Patch Tuesday | March 2017 ?

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Dang if I had reservation before now it is just whack thinking of installing this round now might as well skip it same as January's for a while
Can't system image anyway I have no more hdd space reordered another 1tb hdd Sunday and probably won't show up till Saturday or possibly Monday

What was your disk management configuration by the way C only or did you have a system reserved partition too ?

 

[ethel]

windows update

Hello Thrashzone, The last windows updates I downloaded and installed were in November, as my pc
gives me nice black screens on startup for awhile after installing them. It is running really well now without
them. I know I should do the security only updates, but when they cause trouble they are not worth it.
I know someone who has not updated their Windows 7 machine for 6 years, and everything is still working,
and he has not had any problems. I will probably have another go one day, but do not want any headaches
at the moment.

 

[Callender]

no system reserved and have three partitions. The update screwed up flags, drive labels and letters hence the boot problem. Have now got correct drive letters using partition assistant in PE. Did not try booting into windows. Currently attempting macrium backup restore.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Were your images on the same drive ?
That would not be good if they were

Wow I don't know about 6 years with no updates that's whack
November though as long as it's 2016 wouldn't be all that bad but issues are issues coming from windows updates.
As long as one did not use internet explorer I suppose vulnerabilities can be lessened a tad :/

 

[BlueGuy]

Well, I only had three indicated as important, but only the rollup installed successfully the first time, the Win7 and malicious thing failed on the first go, but succeeded on the second. Each time though Windows wanted to check the consistency of drive P: which is my PortableApps drive containing most of the browsers and utilities I use. Both times I just hit a random key to stop the disk check because in distant times Windows has cocked things up when just ran on its own. Perhaps it is time to migrate the suite to a new USB stick.

?

Did a disk check an hour later from within the GUI hope this satisfies Windows' requirement.

 

[Brds7t7]

As of 10:00am EST: check for win7 updates reveals None. Won't be able to re-check 7 or check the 10box until this afternoon, I have snow to move...

As of 10:00am EST - 20":

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I just got this one:

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EDIT: Okay forget that. It's an old one.

The IE security updates still haven't appeared. I can only assume now that if we go the "Security-only" route then we also have to manually install the IE security updates too. I'm sure those were included in the "security-only" updates before?

Ditto on that. Macrium Reflect backup restore fails. In PE windows partition shows as unallocated. Startup repair advanced options are missing. Looks like I need to delete partition and reinstall windows.

Again....

 

[torchwood]

Only got offered the security Roll-up and MSRT, important, 2664 was optional (telemetry).


Roy

 

[Seffrid]

Only got offered the security Roll-up and MSRT, important, 2664 was optional (telemetry).


Roy

Same here on both my machines, but the optional updates also included a Silverlight one (I don't have it installed so that's hidden) and, on one machine, an AMD SMBus update which I've also hidden.

Nothing will be installed by me for at least a couple of weeks. I shall see what Susan Bradley, Woody Leonhard and other Windows gurus - including those here, of course - make of it all first.

 

[Anak]

I had the security roll-up, MSRT, and hid optional 2664. D/L and install took less than 10". I wish the win10 side would've been as nice but 10 took about 50", here's what I had for win10:



@Callender I didn't have any re-boot issues, maybe your updates D/L became corrupt somehow?

@Brds7t7 I never hid the rollup and I and others are experiencing the same missing IE update, I have IE11. Windows update catalogue (WUC) doesn't say it IE's included.


I also did a WUC search for the IE updates with no results to show.

Yea, 20" Took me 3hours to get what shows done in the pix, I still have 'bout an hour to finish the red outline, and then an hour to clean off the vehicles...Friday the 17th will be my one year anniversary for my triple bypass, I used to get 20" done in 2hours; Walkways, driveway, and vehicles. It's he** when you get old...



@BlueGuy This portableapps drive is it a flash drive and did you try the updates with the flash drive still in the machine? That might be why windows was confused and wanted to run a DSKCHK.


