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    While over at Apple they are having a livestream event, Microsoft is releasing their updates. Will Apple release updates today as well? Windows 11 get
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    Susan Bradley Patch Lady

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    • #2430202

      AKB 2000003 has been updated for Group B Win7 (ESU) and Win8.1 on Mar 8, 2022.

      There is a Security-only Update
      There was a Mar. IE11 CU  KB5011486  for those with Win7 ESU subscriptions and for Win8.1.

      March Rollup KB5011552 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 were no .NET updates listed for Win7. See #2430179.

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    • #2430223

      Why the heck don’t Microsoft just build in Start Menu / UI customisation? Then everyone’s happy.
      Clearly it can be done as Classic Shell etc has done it just fine. Why can’t Microsoft?

      But noooo they have to have this “we know best and it’s OUR computer, not YOUR personal computer” mentality. Brand above all else.

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    • #2430224

      FAO askwoody Linux homeusers CVE-2022-0847 ‘Dirty Pipe’ is being addressed:
      (Debian) https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-0847
      (Ubuntu) https://ubuntu.com/security/cve-2022-0847
      Expect a kernel update, if you haven’t recently had one…

      IoT and Android devices which no longer receive updates, are on their own..ouch!

      Keeping IT Lean, Clean and Mean!
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    • #2430228

      “we know best and it’s OUR computer, not YOUR personal computer”

      No. It is OUR OS and you have agreed to any changes we make.

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    • #2430230

      Windows 11 Pro 22000.556

      2022-03 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 for x64-based Systems (KB5011493)

      2022-03 .NET 6.0.3 Security Update for x64 Client (KB5012417)

      2022-03 .NET 5.0.15 Security Update for x64 Client (KB5012416)

      2022-03 .NET Core 3.1.23 Security Update for x64 Client (KB5012418)

      All installed without incident.

      --Joe

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      • #2430374

        And today:

        Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 – v5.99 (KB890830)

        2022-03 Update for Windows 11 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057)

        --Joe

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    • #2430312

      Kinda right but totally wrong. Microsoft own the operating system. You only lease it. Unfortunately users  get a lot less rights than if we lease a property. The owners of property need to request permission to enter and carry out work.

      On the bright side, unlike property we don’t pay cash for our Windows lease.  We do pay. We just don’t pay cash. All it costs is bit of personal data and a lot of the bandwidth we pay for to cover their Telemetry and delivery of OS ‘improvements’.

       

       

    • #2430321

      I’m a little “confused” in relation to the HEVC update. I have disabled automatic updates of the Windows Store apps, so I loaded the Windows Store and went looking for an update for HEVC Video Extension and found none listed among the available updates.

      If I search the store with “HEVC” as keyword I get just a bunch of clearly non-relevant results.

      I’ve also run the following command with Powershell as administrator

      Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.HEVC*

      and got nothing.

      At this point I’m under the impression that the HEVC Video Extension is not installed on this machine and assume that I don’t need to update. Can anyone please confirm this is correct?

    • #2430332

      FAO askwoody Linux homeusers CVE-2022-0847 ‘Dirty Pipe’ is being addressed:
      (Debian) https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-0847
      (Ubuntu) https://ubuntu.com/security/cve-2022-0847
      Expect a kernel update, if you haven’t recently had one…

      IoT and Android devices which no longer receive updates, are on their own..ouch!

      This CVE only applies to very recent Linux kernels. Old, unpatched Android ‘phones, IoT devices etc. will not be affected by this CVE.

      • #2430484

        How recent does the Linux kernel have to be in order to be concerned about this?  My WSL under Windows 10 (Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS) says that the kernel version is 5.10.60.1, so do I have to worry about that?  Doing a wsl –update from within PowerShell is saying that no updates are available.

        • #2430557

          A quick serach says that 5.10 is fixed from 5.10.102 onwards, so, unless Microsoft have retrofitted the patch to their WSL kernel, it would seem so.

