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A couple of KBs, KB2977759 and KB2952664, related to the dreadful Appraiser stuff, appeared in our WSUS instance this week. The former just made it on my list of KBs one should avoid. Both was promptly declined. The list encompasses: KB2952664, Compatibility update for upgrading Windows 7 KB2977759, Compatibility update for Windows 7 RTM KB3022345, […]

Earlier this week Microsoft released another batch of Windows updates. Among them are KB3123862. As usual, the title displayed by Windows Update gives no clue to what this update actually does: “Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB3123862)”. Clicking on the More information link reveal the following: Updated capabilities to upgrade Windows 8.1 and […]

I think Microsoft should create Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus for Vocational Education, consisting of: Word Excel PowerPoint OneNote Access Publisher Outlook Skype for Business InfoPath OneDrive for Business Project Visio I.e. the regular list of Office 365 ProPlus products plus Project and Visio. The reason is simply that Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus is incompatible with […]

Upgrading to the latest version of Windows 10 isn’t straightforward for all of us. For some reason, Windows Update is unable to perform its duties when asked to look after “other Microsoft products”.

After installing KB3114409, Outlook 2010 started only in safe mode, even when told not to do so. Removing KB3114409 solved the problem. QA at Microsoft keeps lagging behind. A few weeks ago, HTML email made Outlook 2013 crash due to “improved” font handling, courtesy of KB3097877. Others were unlucky and couldn’t login until KB3097877 was […]

Microsoft continues their sneaky trend by camouflaging Windows 10 related updates as “Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems”. I would avoid installing these six (five actually) updates, identified by their KB numbers: KB2952664, Compatibility update for upgrading Windows 7 KB3022345, Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry (superseded by KB3068708, see below) KB3035583, Update […]

I declined KB2952664 in our WSUS instance. This update phones home and reports whatever you have installed. I see no reason to be spied upon. Not to mention that this update is not a oneshot update, it creates a couple of scheduled tasks that run regularly. This one is related to KB3035583, and both should […]

Microsoft is pretty sneaky. They camouflage their Windows 10 downloader, KB3035583, as a recommended Windows 7 update with no indication of what good this update does. Only by clicking on the first link is its true intention revealed. As a contrast, the dreaded KB976002 browser choice update was well marked with its intention even in […]

Have you tried reading a Microsoft Knowledgebase article lately? It appears that every link like http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3023215 results in nothing.

Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 fails to notify Windows 7 when the SSID changes. The result is that the wireless interface retains the previous and possibly invalid IP addresses and other settings. The latest driver, A11, only a few days old, isn’t helpful at all. I usually avoid installing Intel’s own utility for managing wireless […]

Category: Microsoft

KB2977759 and KB2952664 now available in WSUS

Another bad KB? KB3123862

Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus for Vocational Education

Upgrading to Windows 10, version 1511, build 10586

Outlook 2010 and KB3114409

Bad KBs

Appraiser or Hellraiser? KB2952644

KB3035583

Microsoft’s support on the fringe lately?

Dell Latitude E7240 and Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260