Sometimes patches make things worse…

Blue Screens

Software is complicated, and often security patches are needed in a hurry so testing may miss something – as in the case of some Windows 10 systems and this month’s Patch Tuesday:

Patch Tuesday update is causing Windows 10 to blue screen • The Register

The page on The Register has comprehensive instructions on a work around if your Windows 10 PC is blue screening. Read them carefully as Microsoft is warning that some fixes, especially those that need you to delete some files, will not work.

P.S.

You still need to run security updates as soon as they become available – broken systems can be fixed – hacked systems are a liability.

The bad side of patches and updates – when it goes wrong…

Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles

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