Updated MS10-015 Security Update and Kernel Update Compatibility Assessment Tool

Posted by Alex Verboon on Tuesday, March 2, 2010

During the past weeks we have seen quite some messages about the MS10-015 security update which can cause bluescreens after being installed. According to a recent post on the Microsoft Security Response Center blog there is a revised installation package for MS10-015 that prevents the update from installing if abnormal conditions exist such as an infection of a computer virus as the Alureon rootkit. More details about the updated MS10-015 security update can be found here

In addition Microsoft today also released the Kernel Update Compatibility Assessment Tool that allows systems administrators who are concerned about deploying MS10-015 throughout their enterprise to perform an upfront assessment to identify clients that could have a compatibility issue with MS10-015.

Beside the Compatibility Tool mpsyschk.exe itself Microsoft has also added a sample batch file that could be added to a corporate logon or startup script. The script executes mpsyschk.exe and reports the status into a log file that can be stored on a central share. In a very large environment you also want to consider to write the status into a local log file and collect the results through a custom inventory on your Systems Management system.