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Windows update KB3004394 issues
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Anonymous
Windows update KB3004394 causes the following issues on my Windows 7 x64 Ultimate system:
All MMC functions (Event Viewer, etc.) now require Administrator action, although in an Administrator account.
Windows Defender service will not start
The Windows Defender Service Terminated with the following error
%%-2147023113
Removing it returns the system to normal.
Anyone else experience this?
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Anonymous
2014-12-15T11:12:48+00:00 -
Anonymous
2014-12-15T10:49:32+00:00 Error messages:
KB3024777 3712 (just 3712 , not 80073712 )
KB3004394 80073712(This may be my own fault.I deleted the backup of service pack on December 12)
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Anonymous
2014-12-15T10:39:39+00:00 I'll take a small wager that only those with one or more third-party browsers installed have trouble with this update, and that those who don't have trouble are true-blue IE users.
I was totally unaffected by KB3004394 and I have Firefox and Chrome installed. If you took a wager I hope it was a small one :)
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Anonymous
2014-12-15T09:57:28+00:00 I'll take a small wager that only those with one or more third-party browsers installed have trouble with this update, and that those who don't have trouble are true-blue IE users.
I have six third-party browsers installed, but all I had a problem with is Virtualbox not being able to load any of my VM's. I was also able to remove the specific KB3004394 update easily through the control panel's "view installed updates" screen (this was the morning after, so long before the uninstaller-update was released), and after a reboot all was as it was before.
I have not done the "uninstaller-update" because, indeed, if it's fixed, don't break it :) So can't say much about that.
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Anonymous
2014-12-15T09:35:50+00:00 The KB 3004394 update ... can cause additional problems on computers that are running Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) ... This new update is available to remove KB 3004394 from your computer."
Let's not labour this point. 'If it's fixed, don't break it'. If I find at some stage in the future that I'm having problems, like not being able to install updates, I can always remove KB3004394. I cannot penetrate the logic that says if you're having a problem with not being able to install updates, install this update to solve it. This isn't the first time that MS react in this way.
I'll take a small wager that only those with one or more third-party browsers installed have trouble with this update, and that those who don't have trouble are true-blue IE users.