Microsoft has patched UEFI Secure Boot security vulnerability called BlackLotus with its latest Update Tuesday released earlier today. The fix is available on Windows 10, Windows 11, and Servers.
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Microsoft released the May Patch Tuesday update KB5026372 to Windows 11 users. To get it, just open up Windows Update and apply any available updates. You can also download it for offline installs.
Microsoft has released new Patch Tuesday updates today for May 2023 on Windows 10 versions 21H1, 21H2, and 22H2 under KB5026361. There are also updates for older Windows 10 versions too.
Microsoft has released the Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 22H2 (KB5025239) and 21H2 (KB5025224). You can grab the updates automatically through Windows Update or download offline executables.
Microsoft has released new Patch Tuesday updates today for April 2023 on Windows 10 versions 21H1, 21H2, and 22H2 under KB5025221. There are also updates for older Windows 10 versions too.
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If you are on Windows 11, and you have encountered the LSA protection is off message recently, even though it is on, Microsoft has confirmed it's a bug. A workaround for it has also been provided.
Last week, Microsoft released its Patch Tuesday for the month of March, and with it, the Moment 2 update was also made available to all. The latest feature update, though, maybe slowing down SSDs.
After a couple of major issues we reported earlier regarding the latest Windows 11 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft is apparently having more trouble with various driver updates failing with 0x80070103 error.
Microsoft recently rolled out Patch Tuesday for the month and it is plagued with issues, which is often the case. VMware has confirmed that it breaks Secure Boot on Server leading to boot failures.
Microsoft recently rolled out Patch Tuesday for this month. The company however has confirmed that WSUS servers based on Server 2022 failed to offer the update due to a botch. A workaround is out.
Microsoft has confirmed that Intel's older graphics drivers have issues after installing the November Patch Tuesday on Windows 11 and Windows 10. The bug is affecting apps that use DirectX.
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Reported back in November, following the month's Patch Tuesday updates, Microsoft has finally released a workaround for the OBDC SQL Server bug, which was causing issues on related applications.
Microsoft's latest Windows 11 Patch Tuesday has security fixes. However, the latest update also has new hidden features under the hood. These include an all-new Start menu search and Taskbar search.
The extended support updates (ESU) on Windows 7 ends today. Interestingly and rather bizarrely, Microsoft enabled native UEFI and Secure Boot. However, the new feature support is not without flaws.
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The final Patch Tuesday of 2022 on Windows 11 22H2 (KB5021255) is apparently causing issues on AMD Ryzen systems per some user reports. These users are reporting random 10-20 second freezes.
Microsoft has issued out-of-band (OOB) updates to Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022 platforms. These updates fix the network adapter and NIC issues related to Hyper-V and virtualization.
Microsoft has confirmed that the latest Patch Tuesday update for December is causing the dreaded Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) on Windows 10 systems. Detailed mitigation steps have been provided.
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Microsoft says it has resolved Direct Access issues on Windows 10, Windows 11, and more. As a result of this bug, users found that they were unable to reconnect after a connection failed.
Microsoft has fixed a major bug in the Task Manager on Windows 11 version 22H2. This issue made Task Manager almost unreadable for some users as the colors and UI elements were broken.
AMD has shared details about a Spectre Variant 2 vulnerability that affects almost all AMD Ryzen, Athlon, and EPYC systems. The security flaw is patched in the latest Patch Tuesday updates.
Microsoft has confirmed OneDrive is broken, as in, it can crash unexpectedly. The problem started with the Patch Tuesday released earlier in the month, making it the second major bug as a result.
Microsoft has confirmed that its October Patch Tuesday across all Windows versions can have TLS/SSL handshake failures. This is leading to network connection issues between clients and servers.
With Patch Tuesday recently, Microsoft released the KB5012170 update which adds new vulnerable UEFI signatures to the Secure Boot DBX. The newly added signatures are related to the GRUB vulnerability.
Microsoft released Windows 11 Patch Tuesday update KB5015814 as scheduled. However, the security update is interrupting the Start Menu operation by causing random app crashes for some users.
Recently Microsoft dismissed all rumors that Windows Autopatch kills Patch Tuesday. Today, a Microsoft employee shared a useful PSA to clarify how the new service helps to deploy Windows updates.
Microsoft has reiterated that the Windows Autopatch is not a replacement for Patch Tuesday updates and in the process has dismissed reports claiming that the June update was the final one.
Microsoft has released the latest Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 7 and 8.1. Those on Windows 7 need to be paying for the extended security update (ESU) support to get this update.
Microsoft has released its latest Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11. It is designated as KB5011493 and should download and install automatically through the Windows Update utility.
Microsoft has released Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 8.1 and Windows 7. Both patches fix several issues on each Windows version but both also carry known issues, luckily, there are workarounds.
It's Patch Tuesday, and although this time around, the newest addition, Windows 11, also received updates, we must not forget that Windows 10 will still need those fixes for your sanity and stabilty.
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Microsoft is releasing the first Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11, along with the monthly updates for Windows 10. Windows 11 gets a bunch of bug fixes, the first to arrive post-launch.
In addition to serving cumulative updates for Windows 10, Microsoft is releasing patches for Windows 8.1 and eligible Windows 7 users. They bring security improvements and other fixes.
Microsoft is releasing updates to all supported Windows versions today as part of its Patch Tuesday updates. These bring fixes to issues with Zebra printers, and other improvements.
Yesterday, Microsoft acknowledged an issue with the new Patch Tuesday updates that were causing crashes on Windows. The company has now provided a temporary workaround to fix the problem.
As is the case every second Tuesday of the month, cumulative updates are rolling out for all supported Windows versions, which include Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 users who have paid for updates.
HP has released a fix through Windows Update for the 'KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED' issue that causes devices to blue screen. Reports increased after this month's Patch Tuesday updates.
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