Bork Tuesday, Any Problems Yet?

That was going to be my response. Layoffs and a new CEO. They probably let all of the talented folks go.

 

That makes sense.

 

After the last patch Tuesday I lost my ability to connect with the update site and I have been looking for answers haven't found one yet

 

I think others have had similar problems. Have you tried Microsoft Answers?

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/

 

No not yet

 

Have a look here, I know that people reported the same thing as you are suffering from somewhere here. I can't remember the exact thread though sorry.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_update?tab=Threads

 

Talented folks cost the most, know the most and have invested the most. Leaving a skeleton staff of competent individuals to carry the existing load is even worse. They eventually quit and join the competition or they leave the industry altogether taking their skill set out of the market. A healthy tree does not have a great deal of dead wood on it.

 

That's where I have been looking and googleing for hints like might be DNS or the power shell

 

Except for those rare exceptions, the "whatever issues" cycle thirty days and have been months and months in discovery, forensics and resolution. A few more days unpatched? So what.

Well, like some others here, for me Windows update issues have over the cyber-decades been so few and far between I can't even remember the last one.

But, a week IMHO is not enough. I wait 10 days while I watch my RSS feeds from The Registry, InfoWorld (just to name two) and sundry blogs of relevance for any reports.

It's not whether or not I'm having problems, but if others are having problems. And then choose what to avoid or not.

Cheers.

 

Some people seemed to think it was a DNS problem IIRC, I really don't know if a viable solution was found..

 

Agreed, the talented folks were probably some of the first to go. I hope they get good jobs working for a competitor.

 

I couldn't agree more.

 

I didn't get any problems after installing last updates.

 

Good to know. It's a bit early yet to tell, but there are no signs of a borkfest yet.

 

+1

 

I usually install updates on Tuesday as they come out. I make system image and update. Few reboots to see if all is well. If there's a problem I restore an image (have had to do it once) and wait until they fix it.

 

Installed updates this morning, so far no issues.

 

No problems for me, but for my friend running Windows 8.1, he said he couldn't install any of the updates without crashing.

 

Sometimes it seems or sounds like more of the issues are with Win 8.x. Interesting....

 

I usually wait 2 or 3 hours, check forums to see if any problems. This time over 20 updates,no problems on Win 7.

 

"Windows update KB3004394 issues"
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...4-issues/ace25277-7f65-4486-bc44-c1b106907a18

 

Botched KB 3004394 triggers error messages, but no response from Microsoft (also mentions a fix that prevents KB3002339 from installing)

Hat tip: Warning on recent Windows update.

 

Microsoft pulls Exchange Server 2010 SP3 update rollup 8, KB 2986475

 

Windows 7: Warning - KB3004394 corrupts system files

A post claimed that this update has been pulled.

 

Update KB3004394 breaks Root Certificate in Windows 7/ Windows Server 2008 R2