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It's Microsoft Patch Tuesday: August 2012

Are the Microsoft patches giving you trouble this month? Maybe your peers can help - describe the problems you are having.

same as others:

When rebooting, I get the following error during the configuration stage; it make it to 15%.

"Failure Configuring Windows Updates
Reverting Changes
Do not turn off your computer"

My computer then restarts. When I get back to my desktop, I again receive the message that I have updates to install.

How do I fix this and get the updates to install?

Win7 Ultimate 64-bit

Following are the updates that do not install:

KB2722913
KB2705219
KB2712808
KB2731847
KB2647753
KB2729094
KB2732487
KB2732500

regards

I had the exact same problem. After running "Mr. Fix-it" from Microsoft, all but KB2647753 go installed. I got to the "Mr. Fix-it" software by clicking on "Troubleshoot ..." in the Windows Update window.

Win7 Pro 64-bit - all our office updates failed in the same way & Fix-it failed to resolve the issue, so we're screwed unless the update resolves itself next month maybe.

I can't fix it despite the fixit function, the troubleshooting files and the assorted downloads offered. NOthing works, Yet occasionally an automatic download appears. Today a download important came down SIX TIMES along with a recommended file in tandem. I have no protection other than a setup file from an dvd which I never got or a reinstall. And I don't trust Microsoft enough even to try

Same problem with 15% install. Tried fix-it and failed.

What finally worked for me was to install the patches one at a time, in the order you listed.

KB2722913
KB2705219
KB2712808
KB2731847
KB2647753
KB2729094
KB2732487
KB2732500

Requires a restart after each patch, although it says not required for the final one, there is still the yellow shield on the shutdown button, so restarted for that one too. Took about an hour and a half.

All patches installed, none so much as burped, so I have no idea which patch caused the problem.

For reference, my system is: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Good luck.

NI.
Don't know if anyone else has encountered this issue, but after installing the August 2012 patches on my two PC's, neither will go into sleep mode.
They are sort of cataonic (screen is black): on but utterly unresponsive...
Sound familar??
Cheers.
Eric

Other than the malware remover, there were 5 August security patches for XP:
KB2705219....2712808....2723135....2731847....2722913
After downloading all at once, one or some combination of them resulted in XP's practically ceasing to function, with various windows taking several minutes to open or not at all, programs not responding, and the Control Panel window very slow to appear and then not fully functioning. Other local users (both Win 7 and XP) also reported problems.

To remove the updates I used safe mode/CP, and, after restarting, XP at first appeared to be back to normal, but with more use it appeared to be quite sluggish - possibly removing the patches did not undo all the changes they made. To make sure, I formatted the drive and restored from a backup made before Patch Tuesday - the result was a substantial improvement in overall performance speed, back to normal.

Others have said that installing the patches one at a time with rebooting each time was successful, but I have to wonder if they made any before and after speed comparisons. I think I will wait before trying to install them again - hopefully, Microsoft will hear all the complaints and replace them with improved versions.

is actually getting them to download

it's 21:08 here now and no sign the updates anywhere

even poking my nose into "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\..."
the last thing I got was the MSE definition update yesterday

on XP they don't usually appear until after Thursday or Friday
one month I waited almost three weeks before the system tray notification appeared

these win 7 systems seem to get them a bit quicker but I've yet to see them actually arrive on Tuesday

... setting up a WSUS server. If you have enough machines to have an AD domain, it is well worth the hassle (it's not much work to set it up, just have a BIG hard drive for the packages to sit on). My WSUS servers seem to get the updates within hours, not days like many report with standalone PCs.

J.Ja

I have been running WSUS for years on a non AD network, it's well worth the hassle and really doesn't take all that many resources other than a more than a few GB of disk space. With Windows 2012 Standard coming out and supporting two VMs, one should consider using using at least one of those VMs for a WSUS server. Although I do have a lot of CPU usage on my own, but I am also managing AV from that same server.

I eventually managed to get all patches installed by installing them one-by-one. Each has a restore point, reboot and two passwords each (TruCrypt System partition and Windows). 56 Minutes. What a waste.

Did MS forget a prerequisite chain or something? I cannot imagine doing this for 500 PC's in the office workplace...what a disaster...

regards

when folks either don't get their updates or have trouble installing them. I run Win 7 Pro 64 bit on an Asus system Intel Quad Core 2.33GHz with 8 gig ram (she's a smoking little machine). I keep her cleaned up weekly with Ccleaner, malwarebytes, and spybot S & D and use Avast Free A/V for my anti virus. Come the second Tuesday of every month, my updates are generally sitting there by early evening (Atlantic Canadian Time) if not before and they pretty much always install without an issue.

