KB3013455 (MS15-010) causes font corruption

Anonymous
2015-02-10T21:06:56+00:00

February 2015 update KB3013455 causes 'Courier New' font corruption on some Windows systems, I can confirm it for Windows Server 2003 and 2008. You can verify it in Notepad. Removing the update fixes the issue.

Windows 7 and 8.1 are not affected by the update.

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Anonymous
2015-02-12T05:17:15+00:00

Yes Remove/Add Program >> View Installed Windows Updates >> I added the column to display installation date, reverse sorted and found "3013455" ((this update), then Uninstalled it.

This was common in the late 90's/early 2000's, had to remember which updates not to install that would break things. It's been solid for at least a decade, now this.

I don't really care what the fix is for. If I can't read my screen from my chair, I need to resolve it to do my job (own a web design firm).

I share the same opinion as this article "...the bottom line here is that if you want to be able to actually read the screen, you'll want to hold off installing this update until the problem is fixed."

http://windowsitpro.com/msrc/patch-tuesday-font-corruption-kb3013455

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Anonymous
2015-02-18T18:42:43+00:00

The link for all downloads is:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/search/Results.aspx?q=kb3013455&form=DLC

Choose your OS from the half dozen big options at the top and it brings you right to the download page.

Hit the big red download button and it should offer you two updates:

kb3013455   (the original that breaks fonts)

and

KB3037639  (the secondary update to fix fonts)

I installed the original, said do not reboot, and installed the second.

After reboot I appear patched and my fonts are good.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-02-16T20:59:45+00:00

    So I don't know about the rest of you but I still have quite a few applications that are windows only.  So this idea that there are alternatives - well yes there are.  And have been for many years.  But they two have security issues.  Apple gets updates just like Windows and I've bricked an ipad and had to recover it just this weekend.  I have an Ubuntu laptop and have dependency problems and can't update it fully. 

    And then there's that pesky issue of "fill in the blank" runs on Windows.

    Is the grass greener on another platform?  I have personally used all three.  All of them have quirks.

    In the meantime let's see if I can push a little harder for fixing this.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-02-16T23:35:20+00:00

    If this is not fixed by the end of the week I am uninstalling this update. I've already called Microsoft Customer Service and they're acting clueless like they don't know what the problem is right now.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-02-17T01:26:48+00:00

    I've uninstalled the update (KB3013455) and disabled automatic updates. It notifies me every time I turn my computer on and it's annoying, but less annoying than some of the font degradation, and I'm not installing it until they have fixed the problem.

    Having said that, I'll always be a Windows/PC and Android person. They may have issues from time to time, but so does Apple and EVERYONE else... Welcome to Earth!

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