LDMS versions affected : 9.5 and up
Issue:
LDMS Ignores Cancel and deferral at Software distribution
Cause:
This is a known defect caused by a buffer error on the Microsoft side. This is caused by an update and is an environmental issue rather than a LDMS one.
The update in question is KB2670838.
It seems to change the size of a buffer which is used by the 'snooze' function of the deferral process. When the 'snooze' button is pressed an entry is created in the localsch to 'snooze' the process until the timer runs out, but due to a change in the size of a buffer, this entry appears with strange characters as well which localsch does not recognise causing the defer window to popup again and in some cases just installing the distribution package anyway.
The windows update comes with a lot issues, some can been seen in these threads:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Botched-KB2670838-Windows-7-Update-Workaround-Found-382157.shtml
http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/windows-7-patch-kb-2670838-fries-firefox-fonts-218186
Resolution:
A patch is being developed to fix this issue, and this will either come from Microsoft or a workaround created by us, In the meantime to get this functionality back remove the windows update KB2670838.
This will return the deferral functionality back to normal