Seriously? Windows Certificate Enrollment… *Again*?!
Oh joy. Microsoft had another one of their “moments.” Apparently, a bug was causing certificate enrollment to fail for some users – meaning things like secure connections, VPNs, and general network functionality were going tits up. It affected people who’d recently updated Windows, naturally. Because why wouldn’t an update break something that already worked?
The root cause? Some messed-up handling of certificate requests during the enrollment process. They released a fix (KB5034471) to address it, so go install it if you’re experiencing issues. Though honestly, at this point, I’m expecting more breakage than fixes from these clowns.
It seems like they were only aware of the issue after reports started flooding in. Fantastic quality control there, Microsoft. Truly top-notch. They claim it impacts a wide range of Windows versions, so if you use Windows, consider yourself warned. And probably back up your system before touching anything from them.
Honestly, I’m starting to think they just throw code at the wall and see what sticks. And then blame *us* when it doesn’t work.
Related Anecdote: Back in ’98, I had a user who insisted on installing every single piece of shareware he could find. Naturally, his system was a festering pile of malware within a week. He then blamed *me* for not being able to fix it. Microsoft is basically that user, but with billions of dollars and the audacity to call themselves an operating system provider.
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