    • #2430333

      I’m a little “confused” in relation to the HEVC update. I have disabled automatic updates of the Windows Store apps, so I loaded the Windows Store and went looking for an update for HEVC Video Extension and found none listed among the available updates.

      If I search the store with “HEVC” as keyword I get just a bunch of clearly non-relevant results.

      I’ve also run the following command with Powershell as administrator

      Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.HEVC*

      and got nothing.

      At this point I’m under the impression that the HEVC Video Extension is not installed on this machine and assume that I don’t need to update. Can anyone please confirm this is correct?

      Only you can confirm if it is installed. From W10/W11 Start goto Settings, Apps and scroll down towards “H”.

    • #2430353

      As always, pop that popcorn, sit on the sidelines as we weed through the releases and see what side effects will occur.

      Nah, I’ll just rely on my last Sunday drive images tucked away in duplicate on offline HDD’s and see what’s up.

      Windows 11 Pro version 21H2 (OS Build 22000.556)

      KB5011493 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 x64-based Systems
      KB4023057 Update for Windows 11 for x64-based Systems
      and the Malicious Software Removal Tool x64

      No hiccups.  I’m running StartAllBack, so I’m not concerned about Start Menu/Taskbar/File Explorer changes.

      On the other side of my dual boot:

      Windows 10 Pro Version 21H2 (OS Build 19044.1586)

      KB5011487 Cumultive Update for Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
      KB4023057 Update for Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
      and the Malicious Software Removal Tool

      No hiccups there, either.

      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 to our systems, we don't need anyone's approval, and we don't all have to do the same things.

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    • #2430371

      I forgot to pause updates and they downloaded pending restart which based on my active hours won’t be till 8pm. I created restore points. Any other defensive measures? Early updating feels like being exposed to someone with Covid..uncertainty.

      • #2430406

        Not sure whether there is anything else you can at this stage: hopefully you have a recent backup of your system from before those updates installed and that you can use for restoring your system if the March updates create trouble. Other than that, I’m afraid that for this month you will be doing some “beta testing” for us all (at least it should not be as bad as getting Covid…).

      • #2430417

        I already installed them at home, no issues. Consider yourself a tester this month.

        Susan Bradley Patch Lady

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      • #2430481

        Beta tester report: I installed March updates on 2 Win10’s & one Win11 without apparent adverse impact..I could have delayed but am a bit more concerned about Russki hackers than Microsoft risk after Susan’s reassurance.

        One other Win10 PC update had not downloaded so I paused updates to see if any adversities arise from other updates.

        Could have deleted the downloaded, but not yet installed, updates using this method:

        Actually, the downloaded updates are stored in the C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download folder and they can be deleted without needing to stop any of those services.
        Deleted all the contents of the downloads folder “except” for the SharedFileCache folder.
        Then delete the contents of the SharedFileCache folder.
        As noted above, when you restart Windows, it’ll automatically restore any info required in those folders for the installed updates. Pause updates after doing this.

        https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/february-2022-patch-tuesday-early-reports/#post-2424291

    • #2430427

      I did take the 2 updates (after imaging ssd) but I do not see the supposed new weather icon. Also, lockscreen / windows spotlight no longer works – just gives the picture I last used in picture and no way to change it. No problem since I was using slide show anyway to get away from the edge ads.
      11 Pro 21H2 current.

      - Thinkpad P15s Gen1 20T4-002KUS, i7-10510U, UEFI/GPT, 16GB, Sammy 500GB M.2.
      others...
      - Mint Cinnamon 21 current, Win 10 22H2. WuMgr. HP laserjets M254dw & P1606dn, Epson 2480 scanner.

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    • #2430436

      I first Only got the BK5011487 CU — but when I saw bbearen post — KB4023057 Update for Windows 11 for x64-based Systems and the Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 — I used WUMgr again and there they were for Win 10.

      FYI should your experience mirror mine for only CU at first.

