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MS-DEFCON 1: Patches failing at a phenomenal rate
Posted on October 12, 2017 at 09:59 CDT by woody • Comment in the ForumsBlue screens, bungled releases, stealthy NET upgrades, CRM blocks and complex manual fixes. It’s shaping up to be one hell of a patch-encumbered month, with KB 4041676 and KB 4041691 and the error INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE leading the downward spiral.
Computerworld Woody on Windows.
Oh, and I switched over to MS-DEFCON 1. You’d have to be a certified masochist to install this month’s patches.
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