{"id":8,"date":"2014-12-10T14:43:41","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T14:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/?p=8"},"modified":"2024-10-01T15:00:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T13:00:28","slug":"update-kb3004394-breaks-root-certificate-in-windows-7-windows-server-2008-r2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2014\/12\/10\/update-kb3004394-breaks-root-certificate-in-windows-7-windows-server-2008-r2\/","title":{"rendered":"Update KB3004394 breaks Root Certificate in Windows 7\/ Windows Server 2008 R2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"win7\" 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=\"win7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/win7_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"44\" align=\"left\" height=\"42\">[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/10\/windows-7-patchday-rger-mit-update-kb3004394\/\">German<\/a>]Microsoft has released yesterday several Windows updates. One of them, Update KB3004394 seems to damage the Root Certificate Store on some Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 machines.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I noticed this problem during comments left on my to days German blog article <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240101004134\/http:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/10\/microsoft-dezember-2014-patchday-nachlese\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft Dezember 2014-Patchday-Nachlese<\/a>. After installing all updates enrolled from December patch day (December 9. 2014), Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 shows several errors.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some users reported, that Windows doesn't starts anymore (see this German <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drwindows.de\/windows-7-allgemein\/82126-problem-mit-update-kb3004394.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Windows-Forum<\/a> entry).\n<li>Microsoft Memory Management-Console (MMC.exe) suddenly asks for Administrator credentials from UAC, even if an Administrator account is used (see <a href=\"https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/forum\/windows_7-windows_update\/windows-update-kb3004394-issues\/ace25277-7f65-4486-bc44-c1b106907a18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this MS Answers-dicussion<\/a>).\n<li>AMD Control Center CCC OMEGA refuse to install new AMD drivers 14.12 (Omega) with error code 52, claiming an unsigned driver (see <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150117015656\/http:\/\/forums.amd.com:80\/game\/messageview.cfm?catid=454&amp;threadid=181956&amp;STARTPAGE=1&amp;FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">discussion in AMD-Forum<\/a> and at <a href=\"http:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/forum\/windows_7-windows_update\/fixed-patch-tuesday-dec-2014-kb3004394-driver-code\/2bb0fbdd-c8ca-427a-aefb-e3bd5db57c1a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MS Answers<\/a>).\n<li>The Windows Diagnostic Tool reports error 0x800706F7 and doesn't work anymore(see <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20161103191004\/http:\/\/www.sevenforums.com:80\/general-discussion\/354776-windows-diagnostic-tool-error-0x800706f7.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this entry<\/a>).\n<li>Installing Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) fails with error 8004ff91 (see this <a href=\"https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/forum\/windows_7-windows_update\/windows-update-kb3004394-issues\/ace25277-7f65-4486-bc44-c1b106907a18?page=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MS Answers<\/a> discussion).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Searching the web, it seems that Update KB3004394 (which is <a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/3004394\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 2014 update for Windows Root Certificate Program in Windows<\/a>) is the root cause for all this trouble. Update&nbsp; KB3004394 has been rolled out for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2. <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>What does Update KB3004394 do? The Windows Root Certificate Program enables trusted root certificates to be distributed automatically in Windows. Usually, a client computer <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150318042628\/http:\/\/support2.microsoft.com:80\/kb\/931125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">polls root certificate updates<\/a> once a week. After you apply this update, the client computer can receive urgent root certificate updates within 24 hours.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It seems that Update KB3004394 damaged the Root Certificate store on some Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 systems. After installing this update, <em>sfc \/scannow <\/em>reportes a corrupted system. The fix for this issue: Uninstall Update KB3004394 repairs all damaged system components. And don't forgot to block Update KB3004394 in Windows Update, until Microsoft delivers a fixed patch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[German]Microsoft has released yesterday several Windows updates. 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