Out of curiousity, when was the last time you had a real 'patched' caused issue? Ours was the patch that reset OCS which was a few years ago. It had a limited impact. Since then we've had no patches which nuked anything. (Disclaimer, we can only put approved patches on certain telecom servers by contract so who knows).
Steven On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 4:54 PM, ed ziots <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the heads up on this patch and its "malfesance" > > It aint the first or last time its going to happen. > > EZ > > Edward E. Ziots > Senior Informational Security Engineer > CISSP,Security +,Network+ > > > > Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:07:18 -0500 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: KB2585542 stops access to websites > > > > On 1/11/2012 3:28 PM, Sam Cayze wrote: > > > They outline some steps to disable/enable the update if needed: (Via > > > Registry, which also means GPO) > > > > > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2643584 > > > > So the work-around is .. to not use this "critical" patch. Turn it off > > via registry, GPO, or FixMeNow. > > > > Which means(almost certainly) another patch to fix this patch, coming > > Real Soon Now ... > > > > > > I hate when patches have to be patched before they work right ... > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