Well... I have some more snow to do but I'll wait until all you guys get here to help , if not I have to get going...

 

[Callender]

Boot issues fixed without reinstalling windows. Had to wipe C and then restore image. Then needed to fix drive letters and paths on non windows partitions.

Now my router has packed up.

Anyway it seems that something in the update screwed up drive letters and labels. Currently backing up all data to 1TB external drive.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

...It's he** when you get old......

You got that right, my friend! Being handicapped to boot is even less fun!

 

[Sky Ranch]

March IE Cumulative Security update is included in the Monthly Quality Rollup. So, if you downloaded the March Rollup it should be updated when you check IE (about).

 

[Anak]

This might clear things up, I hope.
March 2017 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 The last on the list is IE . It's article # matches the KB # I have under Installed Updates KB4012215, and,

The MS17-006 version # for my system matches the version # on my IEabout window: (4012204)

 

[ethel]

windows 7 updates

Hello Anak, On the previous page on Microsoft Update Catalogue is says kb3125574, I am probably wrong
but I thought that one was from May, 2016.

 

[Callender]

Boot issues fixed without reinstalling windows. Had to wipe C and then restore image. Then needed to fix drive letters and paths on non windows partitions.

Now my router has packed up.

Anyway it seems that something in the update screwed up drive letters and labels. Currently backing up all data to 1TB external drive.

Callender I didn't have any re-boot issues, maybe your updates D/L became corrupt somehow?

Okay back up and running okay. I didn't reinstall this month's updates just yet. I'll wait a few days and see if anyone else had similar issues. I don't think the download got corrupted because the update installed okay and it showed up in update history. It was only after the next reboot that I has problems.

Thought router had packed up. However running a check revealed DSL connection down. Replaced Master Socket and ADSL Filter. Still had no connection. Trimmed back a couple of wires and connection started working.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Very strange Callender :/
Good your enough to salvage the install though

 

[Callender]

Callender I didn't have any re-boot issues, maybe your updates D/L became corrupt somehow?

Well update installed okay and showed up in update history after the reboot. It was after the next reboot a few minutes later that I got the problem. Internet connection is now fixed. Had to replace Master Socket and ADSL filter. I'll hold off on this month's updates for a few days and see if anyone else got boot problems.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Post a disk management screen shot just for kicks or the record
Don't wait for my results I'm sitting back for a while or at the least mid next week

 

[Callender]

Here's screenshots. Drive labelled V is a RAMdisk so doesn't show up in the first screenshot.

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EDIT: Don't worry about it. I've figured out what caused the problem (I think)

During repairs I tried lots of things including restoring registry hives and lots of other stuff. Anyway nothing worked but when I managed to stop the startup repair loop one error message mentioned that Windows could'nt boot because of a corrupt CI.dll file. Obviously I tried to replace it but even my backup copies (all of them) gave this error message when attempting to copy or rename them. C:\CIdll is corrupt.

Anyway the updates just showed up again so I downloaded them without installing. Guess what shows up in the list of files to install?

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So I looked it up:

boot critical file C:\CI.dll is corrupt - Microsoft Community

While Windows' repair tool mentions it as the cause, CI.dll IS NOT THE PROBLEM.
The problem is a virus in the HDD Master Boot Record.

So I'm hoping that the update will install okay. I've just tested CI.dll and can copy/ paste/ rename it without any issues so maybe the system image rollback got rid of the culprit.

EDIT: Better check MBR before installing updates. Nothing shows up.

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[Anak]

Hello Anak, On the previous page on Microsoft Update Catalogue is says kb3125574, I am probably wrong
but I thought that one was from May, 2016.

Nice catch ethel, no, you weren't wrong, I grabbed the wrong link, here's a better one: WUC Search results for "4012215" I'll fix the other one.
http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/search.aspx?q=4012215