14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft will be rolling out this month’s Patch Tuesday updates in just a few hours, and just like it happens since the release of Windows 10, new cumulative updates for this particular version of the operating system will also be included.
Cumulative updates landing on Patch Tuesday are particularly important for Windows 10 users because installing the latest version always brings a system fully up-to-date in terms of security patches, so if you deploy the updates that Microsoft will roll out in just a few hours, your computer will be protected against the most recent known vulnerabilities
In Windows 10, cumulative updates include all the previously-released fixes – hence the “cumulative” term, so every single patch is growing in size every month. This is why it’s important to always keep a system up-to-date, as whenever new updates are rolled out, only the new bits are downloaded, whereas a computer that hasn’t been updated in a long time has a larger package to deploy.
Fewer issues caused by cumulative updates
Manual download links will also be provided for users who don’t rely on Windows Update for automatic updates, and Microsoft will also publish delta updates, which makes it possible to deploy only the improvements from the previous release on a system running the September updates.
As it happens every month, there are concerns that cumulative updates could do more harm than good, but the good news is that reports in this regard have declined substantially since the release of the Creators Update in April this year.
Cumulative updates install fine on the majority of systems these days, and if errors are indeed experienced, they can be solved by manually installing the patches.
Of course, installing cumulative updates requires a system reboot, so IT admins should prepare their computers by saving work before starting deployment. We’ll circle back with full information on the contents of today’s cumulative updates in a few hours when Microsoft begins the rollout.