14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has just released a new cumulative update for Windows 10, but for the moment, it doesn’t seem to be available through the usual Windows Update distribution system.
At this point, the only way to get cumulative update KB3140742 is to manually download it, so you can click the links at the bottom of the article to do so. Make sure you get the right version for your computer and please note that KB3140742 is only available for Windows 10 1511 (November Update), so users still on the RTM build (10240) won’t be able to install it.
Microsoft is yet to publish a KB article for this update, so it’s not yet clear what it includes, but most likely, it’s all about bug fixes and performance improvements. The recently released Windows 10 update history page doesn’t provide any information on update KB3140742 at the time of writing this article.
It replaces previous cumulative updates
Since it’s a cumulative update, it includes all the fixes that Microsoft rolled out in the past, so if you install this one, your computer should be brought fully up to date.
As Microsoft puts it, “Windows 10 updates are cumulative of all previous updates. Installing the latest one makes your device current.”
The previous cumulative update for Windows 10 caused quite a lot of issues on Windows 10 version 1511, with several users complaining that the patch failed to install while others revealed that it reset their default apps.
According to Microsoft, KB3135173, which was released on February 9 and bumped version number to 10586.104, brought improvements and security fixes, but for some reason, it failed to work properly on a number of PCs. So today’s updates could come to address these problems, but it’s not yet clear why it’s not shipped via Windows Update, but only through the manual download links.
Update: it appears that this cumulative update bumps Windows 10 version to 10586.112. No other changes have been spotted so far.
KB3140742 x86 (Windows 10 version 1511) KB3140742 x64 (Windows 10 version 1511)