      W10 Pro 22H2 / Hm-Stdnt Ofce '16 C2R / HP Envy Desk-Ethernet - SSD-HDD/ i5(8th Gen) 12GB / GP=2 + FtrU=Semi-Annual + Feature Defer = 1 + QU=0

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      • #2430485

        That happened to me, too. Only the KB5011487 CU on March 8 and then on March 9 the other two — Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 and the once-every-two-months KB4023057 (which I will keep hidden). It happened on both of my laptop — seems to be a common pattern.

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    • #2430486

      3/9/22 – So far I have updated with no problems:
      x2 Win7 (1 Home, 1 Pro) 64-bit using W7ESUI – March Rollup + SSU +MSRT
      x2 Win8.1 64-bit – March Rollup + MSRT
      x4 Win10 Pro 64-bit 21H2 to Build 19044.1589
      x1 Win11 on ARM Insider Beta to Build 22000.556
      Hid KB4023057 wherever it showed up.

      Remaining to do 1 Win8.1 and 1 Win10 21H2

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    • #2430494

      Susan: “Will Apple release updates today as well?

      It’s already the day after Susan’s question, and late in the day, at that, and no, no updates from Apple, at least not for Macs.

      Anyone here knows otherwise?

      Ex-Windows user (Win. 98, XP, 7); since mid-2017 using also macOS. Presently on Monterey 12.15 & sometimes running also Linux (Mint).

      MacBook Pro circa mid-2015, 15" display, with 16GB 1600 GHz DDR3 RAM, 1 TB SSD, a Haswell architecture Intel CPU with 4 Cores and 8 Threads model i7-4870HQ @ 2.50GHz.
      Intel Iris Pro GPU with Built-in Bus, VRAM 1.5 GB, Display 2880 x 1800 Retina, 24-Bit color.
      macOS Monterey; browsers: Waterfox "Current", Vivaldi and (now and then) Chrome; security apps. Intego AV

    • #2430513

      Hibernate was added/turned on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      hyberfill.sys was added to C:

      I noticed this because when I told it to Shut Down, it did so, and then the power button light flashed 7 times.

      NOT NICE!!!!!!! I am not pleased!

      I turned it off again with
      powercfg.exe -h off

      - Thinkpad P15s Gen1 20T4-002KUS, i7-10510U, UEFI/GPT, 16GB, Sammy 500GB M.2.
      others...
      - Mint Cinnamon 21 current, Win 10 22H2. WuMgr. HP laserjets M254dw & P1606dn, Epson 2480 scanner.

      • #2430610

        This was stated in error – I added software support for my old APC UPS called PowerChute. It reminded me this morning that hibernate was off, so it probably turned it on when I installed it yesterday. Sorry.

        - Thinkpad P15s Gen1 20T4-002KUS, i7-10510U, UEFI/GPT, 16GB, Sammy 500GB M.2.
        others...
        - Mint Cinnamon 21 current, Win 10 22H2. WuMgr. HP laserjets M254dw & P1606dn, Epson 2480 scanner.

    • #2430642

      FYI:

      Installed Windows March update on Windows 10 Pro 21H2 (home built tower).
      I haven’t seen any problems.

    • #2430654

      “Will Apple release updates today as well?”

      Apple has released on Tuesday iOS 15.4 RC, iPadOS 15.4 RC, watchOS 8.5 RC, tvOS 15.4 RC, HomePod 15.4 RC and MacOS 12.3 RC .

      Finals on next Tuesday.

