On Thu, 2016-03-10 at 16:34 +0200, Samuli Seppänen wrote:
A second problem should be limited to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008
R2 installations that are booted through a non-Windows bootloader (e.g.
grub):
<https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3033929>
Is there a link to the corresponding grub bug? In an ideal world,
things like the above would never be posted *without* such a link. But
I suppose we don't necessarily expect Microsoft to do the right thing.
Hopefully *someone* has?
I believe the bug is not in Grub, but in the said Windows update, which
can put the computer into reboot loop:
<http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/kb3033929-
does-not-install-multi-boot-win7-linux/8f35f8f8-c0b2-461a-a8aa-4bbf16c49920?auth=1>
I could not find a bug report in Grub bug tracker[1] using the above KB
number. However, this problem is only tangentially related to the new
OpenVPN installers:
- If KB3033929 has been installed, the problem will manifest itself
regardless of OpenVPN
- If the said update has not been installed, then Windows 7 will/might
fail to verify the signature of the installer and the libraries/binaries
in it, showing "Unknown publisher" in UAC
Lack of the update might become more problematic after I rebuild the
tap-windows6 driver and sign it with our new key, in which case Windows
7 might reject the driver altogether. So that part requires more
thorough pre-release testing.
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Samuli Seppänen
Community Manager
OpenVPN Technologies, Inc
irc freenode net: mattock
[1] <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=grub>
