[This post was flagged a spam the first time. Thought I’d try again…]
I’ve been holding off on March updates but really want to get my business customers patched this weekend. As a test, I just applied KB5000802 on a customer machine running Windows 10 20H2 with a Ricoh printer installed. (I temporarily reduced the machine’s deferral of Quality Updates, and KB5000802 is what was offered.) I expected to install one or maybe two out-of-band updates:
KB5001567 (March 15) is supposed to fix the blue screen errors.
KB5001649 (March 18) is supposed to fix label printing errors.
In both cases, the article says that the update is available on Windows Update, but WU is not offering either update to this machine, not even when I expand View Optional Updates.
Both of those are Cumulative Updates, so really only KB5001649 should need to be installed to cover the entire month. I downloaded it from the Microsoft Catalog and was able to install it manually. A test print to the Ricoh did not blue screen.
I don’t understand why WU is still offering KB5000802 if the new and improved BK5001649 includes that and more?
I don’t have time for “try 5000802 and that blue screens, try 5001567 and if that can’t print labels, try 5001649.” Is there any reason that I shouldn’t just apply KB5001649 manually to all Win10 20H2 machines, skipping KB5000802 and KB5001567? At least for those customers that use Ricoh/Kyocera/Dymo/Zebra printers…
Thanks for your thoughts,
Mark Berry
