March 8th 2016 Security Update Release Summary

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Today we released security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. As a best practice, we encourage customers to apply security updates as soon as they are released.

More information about this month’s security updates and advisories can be found in the Security TechNet Library.

MSRC Team

Source: March 2016 Security Update Release Summary - Microsoft Security Response Center - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

 

[ThrashZone]

Yep 18 of the buggers including office :/
They haven't showed up yet on my asus :/
Note to self is Do not manually check for updates

Showed up on my aser though the M$ update system is weird to say the least

 

[Scottyboy99]

We seem to be having an issue, got our old laptop and I went into manually kick off a check for updates. It's been 'checking for updates' for over an hour now. So slow. Wonder if others see this slowness. Tested internet explorer and browsing is ultra fast so it's not a connectivity issue

 

[themorus]

Yep 18 of the buggers including office :/
They haven't showed up yet on my asus :/
Note to self is Do not manually check for updates

Showed up on my aser though the M$ update system is weird to say the least

I got 28 of them.

 

[Layback Bear]

I got 18 and installed all 18 on one computer without any problems.

 

[cyberSAR]

We seem to be having an issue, got our old laptop and I went into manually kick off a check for updates. It's been 'checking for updates' for over an hour now. So slow. Wonder if others see this slowness. Tested internet explorer and browsing is ultra fast so it's not a connectivity issue

Pretty much normal for Win 7 nowadays. I checked yesterday and early this morning and the check was quick (nothing offered). After release of the updates today it took about 45 minutes - 1 hour when checking.

 

[Swizz]

We seem to be having an issue, got our old laptop and I went into manually kick off a check for updates. It's been 'checking for updates' for over an hour now. So slow. Wonder if others see this slowness. Tested internet explorer and browsing is ultra fast so it's not a connectivity issue

I was only aware of the Updates because my Firewall (ESET) Informed me. Other then that I was expecting to see first light of any Update from tomorrow. So I manually checked..And yes I am experiencing a slowness, as well. Normally when I checked it's no more then 30 seconds if that. Right now, it's roughly around 10 minutes

 

[meebers]

Noticed that KB..2664 tried to sneak in there again with this update, I had to hide it once more. My computer took the longest time, maybe 1/2 hr before it started to down load. 18 updates and upon restart, 1 more. GWX is quiet

 

[Swizz]

I thought it was just me that was experiencing the slowness, with the check up on the actual updates. Saying that I think I will l leave it for 2/3 more days.

 

[Brds7t7]

Noticed that KB..2664 tried to sneak in there again with this update, I had to hide it once more. My computer took the longest time, maybe 1/2 hr before it started to down load. 18 updates and upon restart, 1 more. GWX is quiet

That update has been revised/reissued 17 times now. I've given up trying to hide it as it'll keep being reissued until the free 10 offer expires, possibly even after that. Just leave it in the optional list and then you won't have to hide it every time it comes back. Same goes for GWX, that also keeps getting revised. I don't bother hiding either anymore.

 

[ThrashZone]

Yep me too
No sense in hiding
Why is anyone even looking at the optional section

 

[CarlSD]

Why is anyone even looking at the optional section

Always best to check. Especially these days.

You never know when one of those sneaky W10 updates might be 'accidentally' ticked to install by default.

Myself - I think I'll wait until the weekend to check out this month's updates.

 

[Barman58]

Always best to check your Tin Foil hat for leaks :sarc:

 

[ThrashZone]

With the proper settings that should not be a problem

If the tinfoil hat fits that also should not be a problem

 

[Borg 386]

Always best to check. Especially these days.

Yes, & I would like to thank MS for turning patch Tuesday into a fun, fun time since I now have to check every single update to make sure somethings not getting into my OS that I don't want.

I thought it was just me that was experiencing the slowness, with the check up on the actual updates. Saying that I think I will l leave it for 2/3 more days.

Yep, been having that problem with every Win ver myself, except for 10. That has no problem getting updates right away. Win 7 or 8, you might be waiting for a bit. For a while it looked like I was only having that prob with 7 64, but last time 8.1 64 took forever, as well as 7 32, which never had a problem in the past.

I myself always wait a day or 2 since that debacle with the faulty patches a few months back.

 

[maxseven]

I would like to thank MS for turning patch Tuesday into a fun, fun time since I now have to check every single update to make sure somethings not getting into my OS that I don't want.

I have 6 or 8 computers here and some years ago set one up as a WHS2011 machine, primarily to run WSUS on it (Windows Server Update Services) but it does also allow my PCs to back themselves to it every day.

Anyway a somewhat unexpected benefit of having done this is that now I have for example the Windows 7 Product Classification of "Upgrades" turned OFF/unchecked so I do not even see all of the updates that are actually upGRADES. So I have many fewer Optional updates to check-over than most people, when I do occasionally see updates I don't want, such as recent KB2952664 or 31223862, I can DECLINE them once in WSUS and my client computers never have to deal with them.

I've also found it's nice to be able to compare the updates WHS2011 gets itself, since although it shares a lot with W7, MS is not intent to mess with it (ie. upgrade to W10), so if an update is offered for WHS2011 it must not be strictly related to the W10 campaign.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Always best to check your Tin Foil hat for leaks :sarc:

Your Tin Foil hat cracks are getting old, Nigel. Aren't people allowed to have their own opinions anymore?

 

[Barman58]

My opinion is that a lot of nonsense is talked here by some about alleged spying of user data by Microsoft in Windows 10 and other Operating systems and that a tin foil hat is as likely to stop it as any other method

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

My opinion is that a lot of nonsense is talked here by some about alleged spying of user data by Microsoft in Windows 10 and other Operating systems and that a tin foil hat is as likely to stop it as any other method

The so called spying "nonsense" isn't the only reason many people do not like and or want Win 10. Dislike of the cartoonish GUI, loss of Win 7 features, such as Windows Media Center (that one alone was enough for me), hardware and software incompatibility, forced updates that can brick a computer (and have done so in some cases), a dislike of being nagged to upgrade, especially in the underhanded way MS has been doing it, etc. are all legitimate reasons for not wanting Win 10.

 

[Barman58]

None of those perceived issues is a valid reason to whine on incessantly - It would be much better if the minority of users with these irrational fears was a silent minority and just concentrated on helping users with issues with Windows 7 and not imagined problems with Windows 10