A week and a half after pulling an update that caused some users to experience a “blue screen of death,” Microsoft has fixed and rereleased the patch. The update wreaked havoc on user’s computers, making them unable to boot or get into Safe Mode. The problem was so bad Microsoft advised users to uninstall the patch.
Microsoft claims only a “small number of customers experienced problems” but found the issue serious enough to pull the update to fix it. The blue screen of death problem affected mostly Windows 7 64-bit users. The update fixes critical security bugs with the core Windows operating system.
Now that the patch is safe to download again, check Windows Update to check if you have the update waiting for you. Search “Windows Update” in the Start Menu or look in the Control Panel.
Source: Microsoft
Via: The Hacker News
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