These updates are part of the March Patch Tuesday rollout

Mar 9, 2021 18:18 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft has released new Windows 10 cumulative updates as part of the March 2021 Patch Tuesday cycle, and needless to say, the focus this time is on addressing security problems in the OS and the pre-loaded modules.

Microsoft has thus shipped updates for all Windows 10 versions released so far, with the exception of version 1709, which has already reached the end of support.

Worth knowing is that Windows 10 version 1703 is also reaching the end of support today, so the cumulative update it’s getting as part of this rollout is the last one. Users are recommended to upgrade to a newer Windows 10 version that still gets support. The most recent Windows 10 feature update is version 20H2 shipped in the fall of the last year.

The list of cumulative updates available today is this:  

What’s new in update KB5000802

KB5000802 is the cumulative update specifically aimed at Windows 10 version 2004 and 20H2, and as mentioned above, it includes several security improvements for the Windows Shell, the Windows User Account Control, the Windows Kernel, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Edge Legacy.

As a side note, Microsoft Edge Legacy is also being retired, and this is the last security patch it receives.

You can see the changelog of every cumulative update by clicking on the links above, and on a device configured to automatically receive updates, they should be available for download via Windows Update.