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• Patch Lady Posts – February’s Optional Updates

  Posted on February 22, 2018 at 00:44 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  Patch Lady Susan here posting about more updates released today. As Woody pointed out earlier today, the optional .net updates were released today. What I don’t see out is any of the normal non security previews for Windows 7 and 8.1 that normally come out this week.

  There are some optional server updates that have been released but everything that was released is optional and does not need to be installed unless you have a specific need (like bumping up encryption levels on your Windows Software Update Server if you expose it publicly, or increasing TLS 1.1 encryption on RDS servers).

  The following optional updates were released today (or tonight depending on your time zone):

  [Updated 2/22/2018 for operating system edits – sorry about that!]

  Patch Knowledge Base Article	Operating system	Safe to install?	Issues being tracked	Fixing or patching
  KB4074837	Windows 7, 8.1, Server 2012 R2 (everything BUT Windows 10)	Optional	None at this time	DST changes for Namibia and the Turks and Caicos Islands
  KB4056448	Server 2008 SP2	Optional	None at this time	Adds SHA-2 encryption support to WSUS
  KB4072650	Server 2012 R2/2008R2	Optional	None at this time	HyperV component upgrade
  KB4039648	Server 2008 SP2	Optional	None at this time	SHA-2 Code signing support
  KB4074621	Server 2008 SP2	Optional	None at this time	Adds TLS 1.1 and 1.2 support for RDS
  KB4074834	Server 2008 sp2	Optional	None at this time	Fixes an issue when remoting from Windows 10 to Server 2008 sp2
  KB4074808	Preview of NET Framework 2.0 SP2, 3.0 SP2, 4.5.2, and 4.6 for Windows Server 2008 SP2	Optional	None at this time	Fixes various issues with .NET
  KB4074807	Preview of NET Framework 3.5 SP1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, and 4.7.1 for Windows 8.1, RT 8.1 and Server 2012 R2	Optional	None at this time	Fixes various issues with .NET
  KB4074806	Preview of .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, and 4.7.1 for Windows Server 2012	Optional	None at this time	Fixes various issues with .NET
  KB4074805	Preview of NET Framework 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, and 4.7.1 for Windows 7 SP1 and Server 2008 R2 SP1	Optional	Issue with QB 2017 Enterprise	Fixes various issues with .NET

  Windows Patches/Security KB 4039648, KB 4056448, KB 4072650, KB 4074621, KB 4074805, KB 4074806, KB 4074807, KB 4074808, KB 4074834, KB 4074837, Patch Lady Posts