This is the norm for me but this time was not one of the norms.

i have never had problems with windows update. i guess at least i do someting right.

Patches failed and had to be backed out. It was scary until I was able to start in safe mode. Don't believe the patches took.

which is having issues. Some years ago there was a problem with patches to one version but the other was OK.

You don't say if you're leaving TR or just giving up this column, but I've enjoyed all your articles. Thanx and good luck with whatever your future brings you.

Did Justin James go to sleep for 48 straigh hours before putting out his blog?
Tech Republic delivered "It's Microsoft Patch Tuesday: August 2012" today, Aug. 15, at 8:31 AM.
What use do I have for his 'recomendations' if I already installed (yesterday Aug. 14) the patches MS listed for my computers??

On XP, 7 or the Beta of 8 everything installed easily and just worked.

Of course the proof of the pudding is in what these updates broke if anything which I've yet to run across. Looks as if I have a few heavy Test Sessions in front of me to check this out.

And sorry to see you go JJ but I hope that everything for you is Onwards and Upwards if that's what you want.

Col

This patch caused mass failure of a number of updates, and when I attempted to install it by itself it rendered my laptop unbootable.

It took several tries with a system recovery CD and system restore before I could get the thing uninstalled and hide that update.

I'd be curious to know if anyone else experienced the same problem.

System: HP dv8t, Win 7 Pro 24 bit, 8 GB RAM, 500 GB and 750 GB hard drives.

That update wouldn't install properly on my PC (W7 Ultimate 64 bit).
It appears in the Update History (successful).
It doesn't appear in the Installed Updates.

Windows Update kept offering it to me (for several hours).
It seems to have given up now though.

Since I always create a backup image before installing updates, I'm debating whether or not to reinstall my pre-update image and try again.

from now on. It is a lot faster than trying those worthless restores. Trying to uninstall them directly has definitely ended in disaster - hence another good reason to simply restore image backup. Takes me about 20 minutes.

There were two updates, KB2596615 & KB 2596856 that keep failing on my Vista system but not my XP or Win 7 laptop. They have to do with Office. I have an older version.
I tried to download and install them manually from the Microsoft site and I think that may have caused a big issue with my PC. I finally got it to boot up. That's the only thing I did that may have almost ruined my PC Startup.

I tired to find help on the Microsoft site but to no avail.

The error message I received was to do with 80070641. I finally have had to "hide" the updates to keep my PC from wanting to update then just to fail again and again.

Thanks for any hints or help.

and obfuscates their support links to no end. But once you get the right 800 number, they finally have to fess up and admit they owe you free support on every messed up update. I think they deserve to pay the cost for making us their guinea pigs.

What is the right 800 number...:-)....???

One machine is hanging on patch 5 of 16. It's been "Installing update 5 of 16..." for over 12 hours. The window also says not to turn off or unplug your machine while installing updates. How do I fix this problem? Anybody have any advice?

Many thanks.... David

Update: Disregard. I took a deep breath and did a force shutdown/reboot. It took some time and a couple of reboots, but the problem worked itself out. Whew....

I have not had any problems with the XP or Windows 7 updates but had several failed updates on Server 2008R2. They installed the second time around so there could be a compatibility issue. The updates, 2731847, 27006045, 2715808 and 2647753.

I had 14 updates on Aug 14. They downloaded and installed fine, but ALL my font settings changed (Desktop, Windows Explorer,"Windows Live Mail" Tree pane, Messages pane, tool bars, IE8, etc.). Also prevented at least one program from opening. I reverted with Syst Restore and got all back to the way it was. Tried a second time,with the same bad results....Did the System Resore again and got everything back.

How can I know which update files caused the problem without having to install all 14 separately with a reboot each time???

Would it be terrible not to install them? I could not find out through searches how to change back all the fonts in all the places they changed, since I don't have Windows 7 Basic theme (many of the font-setting options are grayed out).

Thanks for any advice!

I have a Win7 32 bit PC and my husband has a Win7 64 bit. I installed the updates and then my Internet access didn't work. i knew it wasn't the provider or modem since my husband was still on line. He didn't install updates yet.
I went back to the restore point and everything works. I don't have the time to spend an hour or more doing these 1 at a time. So for now, I'll leave it as it was.