New patches published for older Windows versions too

Jul 17, 2018 09:41 GMT  ·  By

In addition to the Windows 10 cumulative updates published earlier today, Microsoft has also released new patches for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2.

The changelog in this case is nearly identical with the one of Windows 10 cumulative updates, as Microsoft gives another attempt at fixing three different issues that impacted not only its most recent operating system, but also the previous versions.

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 are being provided with update KB4345459, while Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 can download update KB4345424.

Same fixes

Both of them address a BSOD experienced on systems running network monitoring workloads, as well as an issue causing the restart of a SQL Server service to fail with an error reading “TCP port is already in use.” Last but not least, the updates also resolve a glitch hitting the World Wide Web Publishing Service when administrators try to stop it. Microsoft says the service remains in a stopping state and no further action can be launched.

The two updates are not available via Windows Update and can only be installed with a manual download. You can download KB4345459 and KB4345424 from the Microsoft Update Catalog website using the links here.

There are no known issues when installing these updates, and this means that you shouldn’t hit any problems when or after deploying them on one of the operating systems mentioned above.

As usual, however, it remains to be seen how flawless the experience with these updates actually is, as more feedback on this emerges after more devices install them. The next round of updates is projected to be released on the August 2018 Patch Tuesday which will take place next month on the 14, according to Microsoft’s typical update schedule.