p2p news / p2pnet: Bill and the Boyz are apparently blaming HP for most of the problems emerging in the latest Microsoft patches.

In his Washington Post Computer Security column, Brian Krebs quotes Microsoft as saying, for the most part, “the glitches result from problems with some Hewlett-Packard software products, including any HP DeskJet printer that includes a card reader, HP scanners, some HP CD-DVD players/burners, and HP cameras”.

A reader said each time he right-clicked on the Windows desktop, “the computer freezes up,” says the story.

“Robert Blackmon, an attorney and poker buddy of mine who lives in Arlington, sent an e-mail today reporting that his home computer and at least one of his work PCs no longer allows him to use the drop-down tool to change the Windows Explorer address, and that both were having trouble opening or saving files in Microsoft Office. Blackmon said he had to perform a system restore on his Windows PC at home to get it back to normal again.”

For now, Microsoft suggests changes in the Windows registry but, “The trouble with this solution is that mucking around with the registry can be a dangerous proposition, because an errant change can prevent a system from even booting correctly (Microsoft’s advisory says nothing about these dangers),” Krebs rightly points out.

“If you’ve never modified your Windows registry before and you’re experiencing the kinds of problems these readers are having, I would strongly advise you to read (and even print out) Microsoft’s instructions on backing up, editing and restoring system registry settings.”

Also See:
Washington Post - Problems With Latest Windows Patches, April 17, 2006

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