• Win 7, 8.1 “C” Tuesday patch rollup previews are out – KB 3192403, 3192404

    As expected, the new “previews” of next month’s patch rollups are out.

    October, 2016 Preview of Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 (KB 3192403)

    October, 2016 Preview of Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 8.1 (KB 3192404)

    October, 2016 Preview of Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows Server 2012 (KB 3192406)

    They’re Optional patches – you’ll see them unchecked in the Optional bucket in Windows Update.

    As I explained, these are functionally equivalent to the “Windows 10 Insider Preview Release ring” — which is to say they’re advance looks at some of the patches we expect to see in the Monthly Rollup next Patch Tuesday. More accurately, they’re test copies of some of the new non-security patches we expect to see in the next Monthly Rollup.

    Remember when patching was easy?

    Please, don’t install these unless you want to try to break them.