14 DAY TRIAL // As you have most likely heard by now, some of the patches released by Microsoft as part of this month’s Update Tuesday cycle caused more harm than good and broke down a number of Windows 7 PCs, leading to BSODs that occurred at every first boot.
Microsoft was quick to confirm the issues and told us in a statement that a fix was under development, but until now no other specifics have been provided.
What’s worse, the workarounds that Microsoft provided don’t seem to make any difference in some cases, and a number of users whose computers were impacted by the BSOD say that following the steps that are supposed to correct the problems has basically no result and leaves the errors untouched.
“I'm having the blue screen issue as well, except that for a day now my screen won't work, stays black, so I can't reset, remove the update or enter BIOS (I have an ASUS K55V series notebook). I tried everything that was suggested on the internet but nothing seems to work. Has anyone faced a problem like this?” one user explains on the Microsoft Community forums.
And unexpectedly, frustration among users is growing, and some of them are complaining that Microsoft doesn’t care enough about its consumers to correct these problems fast.
Of course, a number of posts pointed to Google and Apple as two important names that wouldn’t roll out botched updates which could cause so many problems to users.
“These kinds of issues make me nervous and I don't believe Microsoft takes them seriously enough... There should be a more official response and tools to help people deal with these issues,” another affected user wrote.
“An overly verbose Security bulletin where 90% of it is not applicable to any one individual is a pathetic communication medium.. So are user communities. I'm willing to bet Apple or Google wouldn't publish such bulletins. It needs to be as easy to identify and remove the broken updates as it is to install them to begin with.”
As mentioned, Microsoft is already working on a fix, and the company will most likely roll it out before the next Patch Tuesday, just to make sure that issues are repaired and everyone can use their computers flawlessly.
In the meantime, if you’re among these users who are experiencing a BSOD, you could give a shot to this workaround and see if it makes any difference on your computer. Just create a backup (if you can get into Windows in the first place) before everything else in order to make sure that you’re on the safe side.