While I do take the time to look at General Information surrounding each Security Update

that Microsoft releases, a couple of news articles here and here that surfaced this

week (pertaining to the MS10-021 Security Update) made me go back and have a closer

look at the full Microsoft Security Bulletin details for MS10-021 here.
If you were to open the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section (a section I honestly

don't take the time to read) sure enough, there is a general statement concerning the

prevention of the update from installing if certain abnormal conditions exist on

32-bit systems.
So if you happened to be using WinXP and encountered an error whileperformingan Update

for MS10-021, Microsoft has provided a link here to officially explain what the

error means and what resolution steps can be taken.
Thanks to reader Angela for submitting the second news article referencing this condition.



G.N. White

Handler on Duty

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