Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for June 14th 2016

Tried to install 14 or so updates this evening (minus the inevitable W10 update); left it for an hour and a half and it didn't download anything (stuck on 0%) so I'll leave it to the weekend. Thinking maybe loads of people trying to download at the same time.

LevelBest

Ranger4 said:

I thought we were past the slow downloads, but I was Oh, so wrong. June's updates took 2 hours to download & install, after the first failure, which also took an hour. I don't know what's going on, but the large regular monthly updates are becoming a nightmare.

The strange thing is that MSE updates download & install quickly.

The updates are likely to be more of a nightmare if you install them immediately they are offered and without any sense of tactics. There is at least one update this month that is acknowledged now by MS to be problematic (KB3159398) and another that is believed to be critical to updating speed and which should therefore be installed first (KB3161664). It makes no sense to install any updates until they have been fully checked, cleared, and prioritised by experts on a variety of sites.

Hi,


Knowing that the WU must be handled with the proper care nowadays, but just to avoid some unfounded panic about KB3159398, I suggest having a look at:


https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1666296-beware-known-issues-with-update-kb3159398

and find “EDIT 2: I strongly urge everyone to NOT decline this update.”

My system is working fine after updates.

Regards,


itconcerned

itconcerned said:

Hi,


Knowing that the WU must be handled with the proper care nowadays, but just to avoid some unfounded panic about KB3159398, I suggest having a look at:


https://community.spiceworks.com/top...date-kb3159398

and find “EDIT 2: I strongly urge everyone to NOT decline this update.”

My system is working fine after updates.

Regards,

itconcerned

I suggest you and others also read the comments below the article.

It seems to me that the important thing these days is this - whether you decide to install an update or not, don't make that decision the moment the update is offered to you. Rather, wait a few days and see what is being said about it. The only exceptions to that should be in the case of a day zero hotfix, or of course if you're running Windows 10 and don't have any choice in the matter!

“I suggest you...”

Hi,

Thanks for your suggestion, but I am just sharing my own experience about WU without being paranoid about that. Only handling it with the proper care, no panic at all.

Regards,

itconcerned