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A couple of posts over at MSFN about security flaws from yesterday.
I will just link to both ...
Security Flaws Disclosed Wednesday 03 Jan 2018
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/177345-security-flaws-disclosed-wednesday-03-jan-2018/
I will remove the the two links after this sentence ... MSFN seems to have everything now at the top link.
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Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 01/04/2018 04:46PM by callahan.
So, to sum up, maybe:
Tech gear is not secure, nor is the internet as a whole ??
(Nah, why bother ?!?)
those "emergency" patches back in Jan. 2018 only fixed the security flaws on 64bit systems but not under 32bit systems.
Until this month (March 2018)
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/ADV180002
The 32bit version of the KB4088875 rollup update for x86 Windows 7 SP1 contains the fix, however, this specific update causes blue screen errors when installed on old computers using CPUs with either PAE disabled (or not available) or CPUs that do not have SSE2 support [ex. amd athlon xp, intel pentium 3, etc.]
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4088875
Microsoft has documented these problems in the support article.
those using 32bit Win7 on these ancient (non-SSE2/non-PAE) CPUs should avoid installing the KB4088875 update until Microsoft comes up with a newer fix for this.
I made sure that I no longer use any more "legacy" processor chips that lack SSE2, PAE & NX/XD support as I just replaced the motherboard that used AMD Athlon XP CPUs in my relative's old HP/Compaq computer with a used board that uses either at least Intel Pentium 4 HT or Pentium D CPUs (socket lga775 or newer). So ALL the PCs that I've encountered use processor chips with SSE2/NX/PAE and I won't deal with anymore compatibility problems with newer Win7 updates released in 2018 & beyond and modern programs.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/16/2018 06:11PM by 4td8s.
problem partially fixed in the April 2018 rollup update - KB4093118 and no longer requires the "Qualitycompat" registry key (at least for non-PAE systems). KB4093118 will also cause BSODs on non-SSE2 machines so wait again next month for a newer update.
KB4103718 fixes a memory leak on SMB servers running either Win7 or SRV2k8 R2 but still causes BSODs on PCs with non-SSE2 processors.
All which isn't K-Meleon related.
Microsoft Issues Emergency Windows Update
Posted by:
callahan
Date: January 04, 2018 09:38AM
A couple of posts over at MSFN about security flaws from yesterday.
I will just link to both ...
Security Flaws Disclosed Wednesday 03 Jan 2018
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/177345-security-flaws-disclosed-wednesday-03-jan-2018/
I will remove the the two links after this sentence ... MSFN seems to have everything now at the top link.
...
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 01/04/2018 04:46PM by callahan.
Re: Microsoft Issues Emergency Windows Update
Posted by:
smallhagrid
Date: January 04, 2018 10:05PM
So, to sum up, maybe:
Tech gear is not secure, nor is the internet as a whole ??
Re: Microsoft Issues Emergency Windows Update
Posted by:
4td8s
Date: March 16, 2018 06:02PM
those "emergency" patches back in Jan. 2018 only fixed the security flaws on 64bit systems but not under 32bit systems.
Until this month (March 2018)
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/ADV180002
The 32bit version of the KB4088875 rollup update for x86 Windows 7 SP1 contains the fix, however, this specific update causes blue screen errors when installed on old computers using CPUs with either PAE disabled (or not available) or CPUs that do not have SSE2 support [ex. amd athlon xp, intel pentium 3, etc.]
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4088875
Microsoft has documented these problems in the support article.
those using 32bit Win7 on these ancient (non-SSE2/non-PAE) CPUs should avoid installing the KB4088875 update until Microsoft comes up with a newer fix for this.
I made sure that I no longer use any more "legacy" processor chips that lack SSE2, PAE & NX/XD support as I just replaced the motherboard that used AMD Athlon XP CPUs in my relative's old HP/Compaq computer with a used board that uses either at least Intel Pentium 4 HT or Pentium D CPUs (socket lga775 or newer). So ALL the PCs that I've encountered use processor chips with SSE2/NX/PAE and I won't deal with anymore compatibility problems with newer Win7 updates released in 2018 & beyond and modern programs.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/16/2018 06:11PM by 4td8s.
Re: Microsoft Issues Emergency Windows Update
Posted by:
4td8s
Date: April 11, 2018 11:39PM
Quote
4td8s
The 32bit version of the KB4088875 rollup update for x86 Windows 7 SP1 contains the fix, however, this specific update causes blue screen errors when installed on old computers using CPUs with either PAE disabled (or not available) or CPUs that do not have SSE2 support [ex. amd athlon xp, intel pentium 3, etc.]
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4088875
Microsoft has documented these problems in the support article.
those using 32bit Win7 on these ancient (non-SSE2/non-PAE) CPUs should avoid installing the KB4088875 update until Microsoft comes up with a newer fix for this.
problem partially fixed in the April 2018 rollup update - KB4093118 and no longer requires the "Qualitycompat" registry key (at least for non-PAE systems). KB4093118 will also cause BSODs on non-SSE2 machines so wait again next month for a newer update.
Re: Microsoft Issues Emergency Windows Update
Posted by:
4td8s
Date: May 14, 2018 11:45PM
Quote
4td8s
problem partially fixed in the April 2018 rollup update - KB4093118 and no longer requires the "Qualitycompat" registry key (at least for non-PAE systems). KB4093118 will also cause BSODs on non-SSE2 machines so wait again next month for a newer update.
KB4103718 fixes a memory leak on SMB servers running either Win7 or SRV2k8 R2 but still causes BSODs on PCs with non-SSE2 processors.
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