Microsoft has released the three new updates KB, KB, and KB as optional for Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows 8. The company changed the updating process significantly in October for Windows 7 and Windows 8 client operating systems, and Windows Server R2, Windows Server and R2 server operating systems.

Updates are now delivered as monthly rollups instead of individual patches. This means that every patch released for one of the supported operating systems is now included in the monthly rollup, but no longer available as individual updates that users can download and install.

Microsoft furthermore distinguishes between security-only rollups, which it releases once a month covering all security updates for that month, and monthly rollups, which include both security and non-security updates, and include previous updates as well.

Another recent change is the introduction of so-called previews for quality rollups. Microsoft picked the third Tuesday of each month for that. Basically, what is happening is that Microsoft releases the monthly rollup patch for the coming month as a preview on the third Tuesday of the month.

Yesterday was the third Tuesday of October, and Microsoft released the updates KB, KB, and KB as a consequence. These updates are listed as optional patches. This means that Windows users and administrators need to check them first in Windows Update to install them. Preview quality rollup patches should be considered as beta releases. It is not recommended to install them unless done for testing purposes, or if they fix an issue that you are experiencing on a Windows machine.

The preview updates are available through Windows Update, but also via Microsoft's Update Catalog. Use the following link to open all available October Preview updates. October Preview of Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server R2 SP1. The list of changes include the following improvements and fixes:. October Preview of Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 8.

The list of changes includes the following ones:. October Preview of Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows Server The list of changes includes these fixes:. Are the individual updates contained in the roll-ups also available to download separately from the update catalogue?

Going forward, it would really great if you could provide a download link every month for the "Security Only" Rollup, for those of your regular users here who still run Windows 7 or 8. I always look forward to your monthly Bulletin explaining all the Microsoft updates - and adding an optional link where we can download the "Security Only" Rollup would be wonderful. Yes - I did locate the "Security Only" patch via the link you provided for this month, and am very appreciative that you will take the time to continue to do so in the future.

I try to make the posts as useful as possible, and links to security only update downloads definitely makes the article more useful. IMO the risk is minimal for average personal users who use safer, non-IE browsers I avoid all other Microsoft products and follow the normal, simple PC security precautions.

I disabled window 7 updates when I found about about win 10 spying. It seems MSoft want to push this spying technology down to Win 7 and bends are arms with these all or nothing rollup tactics. The mobile site has gone all crap again. I don't wanna have to operate ghacks differently to every other site on the net.

What's with the awful sideways page swipes coming back? The telemetry is back big time in the Windows 7 and 8 rollups. Woody Leonhard has the details in his blog at Infoworld. KB - "Improved proxy support in an authenticated proxy environment telemetry, download of settings. Support to enable upload of telemetry and download of settings in an authenticated proxy environment by impersonating the logged-on user Support to configure a specific proxy to upload telemetry and download settings The Diagnostic and Telemetry service collects usage and diagnostics information from Windows.

You can learn more about the Customer Experience Improvement Program CEIP here. This update uses SSL TCP Port to download manifests and upload telemetry to Microsoft that uses the following DNS endpoints: I do not know if Steve Gibson's new patch no relation, but I wish I thought in. ASM as Steve seems to do scaps unwanted telemetry, but I like it. Start with this link to his main site: Somewhere in there you will find a registry fix which kills Win10 installation attempts, as of at least two or three months ago.

Remember, WinX is poison for your computer! I dislike telemetry I don't have complete, obvious, explicit control over, so another site I like is GWX Control Panel, but at some point you really need to understand a lot about tlemetry because more and more MS, Google, Android, IOs, etc. GWX is not so much an anti-MS-telemetry site as is is an antiWinX infetion immunization site.

One musr remember that MS would not have been giving away WinX and pushing stealth ugrades to said OS on users of WinVista, Win7 Sp-whatever and Wiin8. I don't know much about WinVista, excepotthat it was defective by design.

It came with an inexpensive laptops I got for Mom may she R. I guess what I have to say, in summary, is to look at GRC. With the inside the industry connections to people who know what is relly going down with products such as WinX, Woody provides an invaluable source of information you can get for free, even if your employer doesn't subscribe to Infoworld or whatever. I miss the days when Byte and PCWeek were serious publications.

That might be because stacks and stacks of paper publications used to make my office seem like a busy programmer lived there. InfoWorld did not make a lot of sense to many geeks I knew who grew up with PCs, but it did to me, because I've actually written code for an IBM much improved version of the IBM that corporation bet is farm on and won bigtime. How can it be possible to just "preview" an update?

You can't "not install it MS just gets more and more confusing. All of these Rollup updates are failing on my Server R2 boxes. Everything else is patching fine. Your E-mail will not be published. Don't subscribe All Replies to my comments Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. You can also subscribe without commenting. Navigation gHacks Technology News The independent technology news blog. By Martin Brinkmann on October 19, in Microsoft - Last Update: October 19, KB, KB, and KB Microsoft has released the three new updates KB, KB, and KB as optional updates for client and server versions of Windows.

About Martin Brinkmann Martin Brinkmann is a journalist from Germany who founded Ghacks Technology News Back in He is passionate about all things tech and knows the Internet and computers like the back of his hand. AOMEI Image Deploy first look. Responses to KB, KB, and KB Dave October 19, at Martin Brinkmann October 19, at Dave no they are not.

It is all or nothing. Straspey October 19, at 2: Martin - Going forward, it would really great if you could provide a download link every month for the "Security Only" Rollup, for those of your regular users here who still run Windows 7 or 8. Martin Brinkmann October 19, at 3: Have already done so for October, and will do so in the future as well.

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Straspey October 19, at 5: Thank you very much Martin! Martin Brinkmann October 19, at 5: TMG October 28, at Thank you ever so much, Martin! I trust people who gripe about Microsloth Products a lot more than the fanboys who promote them.

Tiegs October 19, at 4: I permanently stopped all attempts to update my Win7 PC's, months ago. Bill October 25, at 3: Dave October 19, at 6: Martin Brinkmann October 19, at 6: We will run a test soon for another version of the mobile site, stay tuned. Al McCann October 20, at 1: WWW October 20, at More spyware and telemetry we'd have to deal with?

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Anybody who has more information about this would be most appreciated here. TMG October 29, at Hi I do not know if Steve Gibson's new patch no relation, but I wish I thought in. Patty P December 11, at 3: DeK December 13, at 9: You can install them in a virtual machine. Chris March 30, at Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Comment Your Name Your E-mail will not be published Don't subscribe All Replies to my comments Notify me of followup comments via e-mail.

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