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It’s that time of the month for all computer users to get in the habit of checking their devices. While “Patch Tuesday” is the big one for Windows use
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Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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AKB 2000003 has been updated for Group B Win7 (ESU) and Win8.1 on Apr 12, 2022.

There is a Security-only Update
There was no Apr. IE11 CU  for Win7 .

April Rollup KB5012626 Download 32-bit or 64-bit for those with Win7 ESU subscriptions.

You must have at least the August 2020 Servicing Stack KB4570673 previously installed to receive these updates).

There is a March 2022 Servicing Stack KB5011649 – Download 32-bit or 64-bit for those with Win7 ESU subscriptions.

There is a revised Licensing Preparation Package KB4575903 dated 7/29/2020 for Win7 ESU subscriptions, if you need it. You will need a year-3 ESU license.

There are .NET updates listed for Win7. See #2438917.

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2022-04 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 for x64-based Systems (KB5012592)

2022-04 .NET 6.0.4 Update for x64 Client (KB5013437)

2022-04 .NET 5.0.16 Update for x64 Client (KB5013354)

2022-04 .NET Core 3.1.24 Update for x64 Client (KB5013353)

2022-04 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8 for Windows 11 for x64 (KB5012121)

All installed without issue.

--Joe

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Microsoft Windows Security Updates April 2022 overview

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An SSU for Win8.1! Win8.1 is now on ‘the green mile’ 🙁

No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created IT- AE

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SSU KB5012672.

The SSU won’t show up in the WU queue until after the other updates are installed. Don’t forget to go back and install it after the reboot!

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I’m using a Win7Pro x64 with the ESU Bypass.

Today I manually installed two updates on two machines: kb5012626, the Security and Quality Rollup for Windows, and kb5012125, the Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 4.8.

Everything went fine.

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KB5012592 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 for x64-based Systems
KB 5012121 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8 for Windows 11 for x64

No hiccups.

Always create a fresh drive image before making system changes/Windows updates; you may need to start over!

We were all once "Average Users". We all have our own reasons for doing the things that we do with our systems, we don't need anyone's approval, and we don't all have to do the same things.

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11 21H2
updates applied,
no problems.

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others...
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KB4023057 Update for Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
KB5012117 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8 for Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64
KB5012599 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems

No hiccups.

Always create a fresh drive image before making system changes/Windows updates; you may need to start over!

We were all once "Average Users". We all have our own reasons for doing the things that we do with our systems, we don't need anyone's approval, and we don't all have to do the same things.

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Just stumbled across this while searching for something else.  It looks like “Patch Tuesday” may eventually become a thing of the past.  Or, perhaps more eloquently stated, looks like we’re returning to the Wild West of willy-nilly patch releases…  Wasn’t the whole reason for “Patch Tuesday” to bring some order to it?

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-windows-autopatch-is-coming-soon-heres-what-you-need-to-know/

I’m not too certain I want or need Microsoft to push patches wherever and whenever to my business systems.  The ability to “hold” patches, using WSUS, until the kinks are worked out has saved me more than once on headaches and frustration.

One step forward, two steps back…

Casey

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Updated one of my AMD desktops without incident. Have patience with this round of updates. Required 2 reboots.

KB4023057: WUS components
KB5012117: Net Framework
KB5012599: Cumulative and SSU
KB890830: MSRT

System: AMD 5800x, X570
OS: Windows 10 Pro, 21H2

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Of three,  one Win10 Pro 21H2 and two Win10 Pro 21H1, “canary” machines updated with the 3 Q&S updates; KB5012599(cumulative for Win10 21Hx, KB4023057 (WUS), KB5012117 (.NET) no problems except that on one machine (older Surface) the .NET update seemed to get stepped on by other updates occurring and needed to be re-tried after a restart.

Also, for reasons out of my control, I had to update (KB5012670 and .NET KB5012331) a live Win 2012R2 Server overnight and that also appears to have gone off without a hitch once I overcame some minor access problems due to a severely challenged RDP desktop…

Also note that Edge is being updated due to yet another Chrome (already patched)  vulnerability….

