14 DAY TRIAL // One of the updates that Microsoft released on Patch Tuesday and supposed to patch the Windows kernel mode drives was causing issues on a number of systems running Windows Vista Sp2, Windows Server 2003 SP2 and 2008 SP2.
The update in question, labeled as KB3013455, has already been pulled by Microsoft after receiving reports on the caused problems, as many users proceeded to removing the patch completely from their computers until the company delivered a fix.
Microsoft says that the botched update caused “text quality degradation,” which made text in Courier and other default Windows fonts very difficult to read, according to a report by InfoWorld, but only on the aforementioned operating systems. The font appears in everything included in the operating system, among which Internet Explorer, documents, apps, and system menus.
“After you install security update 3013455, you may notice some text quality degradation in certain scenarios. The problem occurs on computers that are running the following operating systems: Windows Vista PS2, Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2,” the company said in a short advisory.
New update already up for grabs
Microsoft, however, not only pulled the update but also rolled out a fix shortly after that in the form of KB3037639, which apparently works flawlessly on all Windows versions.
Right now, users experiencing font issues after installing KB3013455 are recommended to check for updates once again to get the fix or to remove it completely to go back to the original configuration. Since this would leave your computer unpatched, you are strongly recommended to download KB3037639, which includes all files of the original patch, as well as fixes for the found bug.
Keep in mind that this fix is only offered to computers running any of the aforementioned OS versions, so you won't get it if your system is powered by Windows 7 or 8.1.