Category Archives: Update

Rollup Updates KB3197867, KB3197868 (Windows 7), and KB3197873, KB3197874 (Windows 8.1)

Posted on 2016-11-09 by guenni

Microsoft has released a couple of Rollup updates for Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and the corrospending Server variants at November 8, 2016. Here are the details, what's inside.

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Windows 10: Updates KB3200970, KB3198586, KB3198585

Posted on 2016-11-09 by guenni

Microsoft has released cumulative updates KB3200970 (Windows 10 Version 1607), KB3198586 (Windows 10 Version 1511), and KB3198585 (Windows 10 RTM). This updates are also available for Windows Server 2016.

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Microsoft Patchday November 8, 2016

Posted on 2016-11-09 by guenni

Microsoft has released a couple of security updates for Windows at November patchday. Also CVE-2016-7255 reported by Google has been fixed. Here is an overview.

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Uninstalling ‘uninstallable’ Windows Updates

Posted on 2016-10-21 by guenni

[German]Some Windows updates are installed as permanent and doesn't offer an uninstall option. This blog post shows how to force uninstalling such update packages (works from Windows 7 up to Windows 10).

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Preview Quality Rollup KB3192406 for Windows Server 2012

Posted on 2016-10-19 by guenni

Microsoft has released Preview Quality Rollup KB3192406 for Windows Server 2012 on October 18, 2016.

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Microsoft Update Catalog finally supports different browsers

Posted on 2016-10-19 by guenni

[German]Finally Microsoft has removed the ActiceX dependency in Microsoft Update Catalog. So you can use nearly any browser beside Internet Explorer to access Microsoft Update Catalog.

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Windows 7/8.1: Preview Quality Rollups KB3192403/KB3192404

Posted on 2016-10-18 by guenni

Microsoft has released Preview Quality Rollups KB3192403 (Windows 7) and KB3192404 (Windows 8.1) on October 18, 2016.

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Microsoft’s warning about Oct update KB3192392

Posted on 2016-10-16 by guenni

Microsoft warns about October 2016 rollup update KB3192392 issued for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. The rollup package contains a bug that crashes System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2012 R2.

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Windows 10: Analyze upgrade errors

Posted on 2016-10-15 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has introduced Windows as a service in Windows 10, so two or three times within a year, new feature upgrades are available. Upgrades will be installed automatically via Windows Auto-Update. But how to decode install errors, which prevents an … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Update KB3194798 install issues

Posted on 2016-10-14 by guenni

Microsoft has released cumulative update KB3194798 on October 11, 2016, for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016. Some users are reporting serious install issues (update hung or will be rolled back).

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