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4. October update KB4524157 almost screwed up my computer
These monthly rollup updates have usually gone without problem but this time something very odd happened. I downloaded and installed the update. Restart took particularly long time and loading desktop failed. Error message said something about failing to connect to remote service (or something of the sort). I restarted. This time desktop loaded, but there was problem with sound device not working, taskbar skin (at the bottom) looking like it came from Windows 95 and error message saying problem with windows service. Also when I tried to shut down the system it would just hang at desktop.
I tried to do system restore to point before update. I don't know if it worked or not because I had to reset with computer's reset button after desktop hang. Now everything seems normal again with this one restart.
I'm just freaking out here. Microsoft has been known to push aggressively their latest version on us but would they go so far as to change these old systems for good? Should I gamble with these updates when I have perfectly good system I'm satisfied with?
Some error messages from Windows logs: (I'm translating)
Winlogon-notification subscriber <GPClient> was not available to handle critical notification event.
Winlogon-notification subscriber <Sens> failed at notification event.