Windows Updates

Do you have a Windows operating system and wondering if there are Windows updates for your computer? We highlight new releases, what they do, where you can find them, and how to download them. We’ll also discuss why you need them on your device.

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates June 2022 overview

Microsoft released security updates and non-security updates for all client and server versions of Windows on the June 2022 Patch Day. Other Microsoft products, including Visual Studio, SQL Server, Windows Autopilot, Microsoft […]

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Windows Server out-of-band update addressing authentication issues released

Microsoft released updates for various Windows Server versions that address issues that were experienced after installation of the May 2022 security updates. The updates address the authentication issues and the Microsoft Store […]

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May 2022 Windows 11 update KB5013943 may break apps

If you have installed the May 2022 cumulative update for Windows 11, you may have experienced issues with applications. Certain apps may crash, fail to open, or have other issues on affected […]

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates May 2022 overview

Microsoft released security and non-security updates for its Windows operating system and for other company products on the May 2022 Patch Day. Updates are available for all client and server versions of […]

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Should you install preview updates for Windows 10 or Windows 11?

Microsoft releases at least two updates for its Windows 10 and 11 operating systems per month. The first update is rolled out on the second Tuesday of the month; it includes security […]

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Browsers are crashing with error code 0xc0000022 after installation of the April 2022 Windows Updates

Microsoft released updates for its Windows operating systems on the April 2022 Patch Day. The company did not highlight any major issues in the release notes and the installation appears to have […]

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates April 2022 overview

Microsoft has released security updates and non-security updates for client and server versions of its Windows operating system and other company products, including Microsoft Office, on the April 12, 2022 Patch Tuesday. […]

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Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2, 4.6 and 4.6.1 reach end of support in April 2022

Microsoft Windows users who have installed the Microsoft .NET versions 4.5.2, 4.6 or 4.6.1 will have to install newer versions of Microsoft's framework if they want the framework to be supported by […]

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Microsoft Update Catalog downloads are now using HTTPS

Microsoft's Update Catalog website is a popular destination for downloading Windows Updates from the company. While there are plenty of third-party options available, the Update Catalog website requires just a browser to […]

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates March 2022 overview

It is the second Tuesday of the month, and that means it is Microsoft Patch Day. Microsoft released security updates for its Windows operating system and other company products, including Microsoft Office, […]

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates February 2022 overview

Microsoft released security updates for its Windows operating system and other company products on February 8, 2022. The February 2022 Patch Day is the second of the year and this guides gives […]

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KB5010795 out-of-band update for Windows 11, 10 and Windows Server released

Microsoft released out-of-band updates for Windows 11, Windows Server 2022, Windows 10 and other client and server versions of Windows on January 17, 2022. Microsoft acknowledged that the January 2022 security updates […]

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates January 2022 overview

Microsoft released security updates and non-security updates for all supported versions of its Windows operating system and other company products on January 11, 2022. The first Patch Tuesday of the year 2022is […]

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates December 2021 overview

Microsoft released security updates for all supported versions of the Windows operating system and other company products, such as Microsoft Office, on the December 14, 2021 Patch Day. Updates are already available […]

Get better control over Windows Updates with Get WSUS Content .NET

Get WSUS Content .NET (site is only in German) is a free program for Windows that helps administrators gain more control over the updating process. It enables you to search for Windows […]

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates November 2021 overview

This guide offers an overview of the security updates and non-security updates that Microsoft released for its products on the November 2021 Patch Day. Microsoft released updates for all supported client and […]

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Windows Updates may now Expire

Microsoft enabled a new update expiration policy recently for Windows updates. Updates released for Windows may be flagged as expired by the company now, and that means that these updates won't be […]

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates October 2021 overview

Microsoft released security patches for all supported versions of its Windows operating system today on the October 2021 Patch Tuesday. The company released the first patch for Windows 11, the new version […]

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates September 2021 overview

Today is Patch Day over at Microsoft and the company has released security updates and non-security updates for Windows and other company products. Security updates have been released for all client and […]

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Microsoft has a fix for Windows 10's PSFX_E_MATCHING_BINARY_MISSING update error

