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Microsoft Fixes Patch Installation Snafu

By Nate Mook, BetaNews

February 15, 2006, 12:27 PM

When trying to download the seven security updates released by Microsoft on Tuesday, many users found one of the patches continually failed to install. MS06-007 covered a denial of service attack in the Windows TCP/IP stack. In response, Microsoft has acknowledged the problem and updated the patch.

The issue only affected users trying to upgrade through Automatic Updates, Windows Update, Windows Server Update Services and Systems Management Server 2003 when using the ITMU. Microsoft has since resolved the problem and says the patch will be properly installed the next time Windows checks for updates. Users can also visit Windows Update manually.

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By Micronaut

posted Feb 16, 2006 - 8:22 AM

what does QA mean?

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By Pegusis2

posted Feb 16, 2006 - 10:53 PM

Quality Assurance

It means that if you purchased a product and I purchased the same product that we both paid the equal amount for the same product and that what we would consider to be a fair and desent price.

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By kingkev

posted Feb 16, 2006 - 8:45 PM

QANTAS AIRLINES!

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By athome

posted Feb 16, 2006 - 11:06 AM

Question Answer
Quality Assurance
Quit Asking
Quietly Asleep

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By PC_Tool

posted Feb 16, 2006 - 8:59 AM

Quality Aside.

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By eastmpman

posted Feb 15, 2006 - 8:58 PM

has internal testing become a thing of the past?

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By TheBeastH6

posted Feb 16, 2006 - 12:21 AM

..............................................................................................................yes.

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By robshaw

edited Feb 15, 2006 - 8:14 PM

So it "only" affects 4 different update methods? Gee, it musn't be a big bug then. ;P

And what on earth is "the ITMU"?

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By spiked

posted Feb 15, 2006 - 11:55 PM

Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates, part of SMS 2003.

I don't think your point about "only 4" is very convincing when some of these methods are obviously so obscure that you've never heard of them.

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By Wyojake

posted Feb 15, 2006 - 8:28 PM

went out and downloaded it manually still worked. not a big deal.

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By ZenWarrior

edited Feb 16, 2006 - 1:52 PM

It *is* a big deal. We [geeks and semi-geeks] invariably forget that we are just 1% of the computing population. The remaining 99% saw the download/update did not work, said okay, and moved on to something else.

They did not go to any forums for a solution. They did not call their computer tech for assistance. In fact, is it not the reality that people will not manually perform updates the entire rationale behind Microsoft's auto-update? Answer: Yes.

The thought that the failed update had left their computers less secured than intended *never* crossed the minds of that ninety-nine percent. And how do I know this? I deal with those people every single day. And, they never cease to amaze me.

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By wat0114

posted Feb 17, 2006 - 11:58 AM

Good point you have there and one I won't argue with! The only thing I can say is that most of those non-geeks probably have Automatic Updates enabled (it's enabled by default anyways) so they likely got the patch a day or two later. But, yeah, I'm sure they did move on to something else in the blink of an eye!

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By wat0114

posted Feb 15, 2006 - 8:42 PM

Exactly! It's no big deal. Someone in another thread provided an excellent link to a manual download and it worked perfectly.

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By thoolou

posted Feb 15, 2006 - 1:57 PM

*Sigh*

I miss Linux...

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By GoodThings2Life

posted Feb 15, 2006 - 3:33 PM

You do realize that there is very little stopping you from using it, right?

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By Das mod

posted Feb 15, 2006 - 6:18 PM

lol .....
i couldnt've said better myself

MODs should give you pos. + score for this post

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By jsc315

posted Feb 15, 2006 - 12:47 PM

yea i was having this problem it finaly just worked.

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By Das mod

posted Feb 15, 2006 - 12:38 PM

as carlos mencia would say
"DE-DE-DEE" :P

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