Rollback of Buggy Windows Updates

Sometimes Microsoft rolls out automatic updates that will cause problems on your computer. If this is the case, removing (rolling back) the problematic update may be required. You can remove recent updates with the following steps.

• Open Recovery Console using one of the following
  • Press Shift during restart with GUI -OR-
  • Hitting F8 during boot -OR-
  • Boot from recovery media

Once the Recovery Console is running, get a list of recent updates using one of the following methods:

Linux Distribution History

First, a little history and the answer to the question ‘What the heck is a Linux Distribution?’. When the Linux operating system was young, it was just the Linux kernel. Programmers had fun but the Linux kernel doesn’t interact with people. The kernel is the supervisor managing resources and getting bits and bytes to where they need to go. For Linux to do useful things we have to add programs. It’s the programs that talk to people, do what you ask and finally make you say “Gee, that’s cool”. The kernel, plus all the programs make up the Linux Distribution or distro in geek speak.