Microsoft says they made a mistake with that Autopilot sorta-security patch rollout @ AskWoody

Microsoft says they made a mistake with that Autopilot sorta-security patch rollout

Posted on October 26th, 2019 at 08:37 woody Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

Thanks, Julia.

PaulSey…
Microsoft Employee | Forum Owner
Replied on October 25, 2019

A Windows Autopilot update, which was targeted as part of the out of box experience for new devices, was incorrectly offered to customers running Windows Home edition during regular scheduled Windows update scan. Once we became aware of the issue, we stopped distribution of the update. No action is required on your part.

Original Computerworld article here.

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