Microsoft Security Release ISO Images
Microsoft releases a monthly Security Release ISO image which contains the security releases of a particular month packed in a single ISO disc image (sometimes in multiple depending on size as they are always released as single DVD images).
The benefit of this approach is not really obvious for home computer users running just one version of the Windows operating system but if you administrate a network of Windows PCs, be it home or large corporate, then you may find it useful as it provides you with access to all patches of the month.
If you would not have access to the patch DVD, you would have to download the patches individually instead which may take some time, especially if you need to download different versions of a patch for Windows systems.
The size of the ISO image is usually around 450 Megabytes and it contains sometimes only two or three patches in total a couple of Gigabytes. That means, end users are better off using Windows Updates to get their updates while administrators should definitely evaluate the possibility of using the Security Release ISO Images.
Microsoft Security Release ISO Images
Please note that the size has increased significantly in recent time and that the images may even span across multiple discs now.
This DVD5 ISO image is intended for administrators that need to download multiple individual language versions of each security update and that do not use an automated solution such as Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). You can use this ISO image to download multiple updates in all languages at the same time.
Tip: Make sure you select the right language when you are downloading the patches.
2006
- January 2006 - Size: 98 Megabyte
- February 2006 - Size: 323 Megabyte
- March 2006 - Size: 23.6 Megabyte
- April 2006 - Size: 367 Megabyte, 399 Megabyte, 326 Megabyte, 510 Megabyte and 246 Megabyte
- May 2006 - Size: 194 Megabyte
- June 2006 - Size: 161 Megabyte, 228 Megabyte, 276 Megabyte, 340 Megabyte and 339 Megabyte
- July 2006 - Size: 232 Megabyte
- August 2006 - Size: 502 Megabyte, 243 Megabyte and 615 Megabyte
- September 2006 - Size: 469 Megabyte and 150 Megabyte
- October 2006 - Size: 473 Megabyte
- November 2006 - Size: 281 Megabyte, 487 Megabyte and 299 Megabyte
- December 2006 - Size: 338 Megabyte, 545 Megabyte and 305 Megabyte
2007
- January 2007 - Size: 163 Megabyte
- February 2007 - Size: 307 Megabyte, 396 Megabyte, 249 Megabyte, 168 Megabyte and 590 Megabyte
- April 2007 - Size: 626 Megabyte
- May 2007 - Size: 1.7 Gigabyte
- June 2007 - Size: 2.1 Gigabyte
- July 2007 - Size: 235 Megabyte
- August 2007 - Size: 2.7 Gigabyte
- September 2007 - Size: 378 Megabyte
- October 2007 - Size: 2.1 Gigabyte
- November 2007 - Size: 478 Megabyte
- December 2008e - Size: 2.3 Gigabyte
2008
All security disc images for Windows that Microsoft has released in 2008.
- January 2008 - Size: 159 Megabyte
- February 2008 - Size: 2.2 Gigabyte
- April 2008 - Size: 2.3 Gigabyte
- May 2008 - Size: 237 Megabyte
- June 2008 - Size: 2,4 Gigabyte
- July 2008 - Size: 2.2 Gigabyte
- August 2008 - Size: 1.3 Gigabyte
- September 2008 - Size: 260 Megabyte
- October 2008 - Size: 744 Megabyte
- November 2008 - Size: 408 Megabyte
- December 2008 - Size: 785 Megabyte
2009
The 2009 ISO images that contain all security updates for Windows.
- January 2009 - Size: 1.0 Gigabyte
- February 2009 - Size: 1.9 Gigabyte
- March 2009 - Size: 549 Megabyte
- April 2009 - Size: 1.2 Gigabyte
- June 2009 - Size: 599 Megabyte
- July 2009 - Size: 218 Megabyte
- August 2009 - Size: 1.7 Gigabyte
- September 2009 - Size: 700 Megabyte
- October 2009 - Size: 1.6 Gigabyte and 2.7 Gigabyte
- November 2009- Size: 417 Megabyte
- December 2009 - Size: 402 Megabyte and 2.7 Gigabyte
2010
Here you find listed all 2010 Security Release ISO Images for Windows.
