• Second October cumulative updates posted – the “optional, non-security” kind

    Posted on October 15, 2019 at 12:10 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    I see second monthly cumulative updates (“optional, non-security”) for Win10 1809, 1803, 1709, Server 2016 and 2019. Lots of .NET patches. Monthly Rollup Previews for Win7 and 8.1. Nothing for 1903, as usual.

    Martin Brinkmann has his usual thorough roundup:

    The 1809 KB article lists almost 50 patches. Makes me wonder how much is still wrong with 1903 — much less 1909.

    Both the Win7 and 8.1 Monthly Rollup Previews list this among the “Improvements and fixes””

    Addresses an issue with evaluating the compatibility status of the Windows ecosystem to help ensure application and device compatibility for all updates to Windows. For more information, see KB4525208.

    Predictably, KB 4525208 isn’t up. All I’m seeing is a 404. I wonder if it’s the next generation of the widely despised KB 4493132 — the “patch” that introduced upgrade-to-Win10 nag screens. (Maybe issuing a similar “patch” with a different KB number is Microsoft’s way of overriding the “Do not remind me again” checkbox in the original patch.)

    Mary Jo Foley reports that MS is going to get more… obnoxious… in its upgrade nags to Win7 customers.

    As of this week, users of Windows 7 Pro devices that are not domain-joined will begin receiving notifications about the January 14, 2020 end-of-free-support deadline for Windows 7.

    I don’t see anything specific about the form the new nags will take – but the Microsoft announcement singles out Win7 Pro users who aren’t attached to corporate networks. I’d be willing to bet the nag is implemented in the Monthly Rollup Preview.

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