Microsoft Botches More Patches In Latest Automatic Update

snydeq writes "'No sooner did Microsoft release the latest round of Black Tuesday patches than screams of agony began sounding all over the Internet,' writes Woody Leonhard, reporting on verified problems with Microsoft Automatic Updates KB 2817630, KB 2810009, KB 2760411, KB 2760588, and KB 2760583. The latest round of MS Auto Update hell comes on the heels of one of the worst runs in MS Patch Tuesday history — and just in time for Microsoft to expand the scope of its automatic update damage. 'Does this make you feel warm and fuzzy about automatic app updates in Windows 8.1?'"

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This is why I have a 1 week delayed install policy

[dicobalt]

It's simple but effective.

Re:This is why I have a 1 week delayed install pol

[fekmist]

I used to have this policy as well, until I went GNU/Linux for 99% of the time. The 1% on Windows I use to play games but it is rare and seeing as Linux is getting more games nowadays I might go 100% soon enough.

Beta Is the New Gold Master

[organgtool]

It's shit like this that forces me to turn off automatic updates and wait a month before manually applying updates. And it's not just a Microsoft problem - I have also seen similar issues from Apple and Canonical.

Re:way overblown

[Nimey]

Because there's a vocal bunch on Slashdot who get excited by a chance to hate on things, especially [Microsoft|Google|Sony|the government].

Re:This is why I have a 1 week delayed install pol

[Zontar The Mindless]

Ubuntu != Linux.

And "Debian testing" is called "testing" for a reason. See if you can figure out what that is.