- January 2010 - Size: 59 Megabyte
- February 2010 - Size: 896 Megabyte and 2.7 Gigabyte
- March 2010 - Size: 64.4 Megabyte
- April 2010 - Size: 1.0 Gigabyte or 2.7 Gigabyte
- May 2010 - Size: 250 Megabyte
- June 2010 - Size: 1.2 Gigabyte and 2.8 Gigabyte
- July 2010 Security - Size: 103 Megabyte
- August 2010 - Size: 1.5 Gigabyte and 2.6 Gigabyte
- September 2010 - Size: 628 Megabyte
- October 2010- Size: 1.9 Gigabyte and 2.6 Gigabyte
- December 2010- Size: 3.2 Gigabyte
2011
The 2011 released security images for Windows operating systems.
- January 2011 - Size: 116 Megabyte
- February 2011 - Size: 1.1 Gigabyte and 2.6 Gigabyte
- March 2011 - Size: 252 Megabyte
- April 2011 - Size: 4.2 Gigabyte
- May 2011 - Size: 26 Megabyte
- June 2011 - Size: 1.6 Gigabyte
- July 2011 - Size: 209 Megabyte
- August 2011 - Size: 3.2 Gigabyte
- September 2011 - Size: 91 Megabyte
- October 2011 - Size: 3.7 Gigabyte
- November 2011 - Size: 370 Megabyte
- December 2011 - Size: 3.4 Gigabyte
2012
All security ISO disc images released in 2012 by Microsoft.
- January 2012 - Size: 851 Megabyte
- February 2012 - Size: 3.1 Gigabyte
- March 2012 - Size: 288 Megabyte
- April 2012 - Size: 3.1 Gigabyte
- May 2012 - Size: 1.9 Gigabyte
- June 2012 - Size: 3.6 Gigabyte
- July 2012 - Size: 1.2 Gigabyte
- August 2012 - Size: 3.3 Gigabyte
- October 2012 - Size: 3.4 Gigabyte
- November 2012 - Size: 1.5 Gigabyte
- December 2012 - Size: 3.3 Gigabyte
2013
The following list links to all security ISO images that Microsoft has published in the year 2013.
- January 2013 - Size: 1.4 Gigabyte
- February 2013 - Size: 5.1 Gigabyte
- March 2013 - Size: 3.0 Gigabyte
- April 2013 - Size: 4.0 Gigabyte
- May 2013 - Size: 2.8 Gigabyte
- June 2013 - Size: 2.3 Gigabyte
- July 2013- Size: 2.7 Gigabyte
- August 2013 - Size: 2.6 Gigabyte
- October 2013- Size: 2.6 Gigabyte
- September 2013- Size: 2.5 Gigabyte
- November 2013 - Size: 2.5 Gigabyte
- December 2013 - Size: 2.5 Gigabyte
2014
All Security ISO images released by Microsoft in 2014.
- January 2014 - Size 43.2 Megabyte
- February 2010 - Size: 3.3 Gigabyte
- March 2014 - Size: 727 Megabyte
- April 2014 - Size: 2.9 Gigabyte
- May 2014 - Size: 1.1 Gigabyte
- June 2014 -Â Size: 2.1 Gigabyte
- July 2014 - Size: 2.0 Gigabyte
- August 2014- Size: 3.5 Gigabyte
- September 2014 - Size: 3.3 GB
- October 2014 - Size: 2.9 GB
- November 2014 - Size: 3.2 GB
- December 2014 - Size: 3.1 GB
2015
Links to all security ISO images that Microsoft released in 2015.
- January 2015 - 373.5 Megabyte
- February 2015 - 3.7 Gigabyte
- March 2015 - 4.1 Gigabyte
- April 2015 - 3 Gigabyte
- May 2015 - 3.7 Gigabyte
- June 2015 - 3.3 Gigabyte
- July 2015 - 4.5 Gigabyte
- August 2015 - 3.2 Gigabyte
- September 2015 - 3.9 Gigabyte
- October 2015 -3.4 Gigabyte
- November 2015 - 3.9 Gigabyte
- December 2015 - 3.2 Gigabyte
2016
The following links point to security images that Microsoft released in 2016.
- January 2016 - 2.2 Gigabyte
- February 2016 - 1.1 Gigabyte
- March 2016 - 843 MB
- April 2016 - 1006 Megabyte
- May 2016 - 1.4 Gigabyte
- June 2016 - 1 Gigabyte
- July 2016 - 836.2 Megabyte
- August 2016 - 1006 Megabyte
- September 2016 -
- October 2016 -
- November 2016 -
- December 2016 -
What mental age of reader are you targeting with the first sentence? 10?
Why not write an article on how to *avoid* upgrading from W10 to W11. Analogous to those like me who avoided upgrading from 7 to 10 for as long as possible.
