{"id":533,"date":"2015-11-11T05:38:34","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T05:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/?p=533"},"modified":"2021-07-31T22:48:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T20:48:00","slug":"optional-windows-update-kb3107998-removes-lenovo-usb-blocker-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2015\/11\/11\/optional-windows-update-kb3107998-removes-lenovo-usb-blocker-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Optional Windows update KB3107998 removes Lenovo USB Blocker tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Update\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Amazon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Update.jpg\" width=\"40\" align=\"left\" height=\"40\">Microsoft has released yesterday also an optional update KB3107998 for Lenovo devices. Update KB3107998 removes <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.lenovo.com\/t5\/Lenovo-B-and-G-Series-Notebooks\/USB-Port-Locker-How-to-What-is-it-used-for\/ta-p\/473137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lenovo USB Blocker<\/a> Version 1.0.0.37, due to system crashes. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I was contacted yesterday about this update from a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/10\/optionales-windows-update-kb3107998-fr-lenovo-pcs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">German user<\/a>. At the time, Microsoft released this update, no further details was available. Searching the web <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20161103183113\/http:\/\/www.sevenforums.com:80\/windows-updates-activation\/385409-kb3107998.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">indicating<\/a>, that no further details was available. I only found a hint, that the update has something to do with Lenovo devices to prevent a system crash. Later on this night I found out, that the optional update is provides for several Windows versions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows Server 2012 R2\n<li>Windows 8.1\n<li>Windows RT 8.1\n<li>Windows Server 2012\n<li>Windows 8\n<li>Windows RT\n<li>Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1)\n<li>Windows 7 SP1 <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Update <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/kb\/3107998\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KB3107998<\/a> removes <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.lenovo.com\/t5\/Lenovo-B-and-G-Series-Notebooks\/USB-Port-Locker-How-to-What-is-it-used-for\/ta-p\/473137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lenovo USB Blocker<\/a> version 1.0.0.37, to fix a problem that occurs after you install <a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/3088195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 2015 security update for Windows Kernel (3088195)<\/a> on a Windows-based computer. Lenovo's USB Blocker tool is typical crapware shipped by OEM vendors. It should block access to USB storage media (thumb drives, hard disks) until the user enters a password. The problem: Such tools tend to collide with kernel patches. After installing <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/kb\/3088195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KB3088195<\/a>, Lenovo systems crashes with a message (see <a href=\"http:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/forum\/windows8_1-update\/system-thread-exception-not-handled-windows-81\/e55f89e1-8197-4bc6-abb8-c3335dd6510a?auth=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>). :<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart. We're just collecting some error information, and then you can restart.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>(Source: Lenovo)<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft identified Lenovo's USB blocker version 1.0.0.37 as a root cause (see also <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160201145334\/https:\/\/support.lenovo.com\/us\/en\/documents\/IG20151022-001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this Lenovo support article<\/a>). In case you are in need for the removed tool, please contact Lenovo for a fixed version. But my 2 cents: Stay with a cleaned system that don't contain this Lenovo crapware.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has released yesterday also an optional update KB3107998 for Lenovo devices. 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