14 DAY TRIAL // In addition to the optional cumulative updates for Windows 10 that Microsoft released earlier today, the software giant also shipped new monthly rollup previews for both Windows 7 and 8.1.
The new updates, which are also offered as optional via Windows Update and as a manual download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, come with rather small changelogs, bringing only one and two changes, respectively.
First of all, it’s the Windows 7 monthly rollup preview which is labeled KB4516048.
This update comes with just one fix that is aimed at software developed by Toshiba. As per the official changelog (which you can find on the page linked above):
“Addresses an issue that may cause an error when opening or using the Toshiba Qosmio AV Center. You may also receive an error in the Event Log related to cryptnet.dll.”
Windows 8.1 improvements
Second of all, Windows 8.1 devices are provided with monthly rollup preview KB4516041.
This time, there are two changes, one of which concerns a bug hitting Internet Explorer. According to Microsoft, Internet Explorer 11 failed to launch on Windows 8.1 RT devices after installing update KB4516067, so this rollup is supposed to fix the error and restore the normal behavior on devices running this OS. However, given it’s aimed at RT systems, there’s a chance the number of users impacted by this glitch is extremely low.
And second, the same update fixes a problem hitting the LSASS service, as Microsoft explains:
“Addresses an issue that may cause the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) to stop working with an “0xc0000005” error.”
The improvements in these monthly rollup previews will be part of the stable updates shipped to users on October 8 as part of the next Patch Tuesday cycle. At that point, the updates will be offered automatically through Windows Update.