Patch Tuesday updates screw up Vista fonts

[Tim Slattery]

My Vista laptop machine has installed 15 updates for Patch Tuesday.
Now the font rendering seems to be screwed up. My first thought was
that the font smoothing settings had been fouled up, but that doesn't
seem to be the case. ClearType font smoothing is still set, and
selecting Standard, or turning it off altogether makes it even worse.
Does anybody have a clue?

[Bruce Hagen]

Post by Tim Slattery
My Vista laptop machine has installed 15 updates for Patch Tuesday.
Now the font rendering seems to be screwed up. My first thought was
that the font smoothing settings had been fouled up, but that doesn't
seem to be the case. ClearType font smoothing is still set, and
selecting Standard, or turning it off altogether makes it even worse.
Does anybody have a clue?

See this discussion.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-windows_update/kb3013455-ms15-010-causes-font-corruption/8640d38d-19bd-46b6-9af0-6213c05107d3

[Tim Slattery]

Post by Bruce Hagen

Post by Tim Slattery
My Vista laptop machine has installed 15 updates for Patch Tuesday.
Now the font rendering seems to be screwed up. My first thought was
that the font smoothing settings had been fouled up, but that doesn't
seem to be the case. ClearType font smoothing is still set, and
selecting Standard, or turning it off altogether makes it even worse.
Does anybody have a clue?

See this discussion.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-windows_update/kb3013455-ms15-010-causes-font-corruption/8640d38d-19bd-46b6-9af0-6213c05107d3

THANK YOU!! I removed KB3013455, and font rendering is working
properly again.

[Bruce Hagen]

Post by Tim Slattery

Post by Bruce Hagen

Post by Tim Slattery
My Vista laptop machine has installed 15 updates for Patch Tuesday.
Now the font rendering seems to be screwed up. My first thought was
that the font smoothing settings had been fouled up, but that doesn't
seem to be the case. ClearType font smoothing is still set, and
selecting Standard, or turning it off altogether makes it even worse.
Does anybody have a clue?

See this discussion.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-windows_update/kb3013455-ms15-010-causes-font-corruption/8640d38d-19bd-46b6-9af0-6213c05107d3

THANK YOU!! I removed KB3013455, and font rendering is working
properly again.

You're welcome.

[Linea Recta]

Post by Bruce Hagen

Post by Tim Slattery

Post by Bruce Hagen

Post by Tim Slattery
My Vista laptop machine has installed 15 updates for Patch Tuesday.
Now the font rendering seems to be screwed up. My first thought was
that the font smoothing settings had been fouled up, but that doesn't
seem to be the case. ClearType font smoothing is still set, and
selecting Standard, or turning it off altogether makes it even worse.
Does anybody have a clue?

See this discussion.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-windows_update/kb3013455-ms15-010-causes-font-corruption/8640d38d-19bd-46b6-9af0-6213c05107d3

THANK YOU!! I removed KB3013455, and font rendering is working
properly again.

You're welcome.
--

I searched the update history of my Vista notebook for KB3013455, but it
wasn't found?
I do keep Vista up to date...

[Tim Slattery]

Post by Tim Slattery

Post by Bruce Hagen

Post by Tim Slattery
My Vista laptop machine has installed 15 updates for Patch Tuesday.
Now the font rendering seems to be screwed up. My first thought was
that the font smoothing settings had been fouled up, but that doesn't
seem to be the case. ClearType font smoothing is still set, and
selecting Standard, or turning it off altogether makes it even worse.
Does anybody have a clue?

See this discussion.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-windows_update/kb3013455-ms15-010-causes-font-corruption/8640d38d-19bd-46b6-9af0-6213c05107d3

THANK YOU!! I removed KB3013455, and font rendering is working
properly again.

Unfortunately, the machine keeps putting KB3013455 back again! I've
switched my update option to "Download updates but let me decide
whether to install them". We'll see if that helps.

[Bruce Hagen]

Post by Tim Slattery

Post by Tim Slattery

Post by Bruce Hagen

Post by Tim Slattery
My Vista laptop machine has installed 15 updates for Patch Tuesday.
Now the font rendering seems to be screwed up. My first thought was
that the font smoothing settings had been fouled up, but that doesn't
seem to be the case. ClearType font smoothing is still set, and
selecting Standard, or turning it off altogether makes it even worse.
Does anybody have a clue?

See this discussion.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-windows_update/kb3013455-ms15-010-causes-font-corruption/8640d38d-19bd-46b6-9af0-6213c05107d3

THANK YOU!! I removed KB3013455, and font rendering is working
properly again.

