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GabeU's avatar
GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
8 years ago

Same Microsoft Update being installed twice?

Any ideas why this would happen?    
  • C0RR0SIVE's avatar
    C0RR0SIVE
    8 years ago

    There are times where an update is broken, and M$ re-releases it with the same KB to fix the issue, while rare, it does happen...  Below are typical scenarios...

    1: Broken update is released, not horribly broken, but enough to cause issues.  Microsoft leaves it, and re-releases the same update with a few tweaks, everyone downloads and installs the latest version.
    2: Broken update is released, horribly broken and causing issues.  Microsoft pulls the update immediately and re-releases the same update later after other updates are deployed, in hopes of fixing the issues.
    3: Broken update is released, horribly broken, and is on too much of the customer base to pull the update.  Microsoft starts working on one or more updates to fix this update.

    There are a few updates that fall into that #2 category...  Remember my GPU errors where I had to always reload the driver at bootup to play ANY game?  Yeup, it was a broken update that Microsoft deployed 4 different times!

C0RR0SIVE's avatar
C0RR0SIVE
Associate Professor
8 years ago

There are times where an update is broken, and M$ re-releases it with the same KB to fix the issue, while rare, it does happen...  Below are typical scenarios...

1: Broken update is released, not horribly broken, but enough to cause issues.  Microsoft leaves it, and re-releases the same update with a few tweaks, everyone downloads and installs the latest version.
2: Broken update is released, horribly broken and causing issues.  Microsoft pulls the update immediately and re-releases the same update later after other updates are deployed, in hopes of fixing the issues.
3: Broken update is released, horribly broken, and is on too much of the customer base to pull the update.  Microsoft starts working on one or more updates to fix this update.

There are a few updates that fall into that #2 category...  Remember my GPU errors where I had to always reload the driver at bootup to play ANY game?  Yeup, it was a broken update that Microsoft deployed 4 different times!

  • GabeU's avatar
    GabeU
    Distinguished Professor IV
    8 years ago

    C0RR0SIVE

     

    I was wondering if a second release of the update could be the cause, but I wasn't really sure if they did this using the same KB.   I haven't noticed anything acting up, but, of course, there could be a slew of things that aren't working correctly that I have yet to experience, and maybe never would, even if they weren't fixed.  

     

    Thanks for the info.  

     

    Gwalk900

     

    "Because you are a beta tester for MS?"

     

    I'm actually working on becoming an alpha tester!  Woo hoo Windows 10!  :p

       

     

    • donsjgm's avatar
      donsjgm
      Junior
      8 years ago

      Hi Guys,

       

      I'm staying away from Windows as much as possible and only bring it up from time to time for updates. I have however done several installations for friends and family lately.

      I have found that if you update Windows Defender separately BEFORE the M$ update it will pretty much avoid the duplications you're experiencing.

      sfc /scannow (must be run as admin) will detect and correct errors that might have been downloaded incorrectly or corrupted.

       

      I'm still a OS X enthusiast but my secondary OS now days is Oracle Solaris11.3 UNIX. I still love Linux but have had too many crashes and instabilities to run it "on the metal". Solaris is ROCK solid and makes a great hypervisor for a Linux VM. (I like to code using NASM and it's not really Solaris compatible) Crash a VM and you just replace the file or revert to an earlier snapshot. :P

       

      Hope everyone's doing well. c u around

       

      Don  :)

       

       

      • MarkJFine's avatar
        MarkJFine
        Professor
        8 years ago

        donsjgm

        Hmmm.... wonder if Solaris runs under Parallels...

        Even though I hate the idea of Sun being bought by Oracle.