Win7/8.1/Server patch conflicts abated, somewhat, but it’s still too early to install the April crop
A week ago, Microsoft released six patches that brought many machines to their knees. As I explained last Friday, when the dust cleared, it was apparent that all six of these April patches:
- Win7 and Server 2008 R2 Monthly Rollup (KB 4493472) and Security-only (KB 4493448) patches
- Win8.1 and Server 2012 R2 Monthly Rollup (KB 4493446) and Security-only (KB 4493467) patches
- Server 2012 Monthly Rollup (KB 4493451) and Security-only (KB 4493450 ) patches
would trigger blue screens on reboot on most systems running Sophos antivirus products, and many systems running AV products from Avast and Avira.