Windows Update content changes for 2017

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There were Windows Update content changes on March 28, 2017.

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Topic for the March 28 changes: https://www.askwoody.com/2017/fix-for-the-bad-microsoft-wpd-2222016-120000-am-5-2-5326-4762-patch/.

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There were Windows Update content changes on April 11, 2017. Topic for these changes: https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/patch-tuesday-patches-are-up/.

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There were Windows Update content changes on April 18, 2017.

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There were Windows Update content changes on May 2, 2017.

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There were Windows Update content changes on May 9, 2017. Article is now at revision 64. Topic for these changes: https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/patch-tuesday-is-rolling-out/.

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There were Windows Update content changes on May 16, 2017. Article is now at revision 67.

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There were Windows Update content changes on May 18, 2017. Article is now at revision 71.

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There were Windows Update content changes on May 22, 2017. Article is now at revision 72. Topic for these changes: https://www.askwoody.com/2017/the-new-xp-patch-kb-982316-is-a-dud-but-the-new-msrt-is-for-real/.

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There were Windows Update content changes on May 25, 2017. Article is now at revision 74.

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There were Windows Update content changes on May 30, 2017. Article is now at revision 76.

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There were Windows Update content changes on June 13, 2017. Article is now at revision 77. Topic for these changes: https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/a-most-unusual-patch-tuesday/.

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On multiple days in June 2017 Microsoft has issued updates that ought to be listed in KB894199 but thus far are not.

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There were Windows Update content changes on July 11, 2017. Article is now at revision 81.  KB894199 doesn’t list some of the updates released on July 11. Topic for these changes: https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/july-2017-patch-tuesday-rolls-out-with-another-load-of-updates/.

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There were Windows Update content changes on July 12, 2017. Article is now at revision 83.

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There were Windows Update content changes on July 18, 2017. Article is now at revision 84. Some updates released today – such as the Windows preview monthly rollups, are not currently documented in KB894199.

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Odd that they mention the .NET previews

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… and I think there is a mistake in the paragraph below.
See the inconsistencies between the title and the description in relation to the products.

July, 2017 Preview of Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows Embedded Standard 7, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 (KB4032113)

Locale: All
Deployment: Optional/Automatic Updates, WSUS, and Catalog
Classification: Updates, Non-Security
Supersedes: KB4019288 on Windows Embedded Standard 7, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2
Target platforms: Windows Embedded Standard 7, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2
Approximate file sizes:
July, 2017 Preview of Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7 on Windows Embedded Standard 7/Windows 7 update: ~ 84247KB
July, 2017 Preview of Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7 on Windows Embedded Standard 7/Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64 update: ~ 125788KB
July, 2017 Preview of Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows Server 2008 R2 IA-64 update: ~ 15092KB
Description:
Install this update to resolve issues in Windows. For a complete listing of the issues that are included in this update, see the associated Microsoft Knowledge Base article for more information. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/4032113

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This is quite funny.
Windows 7 / 2008R2 did not have a preview for July 2017 released at the regular date.
Windows 8.1 / 2012 R2 had previews.

On the Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 update history page at
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4009469
now there is a placeholder KB4025340 for the preview with the following description:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4025340
There are no new addressed issues for this release. Please download KB4025341 (released July 11, 2017) until the next update is available.

The plaeceholder KB has a number less than the previously released update.

There is also an out-of-cycle release KB4025334 for Windows 10 1607, available only in the Catalog. Again the number is lower than the previously officially released update.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4000825

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Since KB894199 has not listed some updates in the past month or so, other sources of Microsoft update information are welcome. I know of Komm’s Windows Update Checker update lists: Windows 7 x86, Windows 7 x64, Windows 8.1 x86, and Windows 8.1 x64.

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There were Windows Update content changes on July 25, 2017. Article is now at revision 87. Topic for these changes: https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/net-patches-manual-installation-only-released/.

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There were Windows Update content changes on August 7, 2017. Article is now at revision 90.

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It is interesting that KB4034335 is documented as being released on Monday, August 7, 2017, Deployment: Recommended/Automatic Updates
Classification: Updates, Non-Security
Target platforms: Windows 10 Version 1703

but I don’t see it anywhere, in WSUS or offered to Windows 10 1703.

I am wondering if this is one of those so-called ZDP updates or dynamic updates (which is essentially the same thing with ZDP).
The size 27KB would indicate a minor fix/flag set somewhere which seems to be the case according to the KB.
We’ll find out tomorrow if it will be released as part of the Patch Tuesday.

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KB4034335 article indicates it’s WU only, and in limited circumstances:

Symptoms:
After you upgrade to Windows 10 Version 1703 with compatibility mode enabled and set to Windows 8, some system applications such as Edge, the Start menu, and Cortana crash on startup or don’t work as expected.

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I think you are right about the “limited circumstances”.
This is what a ZDP (zero-day) patch is actually.
During an upgrade or any other type of software installation, the installer would search the internet for known issues and apply existing patches if suitable and available. Installers used to ask before doing so, however these day it happens in the background and the lookup silently fails if Internet is not available, while the installer goes ahead with whatever is available on the installation disk or standard upgrade patch.
ZPDs can be synchronised on WSUS, but in general there is no point except for very secure and controlled environments which do not allow downloading any installer type from the internet. Those environments do not do upgrades in place regardless.

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There were Windows Update content changes on August 8, 2017. Article is now at revision 96. Topic for these changes: https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/lots-and-lots-of-patches/.

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There were Windows Update content changes on August 15, 2017. Article is now at revision 99. Topic for these changes: https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/the-usual-non-security-update-previews-are-out-along-with-three-non-security-patches-for-server-2008/.

I noticed that the Windows August 2017 preview monthly rollups that were released today are not on this list.

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Article is now at revision 101. The August 2017 .NET preview monthly updates are no longer listed for August 15, 2017.

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There were Windows Update content changes on August 16, 2017. Article is now at revision 102. Topic for these changes: https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/the-usual-non-security-update-previews-are-out-along-with-three-non-security-patches-for-server-2008/.

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There were Windows Update content changes on August 17, 2017. Article is now at revision 103.

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There were Windows Update content changes on August 29, 2017. Article is now at revision 104.

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There were Windows Update content changes on September 5, 2017. Article is now at revision 107.

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There were Windows Update content changes on September 12, 2017. Article is now at revision 125. Topic for these changes: https://www.askwoody.com/2017/september-security-patches-for-windows-and-office-are-out/.

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There were Windows Update content changes on September 19, 2017. Article is now at revision 127.

Also released today were the September 2017 preview monthly rollups for Window 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012.

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There were Windows Update content changes on September 21, 2017. Article is now at revision 128.

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There were Windows Update content changes on October 10, 2017. Article is now at revision 131. Topic for these changes: https://askwoody.com/forums/topic/patch-tuesday-patches-are-out-2/.

 

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There were Windows Update content changes on October 17, 2017. Article is now at revision 132.

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There were Windows Update content changes on November 1, 2017. Article is now at revision 133.

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walker

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There were Windows Update content changes on November 7, 2017. Article is now at revision 137.

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walker

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There were Windows Update content changes on November 14, 2017. Article is now at revision 138. Topic for these changes: https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/patch-tuesday-is-rolling-out-2/.

Reminder: the link for Microsoft’s article is in the first post of this topic.

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There were Windows Update content changes on November 27, 2017. Article is now at revision 139.

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walker

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There were Windows Update content changes on December 12, 2017. Topic for these changes: https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/december-patch-tuesday-is-out/.

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