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Posted on 4th May 2024 |
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This report on Neowin details how Microsoft has given up trying to repair a bug that they introduced in one of their patches. Microsoft rolled out two security patches (KB5034441 for Windows 10. and KB5034440 for Windows 11) to fix the BitLocker Secure Boot bypass vulnerability. For some users this introduced an error ("0x80070643 - ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE"). There is a manual workaround for this error, but it is beyond the ability of many users to implement the workaround. Initially, MS said they would issue a patch to repair the error caused by their faulty patch, but now they are saying that an automatic resolution for this issue will not be released, at least for Windows 10 (the situation is unclear for Windows 11) and the only resolution is by the manual workaround. This just shows what an incompetent and irresponsible company Microsoft is. It really is time for users to find an alternative to Windows: either Linux or Mac (which is just badge-engineered Linux). | |