Tuesday, October 25, 2011

What did Microsoft really do today ?

UPDATE: The explanation page was magically fixed after this post. The other still speaks with a forked tongue.

EARLIER: One update today has no information as of 358 PM EDT (1958 UTC).


The other seemingly contradicts itself.


Article ID: 2603229 - Last Review: October 25, 2011 - Revision: 1.0
The values of the 32-bit versions of two registry entries are incorrect in 64-bit versions of Windows 7 or of Windows Server 2008 R2
SYMPTOMS
On a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows 7 or of Windows Server 2008 R2, the values of the following registry entries are incorrect:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\currentversion\RegisteredOrganization
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\currentversion\RegisteredOwner

However, the values of the 64-bit versions of these registry entries are correct.

Note This issue may cause 32-bit applications on the computer to display incorrect license information.

Huh ?

On a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows 7 or of Windows Server 2008 R2, the values of the following registry entries are incorrect

and

However, the values of the 64-bit versions of these registry entries are correct.

Who wrote this ?

Maybe what they really did was install government spyware ahead of 9 November.

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