{"id":1804,"date":"2015-02-12T14:56:27","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T13:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cloud-client.info\/?p=1804"},"modified":"2015-02-12T17:20:53","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T16:20:53","slug":"windows-update-kb3013455-breaks-font-smoothing-on-windows-xp-server-2003r2-and-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cloud-client.info\/?p=1804","title":{"rendered":"Windows Update KB3013455 breaks Font Smoothing on Windows XP, Server 2003R2 and 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"f1b57b4156f3c43e8a7d72dffc4b2e52\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5449811010861855\";\r\n\/* blog.cloud-client.info 2 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"6689524735\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hello Folks,<\/p>\n<p>if you are using Windows XP as VDI or have old Terminal Server&#8217;s (incl. Citrix solutions) running Microsoft Windows Server 2003R2 or 2008 (32-Bit) you should not deploy KB3013455 which was released during the last Microsoft Patch Day.<\/p>\n<p>The Update will cause a general font smoothing issue with a bunch of fonts and the users will\/can get a much lower user experience if working with a lot of text content.<\/p>\n<p>There is currently no work around for this issue, Windows Server 2008R2\/2012(R2) and Windows 7\/8(.1) do not show any issue once\u00a0the update is applied.<\/p>\n<p>The issue is already confirmed by Microsoft, read also here: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/3036220\">MS15-010<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The MS15-010 article currently doesn&#8217;t mention Windows XP (or Vista) but i was able to reproduce it also with a Windows XP 32-Bit VM.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers<br \/>\nMichael<\/p>\n<p>P.S.: Some Users also reporting issues with Windows Vista 32 Bit but i believe this is less important for VDI environments.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Folks, if you are using Windows XP as VDI or have old Terminal Server&#8217;s (incl. 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