Earlier today, Microsoft posted this advisory on the official MSDN .NET blog: The July 2018 Security and Quality Rollup updates for .NET Framework was
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Cybertooth
AskWoody PlusSince these updates so often provide the opposite of either “security” or “quality,” perhaps Microsoft should take those words out of the name:
July 2018 Rollup for .NET Framework
More suitable names are possible. Here are a couple, using this month’s .NET patch as a model:
July 2018 Roll of the Dice for .NET Framework
July 2018 YMMV Rollup for .NET Framework
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Nibbled To Death By Ducks
AskWoody PlusJust ran Update again, and the .NET KB4043556 still shows up, but is now unchecked.
Does that qualify as “pulled”? More like Pulled Pork to me… <:
what is going on up there in Redmond? Who’s running this circus, Elmer Fudd?
“When a thing gives you more trouble than it’s worth, it becomes expendable.” (Heinlien?)
We’re getting there.
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Seff
AskWoody PlusIf an update has become unchecked it generally means it’s suspended while being reviewed or “fixed”. It won’t get automatically installed, and so far as manual installation is concerned you should never check an unchecked update and install it – at least without very good reason, and there is no good reason to install any of the July updates at the present time.
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Seff
AskWoody PlusWhat an extraordinary turn of events this month.
Perhaps they should just announce the immediate end of support for all versions of Windows. That way we could all just get on with using our computers in peace, almost certainly without any increased risk to our systems, the biggest threat by far coming from Microsoft these days.
Either that or we just give up on July and see what happens in August. It’s looking increasingly unlikely that we’re going to get to Defcon 3 with this month’s hotchpotch of messery.
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GuestThey show up listed and under important but unchecked on my system. A lot of unaware people out there are going to : OH! these are important, check, check, install. How about just getting them the heck OFF of there. Maybe they sit back and take bets with each other on how many systems they can **** up by unsuspecting people who have no idea what they are reading, except the important part. Good example of just plain don’t give a ____.
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AskWoody_MVPAs cautionary advice, be very careful with any .NET Framework patches, versions, and updates. Different versions work for different software and the software will cease to work entirely if you futz with the .NET Framework versions. Further, .NET Frameworks are chained together in the registry and if you uninstall one of them, any that follow may not work correctly either.
You may think everything is running fine, until you run a program several weeks later that won’t run because that particular .NET Framework is missing.
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AskWoody LoungerA couple of years ago, I ran into a similar issue with the Visual C++ Redistributables. Google Earth kept crashing on one of my machines. The solution was to uninstall all of them, and then to reinstall the needed versions in the proper order.
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AskWoody_MVP“About Visual C++ Redistributable Packages
Visual C++ Redistributable Packages install runtime components of Visual C++ Libraries on a computer that does not have Visual C++ installed. The libraries are required to run applications that are developed by using the corresponding version of Visual C++.”These packages are built over time. Here are the redistributables you may need:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloadsThe quote above is from “More Information” provided in the link.
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GuestThanks for the clarity, needing libraries for different C++ versions is okay. Still weird that those C++ runtimes needed to be installed in a specific order.
.NET as you have revealed its cumulative interdependant nature is very complex now; Do you have to find and install the correct framework version or run a repair utility to fix errors?
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AskWoody LoungerWildBill
AskWoody PlusFrom the “advisory”:
As a team, we regret that this release was shipped with this flaw. This release was tested using our regular and extensive testing process. We discovered while investigating this issue that we have a test hole for the specific combination of COM activation and restricted permissions, including impersonation. We will be mitigating that gap going forward. Again, we are sorry for any inconvenience that this product flaw has caused.
Nice that they “regret” & “are sorry”… but it’s lame. “… our regular and extensive testing process” isn’t that extensive if they release software with bugs. Fortunately, we can rely on Woody’s MS-DEFCON system. A maximum of 16 days before the jump to DEFCON 3… I’ll be amazed if the fixes result in MS-DEFCON 4!
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Charlie
AskWoody PlusIt’s rumored that there were a lot of bricks and excrement all over the MS Update & Patch dept. when Woody’s site went down!
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AskWoody LoungerHave never had problems with .NET Framework patches before and have never uninstalled a .NET patch for any reason being that MS once had reliable and safe patching. When WinUpdate first offered Kb4340556 it was unchecked. Yesterday it was checked and I was not worried about installing it, did the deed and we have not had any issues opening any programs up to now. That being said, with this new post and MS admitting they really messed up, I am not sure if I should go ahead and uninstall or leave it be. Am wondering if problems will start creeping up later. Any thoughts? KB338818 remains unchecked however.
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MemberThis from my point of view as a Windows 7 Pro, Group B user:
So far the BSOD problem with both the Security &Q Rollup and the Security Only patches first distributed by MS on July 10th has been, allegedly, fixed with a later release of a patch that (as I understand it, and correct me if I am wrong) is meant to fix both the S&Q Rollup and the Security Only patches.
The Master Patch List, still to be updated this weekend, so far has Office (all versions) listed with no known problems and, based on previous experience, that is not likely to change, as MS seems to have been putting greater care in the updates to Office than to Windows itself.
The main problem, right now, might be with the .NET updates, which (depending on the user’s type of work) probably can wait, as (to the home or small business user) they may not be the most critical of the lot.
We are still less than two weeks from Patch Tuesday, and individual users like myself, at least, particularly those who are up to date with patches through June with no issues, have no reason to rush and start patching until another week, at least, or DEFCON 3, whichever comes first, those items without any “Known Problems” mentioned in the Master Patch List at that time.
Again, all this from the point of view of a Windows 7, Group B non-SysAdmin, non-gaming user. Windows 10 and those who install Rollups probably face a different situation at this time, as usual.
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AskWoody_MVPHere are .NET Framework downloads:
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AskWoody_MVPAny port in the storm.
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GuestIs anyone away if this comes both the Security/Quality Rollup and the Security updates ie this effects BOTH or just the Quality rollup. The wording of their patches makes things confusing as it is, but the notice makes it sound like the Security Only maybe fine?
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MemberHide and seek updates: the latest rage! Of bewildered, flabbergasted and bemused users!
And nobody ever gets to touch base! Because there isn’t one!
So nobody can ever be “free”! Of this albatross!
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Charlie
AskWoody PlusI always wait until Woody gives a go ahead, and even then wait longer before getting these “updates” nowadays. I don’t like being a Crash Test Dummy!
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AskWoody LoungerThe “fixes” for the July .NET updates are out:
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2018/07/30/net-framework-july-2018-update/You have to manually download or check in to WSUS.
And asking us to close all .NET apps before applying? Cripes, Microsoft
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