14 DAY TRIAL // While the focus is mostly on Windows 10 these days, both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 received monthly rollups this Patch Tuesday.
More or less a version of cumulative updates, monthly rollups include updates that bring non-Windows 10 computers fully up-to-date, and they come with both security and non-security fixes.
Windows 7, for example, is being provided with monthly rollup KB4054518, which includes three different fixes. First of all, it addresses an issue where users of SQL Server Reporting Services may not be able to use the scrollbar in a drop-down list – a bug that existed on Windows 10 as well, plus a glitch causing trouble with updated time zone information.
There are obviously security updates as well, with the Microsoft Scripting Engine and the Windows Server being targeted this time.
Security-only updates also provided
Windows 8.1 is getting monthly rollup KB4054519, and the contents are exactly the same as in the case of the Windows 7 sibling. This is the result of a light Patch Tuesday cycle altogether, as Microsoft had only a few issues to fix in Windows operating systems this month.
What’s important to know is that Microsoft is also offering security-only updates for both operating systems, allowing IT admins to deploy only security patches on their systems as part of a smaller package.
The Windows 7 security-only update is KB4054521, while the Windows 8.1 version is KB4054522.
It goes without saying that users are recommended to install these updates as soon as possible, especially because they include security fixes for vulnerabilities in the operating system. Both monthly rollups are distributed via Windows Update, so systems with this feature turned on should already be able to have them installed. A system reboot is required to complete the install.
Microsoft says it’s not currently aware of any issues with these updates.