Microsoft ha distribuito una patch sbagliata Pre Vista Service Pack 1

Dopo il rilascio delle Patch Pre Vista Service Pack 1 arriva la conferma, Microsoft ammette che c’è stato un pò di caos e la patch KB935509 è stata distribuita tramite Windows Update anche ai possessori di Windows Vista Home Basic e Windows Vista Home Premium.
La patch KB935509 è uno dei prerequisiti al Service Pack 1, è indirizzata ai possessori di Windows Vista Ultimate o Windows Vista Business e serve a Bitlocker, la funzionalità attraverso cui criptiamo una intera unità disco, impedendo accessi non autorizzati.

We had a small number of early customer reports, that in some cases, this update (KB935509) was being offered for installation on all Windows Vista editions vs. just Ultimate and Enterprise. A quick adjustment of the applicability logic was released shortly there-after to refine the edition offering behavior. For systems set to download and install updates automatically, the update will not install even if it has already downloaded, so most people will not be affected by this at all. Customers who installed the initial release of the update on editions other than Ultimate or Enterprise should not be concerned as the update will have no negative impact on their systems – it was designed to install on all versions of Windows Vista, it is just not required on any of the others for SP1.

Sfogliando “Microsoft Update Product Team Blog” scopriamo che il problema “KB935509″ è stato postato il 9 Gennaio, un giorno dopo il rilascio ufficiale delle Patch ma, leggendo i commenti in fondo all’articolo sembra che non ci sia niente di cui preoccuparsi, l’unica persona ad aver avuto dei problemi sembra un possessore di Windows Vista Ultimate mentre gli utenti Windows Vista Home Premium o Basic non hanno segnalato niente di anomalo sui loro sistemi operativi.

I just installed the latest vista updates (ultimate) and after rebooting I got a ARC firmware error. Boot configuration erro: Windows did not properly generate ARC name for HAL and system paths. I called HP and they had me take the CMOS battery out and start it. Shut it down and reset the battery. That got it back up and running. I had rebooted a couple of times since and it was fine. I just installed 1 more vista update and after reboot the same error. I just read Nick White’s blog about the updates messing with the boot loader file. That is probably what is causing my problems.