Windows update problems

[Willy2]

Microsoft recommends to remove a number of updates. They have problems with those updates.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2835571/microsoft-windows/microsoft-says-best-way-to-fix-botched-kb-2949927-patch-is-to-kill-it.html

 

A number of things gave a clue that even MS has problems getting the updates right

- I downloaded the latest stand-alone updates and some had the letters "-v2-" or "-v3-" in the name. It clearly suggests that those updates had to be updated/improved/were a bit buggy.

- the name of the update. The name of the update started with a (comparatively) low KB number. Something was fishy.

- some updates weren't available for downloading

 

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2834535/security/four-more-botched-black-tuesday-patches-kb-3000061-kb-2984972-kb-2949927-and-kb-2995388.html

 

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2607451/microsoft-windows/microsoft-ships-replacement-patch-kb-2993651-with-two-known-bugs.html

[hazelnut]

No problems here

[Willy2]

No, I also didn't have any problems. But I pulled the update anyway. Don't know if I should remove the other updates as well.

[Willy2]

Here an example that Microsoft doesn't get its updates right. It was a second version of the updates. See the blue underlined tekst in the picture attached.

 

The picture shows part of the installed updates/patches. The addition "v2" shows even MS has problems with Always getting it right the first time around.