We should sticky the info about MS16-072 & Group Policy

Rob-Dunn · 2016-07-20T16:48:47.000Z

I see a LOT of threads (and I don’t get in here as much as I would like), so would it be prudent to post a sticky thread on this particular topic…at least until after a few months go by.

support.microsoft.com

MS16-072: Security update for Group Policy: June 14, 2016 - Microsoft Support

Resolves a vulnerability in Windows that could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker launches a man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack against the traffic passing between a domain controller and the target machine.

davidr4 · 2016-07-20T16:51:25.000Z

People still won’t read it. I’ll just keep copying and pasting the answer

Rob-Dunn · 2016-07-20T17:04:30.000Z

But then you could post “See the sticky” in your most passive-aggro way…

justin1250 · 2016-07-20T17:10:55.000Z

I would say yes but David is probably right. People don’t read signs.

DragonsRule · 2016-07-20T17:38:56.000Z

I’ve got a long thread about it, here:

Beware - Known Issues with update kb3159398 Windows

Has anyone had issues with this? It’s a GPO security update: But there are reports of it breaking GPOs. EDIT: MS has said this is BY DESIGN and thus will not be fixed. This link explains why this is happening and how to fix your GPOs so you can apply this update without issue. Don’t want to read the whole MS article? See this post, later in this thread: https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/post/5917169 EDIT 2: I strongly urge everyone to NOT decline this update. Don’t approve it, …

overdrive · 2016-07-20T17:54:41.000Z

Justin1250:

I would say yes but David is probably right. People don’t read signs.

Partly because there’s too much data and too many signs - sure if you search you’ll find it, but if you don’t know what you’re looking for, and you ask a question instead, you usually get the answer quicker than if you searched for it. Sure it’s repeated, but it’s sorta personalized as they are responding to you specifically.

Rob-Dunn · 2016-07-20T18:00:17.000Z

LarryG.:

I’ve got a long thread about it, here:

Beware - Known Issues with update kb3159398

I say sticky that thing for a few months - it’s still fresh.

Maybe we don’t sticky so much for the other folks, but it would be useful for those of us that want to point them to the main thread.

davidr4 · 2016-07-20T18:04:55.000Z

But then I will lose all my easy BAs

DragonsRule · 2016-07-20T18:05:40.000Z

davidr4:

But then I will lose all my easy BAs

Not if you are the one that replies with a link to it.

davidr4 · 2016-07-20T18:10:03.000Z

LarryG.:

davidr4:

But then I will lose all my easy BAs

Not if you are the one that replies with a link to it.

They may see the sticky and not even post. I like the easy ones

Rod-IT · 2016-07-20T20:09:24.000Z

The thing I find is sticky or not, people don’t actually search too well and the related articles (which is under their new post before they complete it) isn’t actually very ‘in their face’ if they don’t scroll down they wont see it.

I think before the post is made live the ‘related’ searches should pop up and say, is your issue one of these and if not they have the option to say no and continue before posting.

shaneharvey · 2016-07-21T12:10:03.000Z

Maybe we should have Spiceworks make a MOTD on the login page for one month…

Rob-Dunn · 2016-07-21T12:50:05.000Z

Shanetech74:

Maybe we should have Spiceworks make a MOTD on the login page for one month…

You know…that’s a great idea, having the ability to post a MOTD/announcement for groups would be really handy. Do the GA’s already have this ability? I forgot.

justinsitton · 2016-07-21T18:06:06.000Z

Maybe like spiceworks tickets, we need a close duplicate thread option.

DragonsRule · 2016-07-21T18:07:39.000Z

Justin7819:

Maybe like spiceworks tickets, we need a close duplicate thread option.

Report a dupe (using the down arrow in the upper right of the post) and a mod will lock it. I report dupes pretty often.