Microsoft: Only 0.01% Of Machines Were Affected Windows 8.1 August Update Font Issues

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Windows 8.1 August Update

Few weeks back, Microsoft released the Windows 8.1 August Update that include the following new features and improvements:

  • Precision touchpad improvements – three new end-user settings have been added: Leave touch pad on when a mouse is connected; allow right-clicks on the touchpad; double-tap and drag.
  • Miracast Receive – exposes a set of Wi-Fi direct APIs for Independent Hardware Vendor (IHV) drivers or OEM drivers to develop Windows 32-bit applications that run on all supported x86-based or x64-based versions of Windows 8.1, enabling the computer as a Miracast receiver.
  • Minimizing login prompts for SharePoint Online – reduces the number of prompts with federated use in accessing SharePoint Online sites. If you select the “Keep me signed in” check box when you log on for the first time, you will not see prompts for successive access to that SharePoint Online site.

While many of us had no issues after downloading and installing it, some users reported blue screen of death, system instability and few others. Microsoft today acknowledged the issue and removed the download links. Microsoft has also offered guide to fix those issues by uninstalling few updates.

One of the engineers from Microsoft Windows Graphics team replied to a thread describing this error situation. He also revealed that Microsoft is working on hard to release a fix and re-release the Windows 8.1 August update.

Source: Myce

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