KB5004945 Windows 10 2004 19041.1083, 20H2 19042.1083, 21H1 19043.1083 Win Update

IronZorg89 · 07 Jul 2021

Anyhow, I am going to keep this "Print Spooler" disabled until MS really sorts this vulnerability out for good. I don't use printing that much.

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smalltown said:

Doesn't that mean you will not be able print at all ?

I hope MS is not going to wait an eternity before getting a good fix for this nightmare. Probably will enable it before and disable it again right after a printing job.

steve108 · 07 Jul 2021

smalltown said:

Doesn't that mean you will not be able print at all ?

I couldn't print to a networked printer after disabling the service.

Since I'm not running a server, I'm just going to leave the service enabled.

JGToy · 07 Jul 2021

Updated without any problems:-

KB5004945 Windows 10 2004 19041.1083, 20H2 19042.1083, 21H1 19043.1083-image.png

Steve C · 08 Jul 2021

Mc Ruff said:

I don't think that is a good idea. It doesn't sound like this hotfix has solved all of the problem.
Microsoft’s emergency patch fails to fix critical “PrintNightmare” vulnerability | Ars Technica

In that case I decided to retain the Group Policy fix to disable network printing

eLPuSHeR · 08 Jul 2021

Microsoft's incomplete PrintNightmare patch fails to fix vulnerability.

Source: Bleepingcomputer.

VBF · 08 Jul 2021

rockfan13 said:

Currently been stuck on 21% for ten minutes. For installation. After being stuck on 100% for ten minutes. This is taking an extremely long time to install.

Either I haven't been paying attention, but now I see a negative sign in front of the 21%. Unless that's always been there in every update.

I got similar symptom on 2 very different PCs - it stuck at 21% for about 10 minutes, then at 74% for a couple of minutes. Installed OK (21H1 (OS Build 19043.1083))

As others have said, even if it's not effective against the vulnerability, my printer isn't available from the 'Net so it's sort of moot.

KCR · 08 Jul 2021

Bree said:

So unless your network is set up so you can print remotely...

I always print more or less remotely. . . .

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Lol. . . .

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erpster4 · 08 Jul 2021

eLPuSHeR said:

Microsoft's incomplete PrintNightmare patch fails to fix vulnerability.

Source: Bleepingcomputer.

Microsoft struggles to wake from PrintNightmare: Latest print spooler patch can be bypassed, researchers say • The Register

The Chaos PrintNightmare Emergency Update (July 6/7, 2021) | Born's Tech and Windows World

skipping KB5004945 and will wait for & install the July 13 Tuesday updates instead

gtspeck · 08 Jul 2021

Updated yesterday, ran SFC and DISM no errors. Seems to have slowed my pre Vista laptop down.

f14tomcat · 08 Jul 2021

erpster4 said:

Microsoft struggles to wake from PrintNightmare: Latest print spooler patch can be bypassed, researchers say • The Register

The Chaos PrintNightmare Emergency Update (July 6/7, 2021) | Born's Tech and Windows World

skipping KB5004945 and will wait for & install the July 13 Tuesday updates instead

In addition, I read this this morning. If a user or Org is susceptible, it's highly recommended to kill (disable) the Print Spooler service, or limit remote printing via GPEDIT. It's in the article.

[Update: It Doesn’t Work] Update Your Windows PC Now to Patch the PrintNightmare Vulnerability – Review Geek