14 DAY TRIAL // The June 2021 Patch Tuesday rollout obviously brought a new update for Windows 7 as well, though worth keeping in mind is that only computers enrolled in the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program are getting it.
Windows 7 no longer receives updates since January 2020, so if you’re still running the 2009 operating system, you won’t be getting any new security patches unless your company pays for custom updates.
If you’re eligible for updates, the new release that landed this month is KB5003667, and according to the official changelog, it’s exclusively a security patch bringing improvements for both the core operating system and the built-in components.
According to Microsoft, KB5003667 includes “security updates to Windows App Platform and Frameworks, Windows Cloud Infrastructure, Windows Authentication, Windows Fundamentals, Windows Remote Desktop, Windows Storage and Filesystems, Windows HTML Platform, and Microsoft Scripting Engine.”
The known issues
As far as the known issues are concerned, little has changed, as Microsoft still warns that the installation could fail only if your device is not enrolled in the ESU program.
On the other hand, the company explains that after installing this update, connections to SQL Server 2005 might fail because of the security hardening changes that are included. And the only way to deal with the whole thing is to just update to a supported version of SQL Server.
“You might receive an error, "Cannot connect to <Server name>, Additional information: A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server) (.Net SqlClient Data Provider),” Microsoft explains.
The update is available today on Windows Update and on the Microsoft Update Catalog or WSUS.