Some Windows 10 administrators experienced an odd behavior on devices running Windows 10 version 2004 or higher that started in May 2021. Any attempt at installing cumulative updates for the operating system […]

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates August 2021 overview

Microsoft has released security updates and non-security updates for its Windows operating system on today's Patch Day. Updates are available for all client and server versions of Microsoft Windows, as well as […]

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates July 2021 overview

It is the second Tuesday of the month and that means it is Microsoft Patch Day. Microsoft released security and non-security updates for all supported client and server versions of its Windows […]

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Look out for KB4023057: it is being released again for Windows 10 by Microsoft

In Groundhog Day, Phil Connors is trapped in a time loop in which he relives the same day over and over again. Some Windows 10 administrators may feel the same way when […]

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates June 2021 overview

Microsoft released security updates and non-security updates for all supported client and server versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system as well as other company products. The June 2021 Patch Day is the […]

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Machine Learning training begins to roll out Windows 10 updates more intelligently

Microsoft released a new feature update for its Windows 10 operating system last month. Windows 10 version 21H1 is a smaller update that installs almost as fast on devices running Windows 10 […]

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Try this if you are getting error code 0x800f0922 on Windows 10

If you are getting the error code 0x800f0922 when you are installing the latest cumulative update KB5003173 for Windows 10 versions 2004 and 20H2, then you may have asked yourself about the […]

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates May 2021 overview

It is the second Tuesday of the month, and that means it is Patch Day at Microsoft. Microsoft released security and non-security updates for all supported versions of the company's Windows operating […]

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Known Issue Rollback is Microsoft's latest weapon against Windows update bugs

Known Issue Rollback is a fairly new capability of Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system that is designed as a tool to react to emerging bugs quickly that are introduced by updates. There […]

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates March 2021 overview

Microsoft released security updates and non-security updates on the Marc 2021 Patch Day for all supported versions of Windows and other company products. This guide provides system administrators and home users with […]

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates February 2021 overview

Microsoft released security updates for all supported versions of the company's Windows operating system on the February 2021 patch day. Updates have been released for other company products such as Microsoft Office […]

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Microsoft releases microcode updates for Windows 10 version 1809 and newer

Microsoft released microcode updates, designed to protect Windows 10 systems against Spectre-based attacks, for Windows 10 version 1809, Windows 10 version 1903 and 1909, Windows 10 version 2004, 20H2 and 21H1 this […]

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates January 2021 overview

Today is the first patch day of the year 2021. Microsoft released security updates and non-security updates for the company's Windows operating system and other company products such as Microsoft Office. In […]

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates December 2020 overview

Today is the last Microsoft Patch Day of the year 2020. Microsoft released security updates and non-security updates for all supported client and server versions of the company's Windows operating system, and […]

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Microsoft .NET Core updates will be offered via Microsoft Update

Microsoft announced this week that .NET Core updates will be offered via Microsoft Updates on Windows as of December 2020. The terminology may be confusing, especially to home users who may only […]

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Microsoft will slow down update releases in December 2020

Microsoft announced this week that update processes will change in the month of December 2020 for its Windows operating system. December is a month in which development slows down in many tech […]

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates November 2020 overview

Microsoft has released security updates for all support client and server versions of Windows as well as other company products such as Microsoft Office, Microsoft Edge, and Internet Explorer. Our November 2020 […]

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates October 2020 overview

It is the second Tuesday of October 2020 and that means that it is Microsoft Patch Day. Microsoft released security updates for all supported versions of the company's Windows operating system as […]

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Windows 10 may soon be more helpful in regards to update blockers

If you administrate a Windows 10 device, chance is relatively high that you encountered one or multiple update blockers ever since you started using or administrating the device. Update blockers prevent updates […]

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates September 2020 overview

Welcome to the Microsoft Windows Patch Day overview for September 2020. Microsoft released security updates and non-security updates for all supported client and server operating systems. Other company products have received security […]

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Microsoft pushes out KB4023057 again to enforce Windows 10 upgrades

Windows 10 users who run consumer versions of the operating system and want to stay on a particular version of Windows 10 that is not the recent version, may want to avoid […]


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