The latest Patch Tuesday update which has been released previously is known to have caused many problems, including boot loop on servers running Windows Domain Controller, messing with Hyper-V, and rendering storage using ReFS unusable.

Microsoft finally pulled the Windows Server update which was released as Patch Tuesday, after many users reported that the update had a number of bugs, as described above earlier.

Windows users had two misfortunes on the same day that Microsoft also released another update that fixed 97 security vulnerabilities in its monthly Patch Tuesday, which also caused Windows installations to crash for some users.

That update includes Windows Server 2012 R2 KB5009624, Windows Server 2019 KB5009557, and Windows Server 2022 KB5009555 updates. All of the updates listed were found to be problematic.

“Admins at Windows Domain Controller please be careful when installing the January 2022 security update. I’ve been getting a lot of reports of Windows servers not booting at all after installing that Patch Tuesday. Lsass.exe triggers a BSOD with error 0xc0000005. This affects all versions of Windows Server that behave as a domain controller,” said a user who goes by the name BornCity.

The domain controller behaves as a server to process security login requests for Windows computers. Microsoft Hyper-V is the default hypervisor for the latest Windows Server updates, capable of managing virtual machines running the Windows x86-64 operating system.

Then what has changed due to the buggy update is the Resilient File System (ReFS), which is a file system designed in such a way to protect your data and help it stay safe even when it crashes.

The problem with this update also raises its own polemic, because this then raises concerns from admins or organizations and on the other hand it will be increasingly difficult to convince them to immediately update their system if it turns out that the update that was sent turns out to be problematic.

Experts suggest that although Microsoft always recommends updating immediately for device security, it’s best to test it on a single device first, to determine its reliability, before deploying it to more devices.

Microsoft has released an emergency out-of-band (OOB) update to address some of the issues caused by the Windows Update on Patch Tuesday of January 2022. This update will address issues related to VPN networks, and some issues that have caused chaos over the past week.

“Microsoft has shipped the OOB update on January 18, 2022, for some versions of Windows. This update will fix issues with VPN networks, boot lops in Windows Server Domain Controllers, virtual machine crashes and ReFS media not loading,” Microsoft said in a statement.

All of the released OOB updates can be downloaded through the Microsoft update catalogue, and some can be installed directly via the Windows Update page as optional updates.

You’ll need to do a manual check to be able to install emergency fixes via Windows Update, as those are shipped as optional updates and won’t be installed automatically.

Meanwhile, the following updates can only be downloaded and installed through the Microsoft Update Catalog :

• Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 KB5010794
• Windows Server 2012 KB5010797

Updates for the following versions of Windows are also available via the Windows Update page as optional updates:

• Windows 11 version 21H1 original release KB5010795
• Windows Server 2022 KB5010796
• Windows 10 version 21H2 KB5010793
• Windows 10 version 21H1 KB5010793
• Windows 10 version 20H2, Windows Server version 20H2 KB5010793
• Windows 10 version 20H1, Windows Server version 20H1 KB5010793
• Windows 10 version 1909, Windows Server version 1909 KB5010792
• Windows Server 2019 KB5010791 released January 18, 2022
• Windows 10 version 1607, Windows Server 2016 KB5010790
• Windows 10 version 1507 KB5010789
• Windows 7 SP1 KB5010798
• Windows Server 2008 SP2 KB5010799

As previously reported by us, Patch Tuesday in January 2022 caused a number of problems in almost all versions of Windows. Even Microsoft had to pull the update back, so the impact didn’t spread to more devices. Until finally Microsoft released this emergency update as a fix

A former Microsoft executive who was quite prominent in the 1990s had a crazy idea for the company, which was to suggest that Windows and Office be made into separate services. Of course, that would never happen, and it was an outlandish idea for the time.

But if you look at the current conditions, the idea is actually quite interesting, considering that Microsoft is currently focusing on cloud services and doesn’t have much time for Windows to be as good as it can be.

“The right thing to do now is probably looking to the future of cloud services,” said former Microsoft executive Ben Slivka during an interview some time ago.

According to him, Microsoft should separate their Windows and Office services to drive the growth of the cloud computing business.

For information, Slivka is the person who led the development of Microsoft Internet Explorer through the release of version 3.0, and he also had time to write an internal memo that the Web is the next big platform.

The memo he wrote on December 12, 1995, in which he argued that the web would evolve into a full-featured computing platform that would one day surpass Windows. Slivka also stands out for her e-mail messages about Microsoft’s antitrust issues of the era.

Suggesting a separation of Windows and Office is a provocative idea and is seen as mere hype. And it will never happen for a number of reasons. The first is that both services have generated huge profits and revenues of billions of dollars each quarter, and the fate of Office today is closely tied to Microsoft’s cloud service development efforts.

But it’s also worth highlighting that Microsoft’s success with their services and other businesses has a lot to do with their old habits of continuing to support the legacy technology they rely on. Leaving Windows would send a contradictory message to companies now transitioning to cloud-based solutions, and there are still synergies between Microsoft’s legacy business and technology and cloud solutions.

Still, for those who continue to doubt Microsoft’s fidelity to Windows and its ability to keep the product modern and relevant, the idea of ​​a split is an interesting one.

Of course, Microsoft will be devoted to Windows will be able to provide better services than companies that focus on cloud services. Windows is in many ways the only major Microsoft business that doesn’t really align with their cloud services focus.