Any specifics on what issues to watch out for after this Silverlight update, or is this a global notice that everyone should remove the latest update and revert to 5.1.30514.0 ?

Thanks.

Ron,

I don't have any details.

I was reading at one of the forums for MBAE, that people had issues after the Silverlight update.   Initially, the thought was that MBAE was blocking it.   But then others asserted problems independent of MBAE.

I tried to test it this morning, but when I did, Silverlight wouldn't run! --- rather, the Silverlight site just told me I needed a different version, which was older than the one I had installed!    Unless they just didn't update their site yet??? --- which I would say is unlikely.

Anyway, after "downgrading" to the older version, the site then confirmed that my Silverlight was ready for use!

For what it's worth, I only intend on downgrading SL on my one or two primary systems.   I don't know that I use SL at all... and so I won't uninstall/reinstall it "everywhere", unless/until I see I really need it.

I have Sllverlight 5.1.31010.0 installed (Win 7 pro) including yesterday's update KB3011970. 

Just tested it here with their adorable 9 min animated feature. It works fine, even on this old Dimension with its ancient video card with amazing detail.

I've watched that vid dozens of times and it's still fun. Still not sure if I root for the rabbit or for the little critters. :emotion-4: 

As usual, I always wait a week or two to manually get Windows Updates. I've seen too many of these updates that caused problems or were recalled. I figure if  MS could wait a month, they could wait an extra 2 weeks before installing, to make sure they were "safe". This latest Silver Light update is just another case in point.

If this delay in installing Patch Tuesday updates has harmed me, I've yet to see it, over many years.

On balance, I still think the average home user should use Automatic Updates. Do as I say, not as I do.

So Ron, you have the "newer" Silverlight (yesterday's update) installed...

what happens if you go to  http://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight/get-started/install/ ??

That's an impressive video!

Well, that's the question to be answered.   Is Microsoft's test/analysis site buggy?   Or is there in fact a bug with the newest Silverlight, which the site is thus trying to have people uninstall and back-track to a "safer" version??

I go for the former: buggy site.

Betcha the site only does a quickie test:

If installed version number not equal {number} then offer {number}

And they just haven't updated the site to the latest version number yet.  :emotion-4:

Silverlight is working here so unless / until somebody definitively says there's a bug or security hole in the new version I'm leaving it alone. 

You'd think if MS knew there was a real problem, their update site would be pushing out the old version today, especially to users who just automatically and blindly update.

But what do I know...?

The only question I have:   If THEIR test site is not up to date, and if, as a result, I "backed down" to the version they're offering there... then, when I now go to Windows Updates, why doesn't it find the newer version that I was offered yesterday???