Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes:

Electronic Arts has had a bad week. Not only has EA been under the gun for the alleged spyware in BF2142, which I previously wrote about, the in-box (or in this case, in-patch) surprises keep coming. According to the readme for the 1.01 patch, you should remove the security update KB917422 in order to play the game.

But before we pile on EA, there’s this:

Blame, however, does not rest EA but with Microsoft, as a quick Google search of KB917422 brings up many gamers, developers, and publishers bitching about the Windows update breaking various games and applications. What have users found is the easiest way to solve the problem? Remove KB917422 or install hotfix KB924867, apparently available by contacting Microsoft directly by calling 800-936-3100. [Source: 1Up]

We Say: As the article says, Googling about KB917422 reveals a lot of issues with it. And apparently this security fix isn’t as necessary as you might be led to believe. But since EA’s been in the news lately, it’s easy to blame it again.

Finally, rather than calling Microsoft about KB924867, you can now find it on its Web site (it was posted on 10/17). The 64-bit version is here.

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