    • #2430692

      Just signing in to relate the issues I had after installing the latest updates.  I lost a Sabrent Gen4 NVME meaning that it disappeared from Windows.  It was present in the bios, and 3 out of 4 boots it was not there, just not there and on the 4th it was a local disk that was RAW and “inaccessible”.  I spent 8 hours troubleshooting, with changing the NVME from Gen 4 to gen 3 in the bios, updated my MB bios, disabled any overclocking in the bios, I bought a new NVME (Samsung 980 Pro) and cloned  the drive partitions of the Sabrent using my Acronis backups.   Installed the Samsung NVME and it was seen in BIOS but also not in windows 3 out of 4 times.  (same as Sabrent behavior.)  Diskpart didn’t see it,  device manager didn’t see it, disk management didn’t see it.  All this started the morning after installing the last batch of updates.   Finally, I used a windows backup from late February and I’m back to “normal”. New Samsung is seen, manageable, everything broken just works.  Is there is a way to report this to MS, I’ll do it as I’ve blocked updated for 3 weeks just to avoid getting messed up by accident.

      For the record, Asus X570 Tuf Gaming wifi MB, 3700x cpu, 32G ram, Win11 Pro.

      • #2430707

        Is that drive formatted with ReFS?

        Susan Bradley Patch Lady

        • #2430758

          No, used an external NVME adapter to attach the Samsung 980 Pro to the PC and used disk manager to create the partitions and format it as NTFS.   Then used Acronis to put the files on it.

          • #2430821

            I have had problems with sabrent sata adapters. My NVME adapter is an SSK. For sata I now use Unitek (amazon).

            - Thinkpad P15s Gen1 20T4-002KUS, i7-10510U, UEFI/GPT, 16GB, Sammy 500GB M.2.
            others...
            - Mint Cinnamon 21 current, Win 10 22H2. WuMgr. HP laserjets M254dw & P1606dn, Epson 2480 scanner.

    • #2430727

      Windows 10 Pro 21H2 March updated using WUmgr.

      .NET 5.0.15 KB5012416
      MSRT KB890830
      CU KB5011487
      (critical update) KB4023057

      Winver 19044.1586

      All is well.

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    • #2431066

      Win 10 Pro 21H1 64 bit.  Used WUMgr to download and update March CU KB5011487, updated OK and stable for two days.

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    • #2431068

      March 2022 update:
      Win7 Pro ESUb – SSU kb5011649 and SMQR kb5011552 – no problems after 4 days
      3 x Win8.1 Pro x64 – SMQR kb5011564 – no problems after 4 days
      Post patching, No errors in event viewer, SFC all good and pixma printer works fine on Win8.1
      DISM purged componentstore/winsxs after 2 days..all good and slick here.

      Keeping IT Lean, Clean and Mean!
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    • #2431278

      I use Win 10 Pro v21H2 and haven’t noticed any problems since Windows Update installed the following March 2022 Patch Tuesday updates:

      • KB5011487: 2022-03 Cumulative Update for Win 10 v21H2 (OS Build 19044.1586)
      • KB890830 : Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 – v5.99
      • KB4023057: Windows Update Service Components (a.k.a Microsoft Update Health Tools v3.66.0.0)

      ———–
      Dell Inspiron 5584 * 64-bit Win 10 Pro v21H2 build 19044.1586 * Firefox v98.0.0 * Microsoft Defender v4.18.2201.10-1.1.18900.3 * Malwarebytes Premium v4.5.5.175-1.0.1621

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    • #2435918

      I am Win/Pro 21H2. I am on 19044.1526

      There appeared today in my WU queue for download (I have GP set to 2=notify download/install) this update: 2022-03 .NET 5.0.15 Security Update for x64 Client (KB5012416).

      I do not see it in the Master Patch List so I don’t know whether to install it now or not. For the time being, I have hidden it with WUSHOWHIDE.

      I have not yet installed the March updates released on March Patch Tuesday–planning to do that this weekend: KB501147, the SSU that goes with it, and the March MSRT are on the docket. But, what about KB5012416?

    • #2435922

      2022-03 .NET 5.0.15 Security Update for x64 Client (KB5012416).

      I have installed 2022-03 .NET 5.0.15 Security Update for x64 Client (KB5012416).
      No problems (I have also updated .NET 6.0.3

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