Bugs in latest Windows/Office patch bundles create confusion

As of a week ago, Windows 7, 8.1, the various 10s, and Office 2013 and 2016 Click-to-Runs (from Office 365) now have at least one thing in common, and that is they all distribute patches in bunches. The bunches raise a very straightforward question, with a number of possible answers: How will Microsoft fix problems with a buggy patch?

There’s no simple answer. We have a raging discussion over on AskWoody.com about the dilemma, and one way Microsoft seems to be approaching an answer. Yesterday, Martin Brinkmann on ghacks posted a thorough overview, How will Microsoft fix bugs that security updates introduce? He comes to the conclusion, quite correctly, that if Microsoft fixes bugs in Win7/8.1 security patches with fixes in the non-security part of the monthly rollups, then Windows 7 and 8.1 customers will have no choice but to take all of Microsoft’s patches, all of the time  -- or none at all.

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