Unfortunately, the machine keeps putting KB3013455 back again! I've
switched my update option to "Download updates but let me decide
whether to install them". We'll see if that helps.

Hide the update!

[Tim Slattery]

Post by Bruce Hagen

Post by Tim Slattery

Post by Tim Slattery

Post by Bruce Hagen

Post by Tim Slattery
My Vista laptop machine has installed 15 updates for Patch Tuesday.
Now the font rendering seems to be screwed up. My first thought was
that the font smoothing settings had been fouled up, but that doesn't
seem to be the case. ClearType font smoothing is still set, and
selecting Standard, or turning it off altogether makes it even worse.
Does anybody have a clue?

See this discussion.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-windows_update/kb3013455-ms15-010-causes-font-corruption/8640d38d-19bd-46b6-9af0-6213c05107d3

THANK YOU!! I removed KB3013455, and font rendering is working
properly again.

Unfortunately, the machine keeps putting KB3013455 back again! I've
switched my update option to "Download updates but let me decide
whether to install them". We'll see if that helps.

Hide the update!

How do I do that?

[Bruce Hagen]

Post by Tim Slattery

Post by Bruce Hagen

Post by Tim Slattery

Post by Tim Slattery

Post by Bruce Hagen

Post by Tim Slattery
My Vista laptop machine has installed 15 updates for Patch Tuesday.
Now the font rendering seems to be screwed up. My first thought was
that the font smoothing settings had been fouled up, but that doesn't
seem to be the case. ClearType font smoothing is still set, and
selecting Standard, or turning it off altogether makes it even worse.
Does anybody have a clue?

See this discussion.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-windows_update/kb3013455-ms15-010-causes-font-corruption/8640d38d-19bd-46b6-9af0-6213c05107d3

THANK YOU!! I removed KB3013455, and font rendering is working
properly again.

Unfortunately, the machine keeps putting KB3013455 back again! I've
switched my update option to "Download updates but let me decide
whether to install them". We'll see if that helps.

Hide the update!

How do I do that?

Go to Windows Updates. Single click on the update so you see it in the
*Check updates to install* window and then right click on it and Hide it.

[Tim Slattery]

Post by Bruce Hagen
Go to Windows Updates. Single click on the update so you see it in the
*Check updates to install* window and then right click on it and Hide it.

Thanks for your help. I haven't had to mess with this before, letting
it work automatically was just fine. I think I've got it figured out
now.

[Bruce Hagen]

Post by Tim Slattery

Post by Bruce Hagen
Go to Windows Updates. Single click on the update so you see it in the
*Check updates to install* window and then right click on it and Hide it.

Thanks for your help. I haven't had to mess with this before, letting
it work automatically was just fine. I think I've got it figured out
now.

YW. Winston just put up a good link.

[...winston‫]

Post by Tim Slattery

Post by Bruce Hagen
Hide the update!

How do I do that?

Hide Windows 7 Updates that you do not Ever Want to Install
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff382716.aspx

[David H. Lipman]

Post by Tim Slattery
My Vista laptop machine has installed 15 updates for Patch Tuesday.
Now the font rendering seems to be screwed up. My first thought was
that the font smoothing settings had been fouled up, but that doesn't
seem to be the case. ClearType font smoothing is still set, and
selecting Standard, or turning it off altogether makes it even worse.
Does anybody have a clue?

For me, it was worst in Firefox.

Right-Click on the Desktop.
Choose "Personalize" ---> Window Color and Appearance --> effects
Check the box for; "Use the following method to smooth edges of screen
fonts"
Set it to; ClearType

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Tim Slattery" <***@risingdove.com>

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2885974/patch-management/microsoft-surreptitiously-reissues-kb-3013455-for-vista-windows-server-2003.html#tk.rss_infoworldtechwatch

[s|b]

Post by David H. Lipman
http://www.infoworld.com/article/2885974/patch-management/microsoft-surreptitiously-reissues-kb-3013455-for-vista-windows-server-2003.html#tk.rss_infoworldtechwatch

It's a good thing we're using Windows 7 then...

[David H. Lipman]

Post by s|b

Post by David H. Lipman
http://www.infoworld.com/article/2885974/patch-management/microsoft-surreptitiously-reissues-kb-3013455-for-vista-windows-server-2003.html#tk.rss_infoworldtechwatch

It's a good thing we're using Windows 7 then...

I use both 7 and Vista.