Microsoft did more than send a stealth update to XP users – it sent a buggy stealth update.
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Let’s start with a fully patched XP system
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Repairing the XP installation
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Repairing the XP installation
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Windows Update DLL files rolled back
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Starting the update process
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Continuing with the update process
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Initial updates come in file … but this brings in the updated Windows Update files
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Windows Update files now updated
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Starting the Windows Update process again …
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… but the downloaded updates fail to install
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… it worked!
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