Solved What is KB3177723?

[Wixi]

Hi,

Today KB3177723 appeared under "Important Updates" in Windows Update. A couple of Google searches yielded nothing, and clicking the "More Information" link in Windows Update opens a window with "This page doesn't exist". Does anyone know what this patch is supposed to be? Thanks in advance.

 

[Bertison]

I have the same question, but I have GWX Control Panel, which kills any 10 invaders, so I downloaded KB3177723. GWX did not object and it is a very small update of a few Kb. I received the same "page does not exist" when I tried MS for more information, but what worried me was the same message after trying "More Information" with the accompanying 'Optional' update, which I did not download. Has MS decided to prevent us getting access to More Info regarding updates?

 

[Anak]

I have a feeling that the update procedures at microsoft broke down and someone forgot to link KB3177723 to the 'more information' link in the updates control panel.

KB3177723 is an update for a time zone change for Egypt because they decided not to change to daylight savings time for this year and you need to install it if you are going to spend some time or do business with/in Egypt, if you have no plans for Egypt don't install it.

There is one other undocumented KB that came out (KB3179573) see: http://Windows Updates not documented...? | en.community.dell.com/support

Doing a search with your favorite search engine for KB3177723 will also pick up a third KB, 3179574 that seems to be undocumented, but it's for win8.1

As of this posting, I haven't seen any of these three show up.

 

[Wixi]

Thanks for the info Anak.

I thought there had already been an update for time zone change for Egypt a few months ago, maybe it the same one but upgraded from Optional to Important?

 

[Anak]

You're welcome,

I vaguely remember one for Egypt and there have been others that have been flip/flopped, Russia comes to mind, and one that was a general tune-up for time synchronization as used by windows, It would be difficult trying to hunt them down now.
Changed optional to important? Only microsoft/windows can answer why to that

As I said before concerning these localized time updates; If you have dealings with the area of the world that windows is trying to fix, go ahead and install the update, if not, hide it, it will not hurt to not install it.

 

[DavidE]

The More Info page is available now - Egypt cancels DST.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3177723

 

[Anak]

Thanks for the update on the update David!

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Egypt is smart wish the u.s. would get off this silly daylight saves crap.

 

[Bertison]

Thanks Anak for the original response, MS have now caught onto the (unavailable) "More Information" bit!

Thanks David for further information.

So Microsoft is human after all?

Here in the UK, Daylight Saving is contentious. The futher North you live, the more useful it is in your life. Up here in Lincolnshire, we like the extra sunshine in the Summer evenings.

 

[DavidE]

There is one other undocumented KB that came out (KB3179573)

Info is also available now for KB3179573 - August 2016 update rollup

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3179573

 

[ThrashZone]

Yep I'm leaving that one alone
It's in the optional section.
Thought I saw a survey file in it but can't find that entry on it anymore :/

Properties

Article ID: 3179573 - Last Review: 08/16/2016 16:12:00 - Revision: 1.0
Applies to Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1, Windows 7 Service Pack 1


Keywords:

• kbsurveynew kbfix atdownload kbexpertiseadvanced KB3179573

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/22801/windows-7-and-windows-server-2008-r2-update-history

Updates for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

Hide all
August 16, 2016 — KB3179573 This update includes quality improvements. No new operating system features are being introduced in this update. Key changes include:

• Improved performance on specific networks that have a high-bandwidth and low latency.
• Addressed issue with users encountering a bugcheck, when trying to access a domain DFS namespace (for example, \\contoso.com\SYSVOL) on a computer that is configured to require mutual authentication (by using the UNC Hardened Access feature).
  
  This problem may occur if the selected domain controller has security update KB3161561 installed, and if the SmbServerNameHardeningLevel registry entry is configured to a non-zero value on the domain controller.

For more info about how to get this update and a complete list of affected files, see KB3179573.




July 21, 2016 — KB3172605 This update includes quality improvements. No new operating system features are being introduced and no new security updates are included. Key changes include:

• Improved support in Microsoft Cryptographic Application Programming Interface (CryptoAPI) to help identify websites that use Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA-1).
• Addressed issue in Microsoft Secure Channel (SChannel) that sometime causes Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 connections to fail depending on whether the root certificate is configured as part of the certificate chain for server authentication.

For more info about how to get this update and a complete list of affect files, see KB3172605.

 

[Callender]

I installed KB3179573 about 6 hours ago and no problems so far.

 

[Anak]

Okay boys and girls, I have had the honor of being the recipient of those two updates (9573 optional and 7723 important) they showed up this afternoon (08_19_16) and I hid them both.

I hid 9573 because I'm not seeing any bugchecks and my patch Tuesday routine is working without the horrendous delays. And the 7723 because I just don't have any plans to either do business with or visit Egypt with my desktop.

I may change my mind about 9573 because I do have KB3161561 installed and if the next patch Tuesday causes me problems I may have to rethink 9573's update. 9573 has a lot to do with networking, and there is a vague acknowledgement for 9753 superseding 1561.

This may have been posted elsewhere, and a bit off topic, but it explains what to do if your updates are slow: Search for Windows Updates takes forever? - A possible solution


Related; The October 2016 patch Tuesday and beyond looks to be a watershed:
Further simplifying servicing models for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1

That is all,

Anak

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
You're a rebel

 

[Anak]

Hi,
You're a rebel

Why thank you TZ; I can think of no finer compliment coming from a Texan!

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Yep and it was a compliment

I never have much luck if I hide an Important update
It usually screws up something eventually :mad2: