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   mikiem2
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   bleepingcomputer[.]com/news/microsoft/microsoft-march-2024-patch-tuesday-fixes-60-flaws-18-rce-bugs/

   bleepingcomputer[.]com/news/microsoft/windows-10-kb5035845-update-released-with-9-new-changes-fixes/

   bleepingcomputer[.]com/news/microsoft/windows-11-kb5035853-update-released-heres-whats-new/

   I normally wait a few days to see if I or anyone else has problems, but unfortunately I had an issue with Win11 on day one, and while I certainly hope it was a one-off, wanted to post details and the fix.

   What happened was the KB5035853 cumulative update installed, but instead of showing the restart now button, Settings itself appears to have crashed, with a notice that Settings had a problem & to try again later. Restarting Settings & going to Windows Update, checking for updates went into I guess I'd say checking mode, and never stopped -- it never finished to show any or no updates available. After a Windows restart, checking for updates found KB5035853, but that failed during installation. Downloading KB5035853 from the catalog and running it showed KB5035853 was already installed. Downloading the .csv file with the file names and versions included in KB5035853 from the Microsoft bulletin for KB5035853, that appeared to be correct -- KB5035853 had been installed but Windows Update apparently didn't know that. The fix was to stop Windows Update in Services and delete the contents of the Windows\ SoftwareDistribution folder -- after that checking for updates in Windows Update worked properly, and no longer tried to download & install KB5001716.

   Today is Microsoft's March 2024 Patch Tuesday, and security updates have been released for 60 vulnerabilities, including eighteen remote code execution flaws.

   This Patch Tuesday fixes only two critical vulnerabilities: Hyper-V remote code execution and denial of service flaws.

   The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below

   24 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities
   3 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities
   18 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
   6 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
   6 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
   2 Spoofing Vulnerabilities

   The total count of 60 flaws does not include 4 Microsoft Edge flaws fixed on March 7th.

   Furthermore, Microsoft did not disclose any zero-days as part of today's Patch Tuesday updates.

   Posted 1 month ago #
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   mikiem2
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   windowscentral[.]com/software-apps/windows-11/a-new-security-update-for-windows-11-is-riddling-some-users-with-vague-bsod-errors-slow-boot-times-and-dismal-system-performance

   Problems have been reported -- I guess it was inevitable -- with some users experiencing BSODs [Blue Screen of Death] and others reporting reduced performance. Good Luck out there.

   Posted 1 month ago #
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   mikiem2
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   neowin[.]net/news/windows-11-moment-5-kb5035942-causing-install-issues-bsod-black-desktop-screen/

   Some people are reporting update issues with the 2nd March update similar to what I experienced with the Win11 Patch Tuesday update on one of our PCs, where the update completed but Windows Update didn't know that. Worse, it kept trying, and failing to install the same update. Deleting everything in the Windows\ SoftwareDistribution folder stopped Windows Update from trying to install the update, but it never did show up in the update history. I installed the optional update to make sure everything was up to date, and it did install normally, and show up in the history. Reverting to a black desktop has also been reported.

   Posted 3 weeks ago #

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