If your paymaster Microsoft permits it, of course.
5. Rufus
6. Ventoy
PS. I hate reading these “SEO optimized” articles.
I used Rufus to create an installer for a 6th gen intel i5 that had MBR. It upgraded using Setup. No issues except for Win 11 always prompting me to replace my local account. Still using Win 10 Pro on all my other PCs to avoid the bullying.
bit pointless to upgrade for the sake of upgrading as you never know when you’ll get locked out because ms might suddenly not provide updates to unsupported systems.
ps…. time travelling?
written. Jan 15, 2023
Updated • Jan 13, 2023
This happens when you schedule a post in WordPress and update it before setting the publication date.
Anyone willing to downgrade to this awful OS must like inflicting themselves with harm.
I have become convinced now that anybody who has no qualms with using Windows 11/10 must fit into one of the following brackets:
1) Too young to remember a time before W10 and W11 (doesn’t know better)
2) Wants to play the latest games on their PC above anything else (or deeply needs some software which already dropped W7 support)
3) Doesn’t know too much about how computers work, worried that they’d be absolutely lost and in trouble without the “”latest security””
4) Microsoft apologist that tries to justify that the latest “features” and “changes” are actually a good thing, that improve Windows
5) Uses their computer to do a bare minimum of like 3 different things, browse web, check emails, etc, so really doesn’t fuss
Obviously that doesn’t cover everyone, there’s also the category that:
6) Actually liked W7 more than 10, and held out as long as possible before switching, begrudgingly uses 10 now
Have I missed any group off this list?
You have missed in this group just about any professional user that uses business software like CAD programs or ERP Programs which are 99% of all professional users from this list.
Linux doesn’t help anyone who is not a linux kid and apple is just a fancy facebook machine.
Microsoft has removed KB5029351 update
only from windows update though
KB5029351 is still available from the ms update catalog site
1. This update is labaled as PREVIEW if it causes issues to unintelligent people, then they shouldn’t have allowed Preview updates ot install.
2. I have installed it in a 11 years old computer, and no problems at all.
3. Making a big drama over a bluescreen for an updated labeled as preview is ridiculous.
This is probably another BS internet drama where people ran programs and scripts that modified the registry until they broke Windows, just for removing stuff that they weren’t even using just for the sake of it.
Maybe people should stop playing geeks and actually either use Windows 10 or Windows 11, but don’t try to modify things just for the sake of it.
Sometimes removing or stopping things (like defender is a perfect example) only need intelligence, not scripts or 3rd party programs that might mess with windows.
Windows 11 was a pointless release, it was just created because some of the Windows team wanted to boost sales with some sort of new and improved Windows 10. Instead, Microsoft cannot support one version well let alone two.
Windows 11 is the worst ugly shame by Microsoft ever. They should release with every new W11 version a complete free version of Starallback inside just to make this sh** OS functionally again.
motherboard maker MSI has recently released a statement regarding the “unsupported processor” blue screen error for their boards using Intel 600/700 series chipsets & to avoid the KB5029351 Win11 update:
https://www.msi.com/news/detail/MSI-On–UNSUPPORTED-PROCESSOR–Error-Message-of-Windows-11-Update-KB5029351-Preview-142215
check out the following recent articles:
Neowin – Microsoft puts little blame on its Windows update after UNSUPPORTED PROCESSOR BSOD bug:
https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-puts-little-blame-on-its-windows-update-after-unsupported-processor-bsod-bug/
BleepingComputer – Microsoft blames ‘unsupported processor’ blue screens on OEM vendors:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-blames-unsupported-processor-blue-screens-on-oem-vendors/
While there may be changes or updates to the Windows 10 Store for Business and Education in the future, it is premature to conclude that it will be discontinued based solely on rumors.
My advice, I left win 15 years ago. Now I’m a happy linux user (linuxmint) but there is Centos, Fedora, Ubuntu depending on your needs.
motherboard maker MSI has recently released new BIOS/firmware updates for their Intel 600 & 700 series motherboards to fix the “UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR” problem (Sept. 6):
https://www.msi.com/news/detail/Updated-BIOS-fixes-Error-Message–UNSUPPORTED-PROCESSOR–caused-BSOD-on-MSI-s-Intel-700-and-600-Series-Motherboards-142277
I try to disable the Diagnostics Tracking Service (Connected Devices Platform User Services) but it wont let me disable it, any help will be greatly appreciated.
Tank you for your help