Windows Vista animated cursor security patch causes problems

Microsoft responded quite swiftly to the animated cursor exploit by releasing a security patch this Tuesday, but you may want to think twice before installing it. There have been various reports of programs malfunctioning as a result of this security patch, particularly anti-virus software which you can read about here. Microsoft also has a knowledge base entry with details for those experiencing difficulties with Realtek Audio.

It’s a good thing that Microsoft is responding so quickly to users’ problems, but at the same time, it’s not all that helpful if your anti-virus goes down. I have not encountered any problems on my computer, but I would suggest uninstalling that update if you were forced to compensate your anti-virus software for the update.

You can easily uninstall the update by navigating to the following location:
Start Pearl > Control Panel > Programs and Features > Installed Updates

You might have a hard time knowing which update is which from the way they are named. You can try scrolling to the right and re-ordering them in the order in which they were released to make things easier.

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