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I realized tonight that I hadn’t done my final recap of the January updates on the Master Patch List page We’re just about to get ready for the Februa
[See the full post at: Patch list for January 2023 – final update]
Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher
Worked for me a few days ago. Had just applied 2023-01 updates to our household’s last 21H2 system. Changed targets and rebooted. Since I had a fresh backup just before the update, I clicked Check for updates and the 22H2 update started immediately.
The January update for 21H2 and 22H2 are both the same KB5022282 (Builds 19044.2486 and 19045.2486).
The difference is that 22H2 has the Feature Experience Pack for 22H2 turned ON, and 21H2 does not.
To see what’s installed go to:
Settings\Update & Security\Windows Update\View Update history
At the top click on “Uninstall updates”
To see what you are running:
Settings\System\About
To see what’s installed go to: Settings\Update & Security\Windows Update\View Update history At the top click on “Uninstall updates”
KB5022282 listed at “View update history” and found at the above location (if you looked) show 2023-01 (that’s January 2023).
And KB5022282 shows the date and the Build number.
So if you see any of that information, it would indicate it is installed.
Run winver.
KB5022282 is the SAME for both versions – there is NO KB5022282 for 21H2 different from 22H2. 21H1, 21H2 and 22H2 all have the SAME CU. The only difference is which Enablement Package is turned ON. You have the Package for 22H2, 21H2 has a different Package.
My question is whether the 21H2 Version or 22H2 Version of KB5022282 is installed. Thanks.
@Mike-W –
If you carefully read through the bulletin for KB5022282 by clicking on the down arrows under the “Improvements” category in the bulletin for each version that the KB article covers, you’ll see that there is no difference between what the monthly update does for 21H2 and 22H2. So, you’re basically worrying about nothing. There’s no difference in what is in the monthly update for 21H2 and 22H2.
Count the fact that you’re fully updated to 22H2 with the January patch successfully installed as a solid win! Just so you know, build number 19045 indicates you’re on 22H2 and the .2486 indicates that you’ve got KB5022282 installed.
When I updated from 21H2 to 22H2 at the end of this past November, I did it AFTER having successfully installed the latest monthly update for that lower version (21H2) FIRST. After seeing that my machine had successfully installed the monthly update and successfully rebooted after the installation, I then proceeded to allow it to update from 21H2 to 22H2. The change from 21H2 to 22H2 took only about two or three minutes.
The above procedure is exactly what I’ve done ever since coming into the Windows 10 fold back in 2020 with Windows 10 version 2004, and it’s worked perfectly every time since.
Going forward from here, when the next Feature Update comes out late this year, which will probably be called 23H2 (or maybe even 2300), it will “automatically” include the latest monthly patch that was last released. So, for example, if 23H2 comes out in late October, it will include by default the October monthly patch. This can be problematic if the October monthly patch is currently causing problems, as updating to 23H2 will do the same since it will “include” the October update. Therefore, the best thing for you to do next time you want to install a Feature Update is to wait until after Susan has green-lighted both the Feature Update’s installation AND green-lighted the latest monthly update as well.
I hope this helps resolve any confusion you may have had.
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