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Admins in outcry as Microsoft fix borks Group Policy


Jasper_The_Rasper
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After Patch Tuesday comes Facepalm Wednesday

 
                                  


 
15 Jun 2016 at 18:27, Shaun Nichols Microsoft's most recent security update is causing problems with Windows Group Policy settings.
 
Users on Reddit and Microsoft support forums are reporting that after the MS16-072 update was installed, changes were made in Group Policy object (GPO) settings that left previously hidden drives and devices accessible.
 
"I installed windows patches last night and this morning found out that there were a number of issues with my GPOs," writes one admin.
 
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nic
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Saw this on reddit yesterday - people were claiming it was messing up their printers on GPO.

Baldrick
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Well, to be fair to them they have been much better in respect to WIndows 10 Updates than previously in Windows 8.1, Windows 7, etc.
 
As they say "to err is human"...and they don't err that often any more...;)

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