Windows 7 gets its typical Patch Tuesday monthly rollup

Oct 13, 2021 06:32 GMT  ·  By

The whole world is entirely about Windows 11 these days, but for some users, this doesn’t necessarily matter, as they’re still stuck with Windows 7 on some of their workstations.

Needless to say, most of these users are employees of companies that couldn’t perform the switch to newer operating systems due to various problems, so their only option was to continue running Windows 7 and pay for custom support from Microsoft.

This is the reason the Redmond-bases software giant still releases updates as part of the monthly Patch Tuesday cycle, though very important to know is that not everybody running Windows 7 is getting these updates but only customers (all of them companies) paying for them.

Enter new monthly rollup

The October 2021 monthly rollup for Windows 7 is KB5006743, and it includes several fixes, including for a bug that causes the Internet print server to fail to package the driver to send to the client.

In addition, Microsoft says the update resolves a glitch that caused the Security Account Manager, or SAM, events to not be displayed properly in the Event Viewer.

As you can see, these improvements are all aimed at companies, as consumers are no longer supposed to get updates in the first place. And if you’re trying to install this rollup on a Windows 7 device at home, you should just get an error.

“After installing this update and restarting your device, you might receive the error, "Failure to configure Windows updates. Reverting Changes. Do not turn off your computer", and the update might show as Failed in Update History,” Microsoft says about devices where ESU are not enabled.

If you’re still running Windows 7, you should just update to Windows 10, as this operating system will continue to be supported until October 2025, despite the launch of Windows 11.