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| Time:
09:29 EST/14:29 GMT | News Source:
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Last week, Microsoft posted a slew of non-security updates for Windows 7, one of which was titled as follows: "An update is available to improve the stability and the reliability of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2." Unfortunately, according to a thread on Microsoft TechNet, the update (KB977074) is actually breaking the stability and reliability of the operating system.
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#1 By
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Sunday, February 07, 2010 04:02:23 PM
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The historical wisdom of corporate IT gurus to wait to upgrade to a new version of Windows until after the release of service pack 1 appears to be validated again.
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#2 By
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Monday, February 08, 2010 08:21:23 AM
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#1: LOL, good one.
I installed the patch on our W7 systems here and we did not experience any problem. It seems we were lucky this time.
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#3 By
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Monday, February 08, 2010 07:21:34 PM
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Actually, it's SP2 you're supposed to wait for. MS gets it right on version 3, remember (release, SP1, SP2)?
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