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
    2015-02-18T20:49:44+00:00

    So If you already have 3013455 installed from earlier, can you just install 3037639?

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-02-18T21:03:42+00:00

    Yes my system is 32bit so I downloaded and installed x86 (Windows6.0-KB3013455-x86 & Windows6.0-KB3037639-x86) in the order suggested by ShawnDream this time.

    After restart, however, the problem still persists.

    Well, I notice slight improvements in some parts and worse font degradation in other parts, menu fonts, for example, but it could be my eyes fooling me which have gotten used to the degraded fonts for a week now.

    I'm gonna try system restore now and see if that improves my situation.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-02-18T21:25:11+00:00

    Yes, if it's still installed, you can run only the second one. If you removed it then you apply both, one by one and then reboot. Be sure to use the package with the correct bitness (x86 only for 32bit systems and x64 only for 64bit systems).

    Here are the download pages again:

    Vista x86: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=45662

    Vista x64: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=45679

    Server 2003 x86: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=45649

    The Vista package should be working on Server 2008 as well, but there are also extra download pages for that (check the next pages in this thread). The Server 2003 package won't install on XP. There is no package for XP that I know of.

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