Windows 10: Windows Update on Jan 8, 2019 Breaks Program Using MS Jet 4.0 - WIN XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 10

The recent Windows Update on Jan 8, 2019 breaks our POS Program Using MS Jet 4.0 affecting hundreds of our customers with thousands of computers. It has affected everyone running XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 10 as well as Server.


This update contains a "security update for MS Jet 4.0" but doesn't seem to replace the MSJET40.DLL. Users of our application get "Unrecognized Database Format" errors when accessing files through our program. Rewriting the entire application to use MS Ace or something else then deploying to thousands of computers is not a viable solution.


Removing the Security Update for Microsoft Windows or the Monthly Rollup always repairs the issue. The problem is that Windows 10 users are unable to turn off updates and others who forget to are right back where they started when the update returns.


In July, this "bug" appeared in one of our "Windows 10 Insider Previews: for Windows version 1803. It was promptly fixed in the very next Windows Insider Preview Build and I currently have Insider Build 1809 without that latest patch and everything works as it should. That said, I did have a customer with 1809 who had this issue. I currently have Build 18262.rs_prerelease 181012-1414 from the slow ring.


Please, if anyone has a solution other than removing the Windows Update, please let me know ASAP. I thank you for reading.


Rusty Gordon

Sensible Cinema Software

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Windows 8 rollback to 7 or XP

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Windows 8 rollback to 7 or XP

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