft patches in order to regain access to their desktops."
Uh, if they fix it, you will have to download the fixed upgraded version. Which... is what the upgrade is.
YOU SO STUPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID!
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Does any company in the real world honestly operate a bring your own desktop policy!?
Why wasn't Slashdot's Microsoft icon completely scrapped with the re-design?
That thing looks so incredibly dated and anachronistic even 5 years ago. Its irrelevant on both levels. Bill Gates barely works at Microsoft today, and the Borg is a pop culture reference that's not relevant anymore.
It's sad how Facebook, Google, Apple have their real icons, but Microsoft still does not. Get with the times guys!
VMware view is way to access remotely hosted virtual machines.
VMWare workstation and server are not affected.
VMWare view clients just need to be updated.
At some point the responsibility shifts from Microsoft to VMWare. Where the responsibility for alerting customers lies is maybe not clear yet.
The update has broken a few things for me. Half my desktop gadgets are not functioning properly. There are some other glitches that I noticed with my AV software, though I'm still confirming on other PCs.
DOH!
n/t
Its a good thing we are so slow at integrating new software. We only have 3 Windows 7 machines in VMWare the rest are all Windows XP!
They have an updated build of the View Client available for download that fixes the problem.
Good yes?
Not really. The updated client has a new build number but the SAME version number in the MSI! Why does this matter? It matters because the MSI will not UPDATE an existing install. It looks like the same version so you have to uninstall and then reinstall. /FA option to try and force a reinstall of the same versions, that is next on my list.)
(No I have not tried MSIEXEC
They had the fixed build quick enough that I am guessing that this issue was known prior to today. It is just crazy that they did not change the version number so that the tools for managing applications (SCCM et al) can detect that a new version is available and install it.
Even their own View Connection Servers which check the version of your View Client when you talk to them will not detect that a new version is available.
Crazy!
Jorgie
They already fixed it according to the summary, so where's the story? Operating system updated, breaks software. Software gets updated.
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DrDoS? ...Note, I didn't type DrDos, but DrDoS.... like a portmanteau of DrDos and DrDenial-of-Service..... Microsoft went out of their way to break DrDos from running their software in the 1980's. Its wasn't that DrDos wasn't up to the job, ms went out of their way to make sure their software looked broken when the user was running DrDos. The ms software went looking for a line in the DrDos operating system, and if it didn't say "Microsoft" then BANG! the software would cough up an error message. Kids with bit editors could insert the word 'Microsoft' at the correct offset, and the software would miraculously start working perfectly. The US Government never really smacked ms for that. And ms learned that they can abuse competitors, partners and customers as they like. And they have. Here, whoops, broke VMWare. Sorry bout that. And you can tell I agree from the following two words, both to the affirmative. Yeah, Right!
The update was provided within 24 hours of the MS security patch being released....I'm not sure if you can really get better response then that.
So Microsoft fixes a potential security vulnerability and is now the bad guy.
"At that point all the legacy unportable corporate applications that need IE6 will run in some kind of frozen in time universe"
That point is here already. There are companies effectively frozen in time, from the IT point of view.
I haven't used Windows since 2006. People actually still use it? By God, what for?
I guess you're not a gamer. There's still no better gaming platform out there than Windows.
I also use Windows for Visual Studio, although when I'm developing something cross-platform I tend to write it in Xcode and just use Visual Studio to make Windows builds.
They're a lot more secure that way!
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
WTF? The old Borg icon is much better. Did the creator of this new one not even watch Star Trek and realize borg skin is pale white/blue?
jeez
Unintentional? You thin they didn't test anything and just let it roll? This is called testing to see just how formidable a foe VMWare really are.
All points of time and space are connected.
Here is my personal relevant experience related to the botched patch.
Booted up, let the patches roll in(First mistake), but we have policy to keep the honeypot patched you know.
So nothing, no problem, did a normal and of day reboot.
On the restart before login gina was presented, I get the vile your not Genuine dialog, had to click on "correct it now"
That took me to a Microsoft page stating that I should download a program and run it to perform Genuine validation.
Curious, I opened the Control panel system panel and it shows "Genuine" ok.
Then, wait for it, Microsoft Security Essential icon is blood red and come to discover it had dropped the pants down around ankles and had due to the Fo Genuine violation instantly and totally been disabled.
Now I'm caught literally in public with my virtual pants down, no firewall, on a hostile network, no av, ankles getting warmer but I have to do another dammed required Genuine validation, so I download the same program and poof the moment of drama had passed.
I felt extra soiled by the humiliating experience. This all happened in-front of an audience while preparing a demo for the SFO RSA shew.
Thinking some one at Microsoft needs to use the new iPhone confession app cause they can't seem to budget for sacrifice of the requisite number of chikenz any more.
The upgrade is free. You're encouraging piracy of software that is free.
Yes, the base package is commercial, but the upgrade is free. And since you're complaining about being unable to fix broken software free of charge, I'm assuming you purchased the base package already. Otherwise, what right do you have to complain?
Either way, I am not going to be the one paying for this.
I'm going out on a limb here and guess that's you're attitude towards ALL commercial software you use.
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"At some point the responsibility shifts from Microsoft to VMWare. Where the responsibility for alerting customers lies is maybe not clear yet"
At what point did VMware, invent a time machine, go back in time, inflitrate Microsoft and hack out a Windows 7 security patch that broke VMware.
"VMware is telling customers that two Windows 7 security patches have left VMware View users incapable of accessing their Windows desktops"
VMWare is crap. Always has been. I have hated it every since SQL query speeds from VMWare has caused me to actually start hating my job it is so terrible. They emulate a pile of virtual dog crap. Did I mention it's crap? Don't buy into the hype, your Dilbert bosses will try to pipe you in the backside with this crap.
Recent patches seemed to have buggered a Win7 VM I had running in VirtualBox. It wasn't a total buggering but the old configuration of the VM was fine (well, fine enough) until recent patches made it unusable. It bogged down and ground to a halt until I went into safe mode and disabled just about everything that was running.
Sound like it's not just a vmware problem. Wonder if bare metal users were impacted too.
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
No issues with VBox!