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Windows 7 Users Who Installed January Update Report Network Issues; Some Say the Update Has Also Incorrectly Flagged Their OS License as 'Not Genuine' (itpro.co.uk)

Posted by msmash on from the not-again dept.

Some Windows 7 admins are feeling the pain of Microsoft's latest updates in this week's Patch Tuesday releases. From a report: Users who've installed this Tuesday's KB4480970 cumulative January update have been complaining of network connectivity issues on those devices based on a network that uses the SMBv2 file sharing protocol. Microsoft released its update to fix several identified vulnerabilities, including a remote execution flaw in PowerShell and to add robustness against side-channel attacks like those targeting the Meltdown and Spectre flaws. But a number of users immediately complained of networking issues, with Microsoft confirming there are now three known problems with the January patch. The other issues comprise an authentication error, and a file-sharing issue affecting some user accounts. ZDNet adds: Regarding the 'Not Genuine' Windows 7 error, Microsoft confirms that "some users are reporting the KMS Activation error, 'Not Genuine', 0xc004f200 on Windows 7 devices". "We are aware of this incident and are presently investigating it. We will provide an update when available," writes Microsoft on both KB4480960 and KB4480970.

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  1. Remote Desktop Dead by WankerWeasel · · Score: 5, Informative

    Experienced this issue with remote desktop which the update killed. Found others were experiencing the same. Uninstall the update and remote desktop works again.

    1. Re:Remote Desktop Dead by WankerWeasel · · Score: 4, Informative

      KB4480970 on Windows 7 Professional. Kept getting a message that the connection couldn't be made and it may be because the password expired. Happened when attempting to connect to it from 2 difference devices (another desktop and a smartphone) which both were able to connect to it previously. Heck, I used Remote Desktop to install the update on the remote computer and after the restart to finish the install, it would no longer connect. Had to get out a keyboard and mouse to attach to it, login, and uninstall KB4480970. Now it works fine again.

    2. Re:Remote Desktop Dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      Actually this got broken in win10 with KB4483234 also!!

      instead of uninstalling the patches, you can fix it like this:
                    Run gpedit.msc
                    Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Credentials Delegation -> Encryption Oracle Remediation
      Change it to Enable and in Protection level, change back to Vulnerable.

      enjoy! :) (and yes, as a sysadmin, I'm really tired of MS bs patching)

  2. Re:Win98 SE for the win! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    64 hours was fine. The figure you're thinking about is 49 days.

    A 64-hour limit would've been a major issue. A month and a half, however...well, 98 already had enough problems that already made it unlikely you'd ever run it for that long for *that* issue to be a problem.