Citrix Session Recording Sabotages Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday: A Comedy of Errors

Devices with Citrix’s Session Recording are tripping over Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday, causing updates to roll back. Microsoft and Citrix are investigating, but meanwhile, disabling the Session Recording Monitor Service before updating is the workaround. Home users can relax; enterprises, brace for a tech headache with a side of privilege escalation holes.

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Looks like Citrix’s Session Recording software and Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday update are having a bit of a lovers’ quarrel. They just can’t seem to get along, and it’s causing quite the mess. Maybe they should try couples therapy? Or at least coordinate their update schedules better!

Key Points:

  • Citrix’s Session Recording software causes issues with Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday update.
  • Devices roll back updates due to errors after installation.
  • Microsoft’s update includes crucial security fixes, especially for Hyper-V.
  • Citrix provided a workaround requiring users to disable services before updating.
  • Home users are mostly safe, but enterprises might face challenges.

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