Every Month I dread Patch Tuesday where Microsoft forces me to take updates because after the update the virus scanner runs and the whole computer is slow. This month took a nasty turn and my main development PC is running very slow for shell operations such as browsing the Control Panel (which is broken) or getting right click menu options up in Windows Explorer.
Another nasty symptom post patch is being told that "We're sorry, but Excel has run into an error that is preventing it from working correctly. Excel will need to be closed as a result. Would you like us to repair now?
Here is the dialog box screenshot
If one takes the repair Excel then works.
Nevertheless this really does contribute to the sense that this month's patch (Nov 2017) is rogue!
C'mon Microsoft don't break my computer!
Note Patch Tuesday was last week and tried rolling back some of the patches to reverse my difficulties such as the following...
| Install Date | Link | Restart time | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/11/2017 | KB4048958 | Restarted 14:58 | Result:Not fixed |
| 16/11/2017 | KB4041777 | Restarted 16:33 | Result:Not fixed |
| 16/11/2017 | KB2976978 | Restarted 17:25 | Result:Not fixed |
| 15/11/2017 | KB4048951 | Restarted 19:33 | Result:Not fixed |
After rolling back the above (to no relief), today Microsoft insisted upon reinstalling. Good grief!
To run the Add or Remove Programs control panel app without browsing the Control Panel (which is broken for me) use from a command line 'control.exe appwiz.cpl'
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