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Microsoft's PrintNightmare update is causing problems for some printers


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July 9, 2021 -- 14:54 GMT (07:54 PDT) | Topic: Security

Microsoft's emergency update which included a fix for the so-called PrintNightmare print spooler problem has the unexpected side-effect of causing a problem with some printers.

"After installing this update, you might have issues printing to certain printers. Most affected printers are receipt or label printers that connect via USB. Note This issue is not related to CVE-2021-34527 or CVE-2021-1675," it said.

"This issue is resolved using Known Issue Rollback (KIR). Please note that it might take up to 24 hours for the resolution to propagate automatically to consumer devices and non-managed business devices.

"Restarting your Windows device might help the resolution apply to your device faster. For enterprise-managed devices that have installed an affected update and encountered this issue, it can be resolved by installing and configuring a special Group Policy," it said.

Printer maker Zebra confirmed that some of its devices were being affected."We are aware of issues affecting multiple brands of printers when printing from PCs that have been recently updated via the Windows Update Service (KB5004945, KB5004760, or KB5003690). The most common symptom is print jobs being sent, but not actually printing," it said.

"This issue is observed after users install the Windows 10 out-of-band security update KB5004945 (or previous updates, KB5004760 and KB5003690). The KB5004945 security update addresses a remote code execution exploit in the Windows Print Spooler service, known as 'PrintNightmare,'"it added.

Microsoft rounded out its patches for Windows 10 systems this week, delivering patches for Windows 10 version 1607, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2012. It was serious enough for Microsoft to release patches for Windows 7, which reached mainstream end of support in January 2020. Microsoft still provides security updates to organizations paying for extended support on Windows 7. 

Microsoft has advised customers to disable the print spooler service until patches are applied. 

The patch introduces some changes to how organizations handle the installation of drivers on Windows machines. It prevents general users from installing printer driver software updates. Some security researchers have found there are ways to bypass Microsoft's patch.

Source: https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-printnightmare-patch-is-now-causing-problems-for-some-printers/?ftag=TREc64629f&bhid=22078230483476385315599228605251&mid=13430781&cid=2210234375&eh=

 

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3 hours ago, slackercruster said:

I hate Microsoft. My printing computer is off line. Don't want any forced updates. My other computers have to suffer from them. I hate, hate Microsoft and Bill Gates but will keep it to myself. 

Yer just jealous cause he's got more money than pockets to put it in . LOL

Goes around , comes around .

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