Microsoft Tells Windows 10 Users to Uninstall Office Prior to Applying Patch Tuesday

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The pitfalls of pre-release software

Microsoft's Gabriel Aul of the Windows Preview team tweeted out some inconvenient news to Windows 10 users who have Office installed. In order to install the crop of updates for this month's Patch Tuesday, Windows 10 users will have to first uninstall Office, or the installer will fail. Once all the security patches are applied, users are free to then reinstall Office on their Windows 10 rigs.
Alternately, Microsoft could have worked on a fix, though "rather than rolling a new fix (losing several days in the process) we're going to publish as-is," Aul said on Twitter. You can view the series of tweets at The Inquirer.
Times like this underscore one of the drawbacks to working with pre-release software. Windows 10 is in Preview form, meaning it's not yet finished and still needs polishing. That's not to say something like this couldn't also occur with finished software, it's just more likely when working with an early build that isn't yet ready for prime time.
December's Patch Tuesday contains seven updates with fixes for two dozen vulnerabilities, four of which are rated Critical and three others rated Important.
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