Microsoft Patch Mayhem: February Patch Failure Summary
February was another rough month for anybody having to apply Microsoft patches. We had a couple of posts already covering the Microsoft patch issues, but due to the number of problems, here a quick overview of what has failed so far:
| Bulletin/KB # | Patch | Symptom | Solution |
| MS15-009 KB 3023607 |
SSL fix to address the "POODLE" vulnerability. | Cisco AnyConnect will refuse to connect | run AnyConnect client in Windows 7 or Windows 8 Compatibilty Mode |
| KB2920732 | PowerPoint (functionality fix, not a security patch) | Powerpoint 2013 fails to start on Windows RT | "refresh" your device (see https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2751424 ) or remove patch. Microsoft did withdraw the patch. |
| MS15-010 KB3013455 |
Windows Kernel Mode Drivers | Font quality degrades in Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2003 SP2 (also affected: Windows XP if you paid for extended support). | remove patch |
| KB3001652 | Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime | Patch will not finish installing and "hang" making the system unresponsive |
This patch has to be installed as Administrator. Otherwise, the user will not see a dialog box that needs to be acknowledged to complete the install. Microsoft withdrew the patch and later reissued it. No problems with the re-issued version. There are 3 "versions" of this patch: October 2014: initial release |
In addition, an important reminder that the "Group Policy" patch alone does not fix the actual vulnerability. In addition to applying the patch, you have to enable the new group policy options:
See https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3000483 for details.
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