Microsoft has officially acknowledged the issue Woody pointed to yesterday. In the release notes of KB 4088875 this is now listed: new Ethernet
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Microsoft has officially acknowledged the issue Woody pointed to yesterday. In the release notes of KB 4088875 this is now listed: new Ethernet
[See the full post at: Patch Lady – KB 4088875 issue acknowledged]
Susan Bradley Patch Lady
Someone at Microsoft just sent me a message, pointing to the fix shown here:
Symptoms
A new Ethernet virtual Network Interface Card (vNIC) may be created with default settings in place of the previously existing vNIC, causing network issues. Any custom settings on the previous vNIC are still persisted in the registry but unused.
ResolutionTo fix this issue, run the VBS script that’s provided below. Copy and paste this in notepad and save with .vbs extension.
Instructions
Before you run the script, make sure that you back up the following registry key and subkeys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\PCIThis script can be run on physical or virtual computers:
- Immediately prior to installing the Convenience Rollup.
Or- Immediately after installing the Convenience Rollup but prior to restarting the following patch install.
Or- After installing Convenience Rollup 3125574 and restarting even though the computer is in problem state. In this case, another restart will be required after executing the script.
Following is the script:
Option Explicit Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002 Dim oReg : Set oReg = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\default:StdRegProv") Dim oShell : Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Dim sPath, aSub, sKey, aSubToo, sKeyToo, dwValue, Result, SaveResult Dim NotDeleted NotDeleted = 0 ' Get all keys within sPath sPath = "SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\PCI" oReg.EnumKey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, sPath, aSub ' Loop through each key For Each sKey In aSub ' Get all subkeys within the key 'sKey' oReg.EnumKey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, sPath & "\" & sKey, aSubToo For Each sKeyToo In aSubToo Result = oReg.DeleteKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, sPath & "\" & sKey & "\" & sKeyToo & "\" & "\Device Parameters" & "\SlotPersistentInfo") ' Allow failure only if key never existed If (Result = 1) Or (Result > 2) Then NotDeleted = 1 SaveResult = Result End If Next Next If (NotDeleted > 0) Then Wscript.Echo "One or more SlotPersistentInfo keys still exist under HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\PCI\<deviceid>\<subdeviceid>\Device Parameters. Please delete manually. Result = " & Result End If
Thanks, technical01010.
I thin I’m slowly going mad: The following WU’s just popped up on reboot:
KB4088875, (the famous IP/card killer) after being absent for 3 days, KB091290, KB2952664 (telemetry), KB890830 (malicious software removal tool)…
..I’m going to lie down, now…later do a backup/mirror image of the whole drive using Terabyte’s Image for DOS (IFD) and await further instructions from the IT Gurus here. This nonsense could give one a total freak out.
From here it looks like 8875 causes problems, 1290 fixes them.
Wouldn’t it just be easier not to install 8875 in the first place? Or have they fixed it? 400MB of updates; insane.
Win7ProSP1X64x86 and counting down to Ubuntu…
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Win7 Pro SP1 64-bit, Dell Latitude E6330, Intel CORE i5 "Ivy Bridge", 12GB RAM, Group "0Patch", Multiple Air-Gapped backup drives in different locations. Linux Mint Greenhorn
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