October 10th, 2006
Windows Update broken again?
You know, I really hate saying "I told you so" two weeks in a row (last week it was the arrival of the Vista "kill switch"). But maybe Windows Update really is broken:
Microsoft on Tuesday released a slew of patches for Windows and Office, but a glitch prevented the company from pushing the updates out automatically.
The patches, which include critical fixes for both Office and Windows, can be manually downloaded from Microsoft's Web site, and the company said it hopes the more-automated tools will have the patch available later on Tuesday. Microsoft said that its technical teams "have been working around the clock" to solve the updating problems.
"Due to technical difficulties experienced on the Microsoft Update platform, security updates released today are not currently available via Microsoft Update, Automatic Updates, Windows Server Update Services or Windows Update v6," the software maker said.
Two months ago, I wrote, "The more I look, the more I’m convinced that there’s a substantial problem with Microsoft’s update process. But they’re not willing to talk about it."
And now, two months later, a new round of problems.
Hmmm.
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