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-relnotes-security

Which as of today the 14th of April, 8:30am PDT, has still not shown that the patch has been released… (it’s possible it has been since the version has incremented slightly since the April 7th release)

Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing - Werner Von Braun

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April 2022 update installed

Windows 10 Pro 21H2 OS Build 19044.1645
Self built tower

I haven’t seen any problems

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jburk07

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FYI, there is a reported incompatibility between ESET Antivirus and Apr2022 Patches affecting Windows 11 and Windows 10 causing Chrome, Edge and Firefox to not start.
Chrome, Edge crashing with 0xc0000022 after Windows 11, Windows 10 updates
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https://www.windowslatest.com/2022/04/13/chrome-edge-crashing-with-0xc0000022-after-windows-11-windows-10-updates/

Seems to be affecting a small number of users though.

HTH.
Cheers.

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https://forum.eset.com/topic/32064-eset-banking-and-payment-protection-problem/?fbclid=IwAR0nv8Xp0kYXieOoMrF7yUl8afwhJsYDpeQhNS0fFpdBfWVIyoteRh4Wjo8#comment-149485  It’s a setting in the browser

Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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Windows 10 21H2.
Installed April updates.
winver 19044.1645

All is fine.

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Windows 11 Version 21H2 22000.613 x64

KB5013437 .NET 6.0.4 Update for x64 Client

KB5012121 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework for 3.5 and 4.8

KB5012592 Cumulative Update

KB8908830 MSRT v5.100

All installed without error.
Rebooted with no errors.
No errors after installed updates.

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Updates installed, including malicious software removal tool.  Windows 10 Pro 21H2 now at build 19044.1645.  No problems noticed.  Chrome and Edge seem fine.

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Browsers are crashing with error code 0xc0000022 after installation of the April 2022 Windows Updates

..Some users are reporting that they can’t launch popular web browsers anymore after installing the most recent Windows updates. The error message “the application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000022)” is thrown on these devices, and the issue appears to affect browsers such as Firefox, Chrome and even Microsoft’s own Edge browser.

Reports suggest that the issue is not affecting all browsers, and users who are affected by this may want to try others, for example, Brave or Vivaldi, to see if these can be launched. The uninstallation of the updates, e.g., KB5012599, resolves the issue.

A search on Microsoft’s Feedback Hub returns several reports of the issue. Some reports have been published in the past 24 hours, but others have been posted months ago in Insider builds…

KB5012599 installed.

Tested :

Chrome Version 101.0.4951.34 (Official Build) beta (64-bit)
Edge Version 100.0.1185.39 (Official build) (64-bit)
Firefox version 91.8.0esr (64-bit)

None crashed.

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FF 99.0.1 hasn’t crashed for me on 21H2 19044.1645

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saw this article recently on BleepingComputer – CISA warns orgs to patch actively exploited Windows LPE bug

wonder what patch lady Susan thinks of this?

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“CISA has given them three weeks, until May 2nd,”

Normal testing and roll out.

Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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EP wrote:

saw this article recently on BleepingComputer – CISA warns orgs to patch actively exploited Windows LPE bug

wonder what patch lady Susan thinks of this?

..it got patched by Microsoft during this month’s Patch Tuesday.

CVE-2022-24521 – Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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no problems with firefox, chrome, or edge browsers or anywhere else.

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others...
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https://forum.eset.com/topic/32064-eset-banking-and-payment-protection-problem/?fbclid=IwAR0nv8Xp0kYXieOoMrF7yUl8afwhJsYDpeQhNS0fFpdBfWVIyoteRh4Wjo8#comment-149485

Check for an update.

Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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The following April 2022 Patch Tuesday updates were successfully installed on my Win 10 Pro v21H2 laptop by Windows Update:

• KB5012599: 2022-04 Cumulative Update for Win 10 v21H2 (OS Build 19044.1645)
• KB5012117: 2202-04 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8 for Win 10 v21H2
• KB5013354: .NET 5.0.16 Update for x64 Client
• KB890830 : Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 – v5.100

No browser crashes so far (which makes sense since I don’t have ESET Banking and Payment Protection installed) but I can’t see any evidence that the .NET Framework v5.x was actually installed by KB5013354. CAS already started a thread on this topic a few days ago at How to Uninstall KB5013354 so I’ll post further details there just in case this isn’t normal.

I did notice something odd with Windows Update this April 2022 Patch Tuesday that often occurs when I have more than one update that requires a Windows restart to complete installation. As soon as KB5012117 (Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8) finished installing and the status of the update changed from “Installing” to “Pending Restart” I was immediately prompted to “Restart Now” before KB5012599 (the April 2022 Cumulative Update for Win 10 v21H2 / OS Build 19044.1645) had finished installing. This prompt to “Restart Now” appeared in Settings | Update & Security | Windows Update as well as in a system tray pop-up notification (see attached image).

I waited to click “Restart Now” until all my updates had finished installing, but does anyone know if Windows Update would delay the Windows restart until all installations reached 100% completion, or could someone actually damage their OS if they clicked “Restart Now” while an update was partially installed? At the very least, I hope Windows Update would be smart enough to roll back a partially installed update if someone restarted their machine before the status changed to “Pending Restart”.
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The April .NET KB5013354 CU updates .NET to 5.0.16. See Check installed .NET versions on Windows, Linux, and macOS – .NET | Microsoft Docs for information on checking the .NET versions on your PC.

--Joe

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lmacri wrote:

does anyone know if Windows Update would delay the Windows restart until all installations reached 100% completion, or could someone actually damage their OS if they clicked “Restart Now” while an update was partially installed?

I had a similar experience a few months ago and it completely screwed Windows when I clicked “Restart Now” too soon. Good thing I made an image backup first.

My original post is HERE

Now I use WUMgr to install updates one at a time.

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I notice that too on a W10 Home 21H2 a few months ago. It was my first experience with W10 and I didn’t know what to do so I just let it go until all updates were apparently finished installing. Then I clicked the restart button and everything turned out fine.

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I guess the answer to the ‘Restart Now’ question is YMMV. A few months ago, I clicked the ‘Restart Now’ for .NET before noticing that the CU Install was incomplete. I was luckier than JC Zorkoff, since after the restart, my CU download and installation started over from scratch and eventually completed successfully.

Ever since then, I pay close attention to ensure all updates in the batch are ‘Pending Restart’ before performing the Restart.

Regards, Phil

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I’ve noticed the exact same behavior with the premature offer to restart, but have always waited for everything to complete before proceeding.

I hope MS fixes this before I someday distractedly sabotage myself because the phone rang or something.

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lmacri wrote:

I did notice something odd with Windows Update this April 2022 Patch Tuesday that often occurs when I have more than one update that requires a Windows restart to complete installation. As soon as KB5012117 (Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8) finished installing and the status of the update changed from “Installing” to “Pending Restart” I was immediately prompted to “Restart Now” before KB5012599 (the April 2022 Cumulative Update for Win 10 v21H2 / OS Build 19044.1645) had finished installing. This prompt to “Restart Now” appeared in Settings | Update & Security | Windows Update as well as in a system tray pop-up notification

I haven’t seen this.  The usual “Pending restart” is all I see until all updates have finished.  When all updates have changed to “Pending restart” I get the “Restart now or Schedule restart” popup.

Always create a fresh drive image before making system changes/Windows updates; you may need to start over!

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For “classic” .NET Framework information:

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/migration-guide/how-to-determine-which-versions-are-installed
• As indicated by the first link, go to:
  https://github.com/jmalarcon/DotNetVersions
• Download and extract v.1.0.0 (latest) shown on right-hand side
• Double left-click DotNetVersions.exe to view information.

My information looks like:

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For some reason Akismet has flagged you as a spammer this morning.  Sorry about that.

Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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Hi geekdom:

Thanks for the link to jmalarcon’s Dot Net Versions v1.0.0 tool. I don’t want to take this thread off-topic so I’ve posted my findings in post # 2439732 of CAS’ How to Uninstall KB5013354. I’m not certain, but it looks like KB5013354 delivered the common language runtime (CLR) needed to run .NET Framework v5 but did not install the actual .NET Framework v5.0.16.
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Remove this post.

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For those thinking it’s safer waiting for the dust to settling before applying april patches,
you might want to have a read at the Critical Windows RPC CVE-2022-26809
over on – https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/critical-windows-rpc-cve-2022-26809-flaw-raises-concerns-patch-now/

happy easter 🙂

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On a consumer machine those ports are not open from the outside.  Businesses are different, but even then there is ABSOFREAKINGLUTELY no reason that ports 135-445 are open to the outside.

Especially for consumer machines, don’t get sucked into the over-hyped security issues.

Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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lmacri wrote:

does anyone know if Windows Update would delay the Windows restart until all installations reached 100% completion, or could someone actually damage their OS if they clicked “Restart Now” while an update was partially installed?

Microsoft update does display ‘restart now’ in a middle of update process. You should always wait. Restarting may damage update process.

Dump Windows update and use the free portable WUmgr which doesn’t prompt for restart in middle of updated process.

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So hard for me to believe Microsoft Update suggests rebooting way before Microsoft Update has finished.   I feel like screaming.   This has been happening to me for a year or so.  This is such a stupid programming error, potentially leading the average person to prematurely reboot and perhaps damage their system.

Windows 10 22H2 desktops & laptops on Dell, HP, ASUS; No servers, no domain.

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Win 10 Pro 21H1 64 bit.  WUMgr used for the April KB5012599 CU, updated OK and stable for 2 days.

 

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Hi everyone,

For your reference, I have installed the April 2022 updates on my Windows 10 Pro for Workstations 64 bit system (Version 21H2, Build 19044.1645) with Norton 360 Deluxe version 22.22.2.10.

Mozilla Firefox 99.0.1 and Microsoft Edge 100.0.1185.44 are both working perfectly. Please note that neither of these browsers has an add-on from Norton installed. May be this is why they are still stable.

I’ll be patching my older Windows 8.1 64 bit systems in the coming days with the same browsers and Norton versions, we’ll see if they also work. I’ll update this post with the details.

I hope this helps. Thanks.

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Sorry I realized I never updated this post. The updates of my older Windows 8.1 systems went perfectly (the browsers still work fine) and I can still print too.

Thanks.

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DrBonzo

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After installing April updates including .Net 5.0.16 Microsoft insist on sending .net 5.0.15 which fails.

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From the Microsoft forum, Windows 10 KB5012599 consistently fails to install:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-10-update-kb5012599-failed-to-install/01c35f23-ce9e-4f41-84c3-7cb8634463e2

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Smooth installation on W10 Pro 21H2.

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Other Windows 10 users were not as fortunate. Please read the details of the provided link; the problem is widespread.

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Corporate builds, not consumer.  My guess is something in their deployment script missed something.  If it were me I’d do an inplace install.

Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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does not seem “widespread” to me as a vast majority of Ten forum users are not getting those install errors with KB5012599

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No, but as of the date and time of this posting, a user by the name of “erpster4” has posted about others having problems with the patch. Here’s the link directly to the post:

https://www.tenforums.com/windows-10-news/193314-kb5012599-windows-10-19042-1645-19043-1645-19044-1645-a-4.html#post2413987

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only Win10 LTSC 2019 / Server 2019 v1809 got new preview updates this THU 4/21

KB5012636 – OS build 17763.2867
https://support.microsoft.com/help/5012636

KB5012796 .NET 3.5/4.72/4.8 preview update:
https://support.microsoft.com/help/5012796

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We had KB5012599 break scanner operation inside Paperport 14 (older verison, fully patched) – Windows OS is 10 @ 21H2.

