Forbes Blasts Latests Windows 7 Patch as Malware

Posted by timothy on Sunday December 14, 2014 @07:38AM from the if-the-president-does-it-is-isn't-illegal dept.

Forbes contributor Jason Evangelho has nothing good to say about a recent Windows 7 patch that's causing a range of trouble for some users. He writes: If you have Windows 7 set to automatically update every Tuesday, it may be to permanently disable that feature. Microsoft has just confirmed that a recent update — specifically KB 3004394 — is causing a range of serious problems and recommends removing it. The first issue that caught my attention, via AMD’s Robert Hallock, is that KB 3004394 blocks the installation or update of graphics drivers such as AMD’s new Catalyst Omega. Nvidia users are also reporting difficulty installing GeForce drivers, though I can’t confirm this personally as my machines are all Windows 8.1. Hallock recommended manually uninstalling the update, advice now echoed officially by Microsoft. More troubles are detailed in the article; on the upside, Microsoft has released a fix.

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Re:Short sighted by lucm · 2014-12-14 08:06 · Score: 4, Funny

THANK YOU! You just opened my eyes! I will immediately get rid of Windows and spend the next 4 weeks getting OpenBSD to somehow work on my laptop.

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lucm, indeed.
Re:Short sighted by GNious · 2014-12-14 09:41 · Score: 3, Funny

Careful ... you keep this up, and systemd will start to come with its own nVidia driver for the 3D-enabled admin-UI
Re: Short sighted by Paradise+Pete · 2014-12-14 10:19 · Score: 5, Funny

Thank you, nuckfuts.
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