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."

Comments

Re:Broke a few things so far

[Locke2005]

Assuming, of course, that MS didn't intentionally break VMWare because they plan on selling a competing virtualization product. I see no evidence of such intent in this case, but based on MS past behavior, I wouldn't be surprised if they did.

It is certainly VMWare's responsibility to fix the problem and distribute the fix, regardless.

Old wine in new bottle?

[140Mandak262Jamuna]

Windows is not done till VMWare wont run!

At some point VMWare would become the real host OS and it will fire up and wipe Win instances and assume total responsibility for making sure the Win see only trustworthy peers. And isolate these win instances from one another. At that point all the legacy unportable corporate applications that need IE6 will run in some kind of frozen in time universe. No need to upgrade windows or even update it. Such a scenario must strike deep fear in the Microsoft corp HQ.

This time it could be unintentional, but pretty soon Microsoft will realize the advantages of constantly breaking VMWare.