Removing the KB5012599 patch allowed Paperport to scan without further issue.  We’ll be reapplying the patch later today to test it out further.  I’ll post updates.

 

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I’m on Windows 10 Home x64 21H1 Build 19043.1586.
My paused updates are set to April 28, so I’ve been reading here to see if I should go ahead and update. I also use the metered connection to hold off on updates.

I just checked my paused date (which is definitely set to April 28), yet Windows Update is sitting there with an error message:
‘Error encountered. Last checked: today… There were some problems with downloading some updates, but we’ll try again later …. this error code might help 0x80248007…’ followed by the ‘Retry’ button!

So, what gives? Why is MS ignoring the paused date??? I assume it is getting stuck at the metered connection? I’m wondering if I should turn off metered connection and hit retry, OR do a manual install of KB5012599 and KB5012117?

And just a question re .NET frameworks – can’t you tell what .NET you have by which .NET CUs are being installed? My update history shows I have .NET 3.5 and 4.8, but nothing about .NET 5.

Thanks!

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@Cijan –

Do you use Windows Defender/Microsoft Defender for your anti-crapware solution?

If so, WU can go out and get definition updates for it and install them regardless of your pause settings. The pause settings are intended for the monthly patches and version upgrades that are released, but don’t necessarily apply to Windows Defender/Microsoft Defender definition updates.

I use Defender and have my updates policy for WU set to 30 days currently and for WU to notify but not d/l and install (“2”). However, I still get update notifications from WU for definition updates for Defender.

So, if you do indeed use Defender the error code probably corresponds to a problem WU encountered in trying to download and install a definition update for Defender.

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Interesting … I do use Win Defender as my anti-crapware solution, and I’ve never noticed this happening before! Maybe I just haven’t actually checked my paused updates at the ‘right time’. You’d think this would always happen because I leave metered connection set unless I’m allowing updates thru WU.

I don’t see any major complaints (other than the restart in the midst of other updates) from any consumer/users, so I think I’ll turn metered connection off and hit retry unless anyone else has any differing advice.

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Just out of curiosity, does WU list which update it was trying to get when it failed?

Definition updates will have the exact version number and KB2267602 as part of their title, and Defender program updates (not to be confused with the definition updates) will have  their exact version number and KB4052623 as part of their title.

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Bob99 – you were right!
I just ran WUShowHide and it showed the Win Def update as being the only update available. I shut off the metered connection and hit retry. It then showed the Win Def update downloading and installing but honored the paused updates to April 28.

That buys me some time until April 28.

Thanks for the advice!

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To answer your question – no, when it failed there was no info about what it was trying to download, that was why I was so puzzled. The Defender KB only showed up when I ran WUShowHide.

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Ok, so that proves that the error code corresponded to a failed download attempt of the Defender definition update. And, thanks to your efforts, we now know that the particular error code in this case means “I tried to download and install the update, but I couldn’t because I wasn’t allowed to do so over a metered connection this computer has”.

BTW, I believe Susan will be out with her latest patch recommendation(s) this coming Tuesday the 26th, so keep an eye out.

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Cijan wrote:

So, what gives? Why is MS ignoring the paused date??? I assume it is getting stuck at the metered connection? I’m wondering if I should turn off metered connection and hit retry, OR do a manual install of KB5012599 and KB5012117?

Dump Windows Update.
Run WUmgr and check for updates.
Hide those you don’t want and install those you want.
You won’t get .Net 5 unless you use software that needs .Net 5 or 6.

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Reporting in:

Dell 8930

Win 10 Home 21H2

Since I installed 21H2 late last year, I have experienced the daily failure of Notes.exe and kbwm.exe that has been recorded in both Event Viewer and Reliability Monitor.  The Errors appeared to be unconnected.  The system has just ploughed on for which I am grateful.

I installed April’s updates on the 7th;  there were 11.

And not a peep out of Notes.exe and kbwm.exe since…

Fingers crossed…?

 

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