Category Archives: Update

Update KB3173040 – end of free upgrade offer notification

Microsoft is distributing a new update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1. Update Update KB3173040 notifies about the end of free upgrade to Windows 10.

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Windows 10 Anniversary Update comes at August 2, 2016

Microsoft has finally announced the release date for the next major update of Windows 10. We will see Windows 10 Anniversary Update at August 2, 2016.

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June 2016 update rollup (KB3161608) for Windows 7 SP1, and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

Microsoft has released (June 21, June 2016) a new update rollup KB3161608 for Windows 7 SP1, and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.

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June 2016 update rollup (KB3161606) for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2

Microsoft has released (June 21, June 2016) a new update rollup KB3161606 for Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2.

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Windows 10: Cumulative Update KB3170410 (June 17, 2016)

Friday (June 17, 2016) Microsoft has released another cumulative update KB3170410 for Windows 10 Version 1511. This update Das replaces update KB3163018 (released June 14, 2016) and changes build version to 10586.446.

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Update KB3159398 breaks Group Policy in Windows

[German]Microsoft's update KB3159398, released on patch day June 14, 2016, is causing serious problems in Windows Group Policy. Remark: Microsoft has updated the KB-Article with a decription of the workaround posted below. And there is a power shell script to … Continue reading

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Microsoft Patch day June 14, 2016

On June 14, 2016, Microsoft has released four critical and additional important security updates for Windows, Edge, Internet Explorer and Office. And there is an optional update to improve compatibility.

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Office patch day (June 7, 2016)

Microsoft ships Office patches on a months first Tuesday. On June 7, 2016, Microsoft has released a couple of updates for Office 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016.

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Windows 7 SP1: May 2016 Update search slow, taking forever

[German]Last night, I was hit during Microsoft May patch day (05/190/2016) with an extraordinary long update search under Windows 7 SP 1. It seems that Microsoft has changed something in Windows update client and that security update KB3153199 should fix … Continue reading

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May 2016 Compatibility Update for Windows 7/8.1 (KB3150513)

Microsoft released at May 4, 2016 a new (optional) Compatibility Update for Windows (KB3150513). A well know update, bit with a few "new" surprises (in my view) …

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