Master Patch List – October 2018 @ AskWoody

Master Patch List – October 2018

October’s updates

1809 has been paused and being tested to be re-released, 1803 has now been declared Semi annual (ready for business). If you are not ready for 1809 or 1803 make sure you have set deferrals. 1809 is going to be released soon.

Previous months:

September 2018 2018-09 August 2018: 2018-08 July 2018 2018-07 June: 2018-06 May: 2018-05 April: 2018-04 March: 2018-03 February 2018: 2018-02

Windows 10

1809 is still on hold, 1803 not seeing issues at my office, 1709 okay, 1703 okay

Day/Month released	Patch Knowledge Base Article	Operating System	Safe to install?	Issues being tracked	Fixing or Patching
07/10/2018		Windows 10 1803 declared Semi Annual	Installed at my office, working fine for me	Several	Feature release
10/9/2018	KB4464330	Windows 10 1809	Hold for now		Various security
10/9/2018	KB4465477	SSU for 1809	Hold for now		Various security
10/24/2018	KB4462933	Windows 10 1803	Hold for now		Various non security patches
10/9/2018	KB4462919	Windows 10 1803	Yes	BSOD’s on some HP’s	Various security
10/9/2018	KB4462930	Flash for Windows 10, 8.1	Install	None	Various security
10/18/2018	KB4462932	Windows 10 1709	Hold for now		Various non security patches
10/9/2018	KB4462918	Windows 10 1709	Yes		Various security
10/18/2018	KB4462939	Windows 10 1703	Hold for now		Various non security patches
10/9/2018	KB4462937	Windows 10 1703	Yes		Various security
10/18/2018	KB4462928	Windows 10 1607	Hold for now		Various non security patches
10/9/2018	KB4462917	Windows 10 1607	Yes		Various security

Windows 8.1

8.1 not tracking issues

Day/Month released	Patch Knowledge Base Article	Operating System	Safe to install?	Issues being tracked	Fixing or Patching
10/18/2018	KB4462921	Preview of Windows 8.1	Pass		Various issues
10/9/2018	KB4462926	Windows 8.1 monthly rollup	Yes		Various Security
10/9/2018	KB4462941	Windows 8.1 security only	Yes		Various Security
10/9/2018	KB4462949	Internet Explorer	Yes		Various Security
10/9/2018	KB4462930	Flash for Windows 10, 8.1	Install	None	Various security

Windows Server 2012

Server 2012 not tracking issues

Day/Month released	Patch Knowledge Base Article	Operating System	Safe to install?	Issues being tracked	Fixing or Patching
10/18/2018	KB4462925	Preview Server 2012 Monthly rollup	Hold for now		Various issues
10/9/2018	KB4462929	Server 2012 monthly rollup	Yes		Various security
10/9/2018	KB4462931	Security only for Server 2012	Yes		Various security

Windows 7

Windows 7 – KB still notes loss of networking, but it’s been the same since March. Trigger appears to be VMware related

Day/Month released	Patch Knowledge Base Article		Operating System			Safe to install?		Issues being tracked		Fixing or Patching
10/18/2018		KB4462927		Preview Windows 7 rollup	Pass				Various issues
10/9/2018		KB3177467		SSU for Windows 7	Yes		Causes some detection issues		Rereleased
10/9/2018		KB4462923		Windows 7 monthly rollup	Yes				Various Security
10/9/2018		KB4462915		Windows 7 security only	Yes				Various Security
10/9/2018		KB4462949		Internet Explorer	Yes				Various Security
10/9/2018					Hold for now				Various Security

Office updates

Day/Month released	Patch Knowledge Base Article	Platform	Safe to install?	Issues being tracked	Fixing or Patching
10/9/2018	KB4461466	Excel 2010	Yes	None at this time	Security fixes
10/9/2018	KB4092483	Office 2010	Yes	None at this time	Security fixes
10/9/2018	KB4092437	Office 2010	Yes	None at this time	Security fixes
10/9/2018	KB4227170	Outlook 2010	Yes	None at this time	Security fixes
10/9/2018	KB4092482	PowerPoint 2010	Yes	None at this time	Security fixes
10/9/2018	KB4092439	Word 2010	Yes	None at this time	Security fixes
10/9/2018	KB4461460	Excel 2013	Yes	None at this time	Security fixes
10/9/2018	KB4461445	Office 2013	Yes	None at this time	Security fixes
10/9/2018	KB4092477	Outlook 2013	Yes	None at this time	Security fixes
10/9/2018	KB4092453	PowerPoint 2013	Yes	None at this time	Security fixes
10/9/2018	KB4461457	Word 2013	Yes	None at this time	Security fixes
10/9/2018	KB4461448	Excel 2016 (*)	Yes	None at this time	Security fixes
10/9/2018	KB4461437	Office 2016 (*)	Yes	None at this time	Security fixes
10/9/2018	KB4461440	Outlook 2016 (*)	Yes	None at this time	Security fixes
10/9/2018	KB4461434	PowerPoint 2016 (*)	Yes	None at this time	Security fixes
10/9/2018	KB4461449	Word 2016 (*)	Yes	None at this time	Security fixes

(*) These updates will only be released for volume license versions. All Office 365 releases are on the click to run model that install silently and in the background. Ensure that you are on the Semi-Annual channel and not the monthly channel.

.NET updates – included no new security updates, thus can be skipped this month

Day/Month released	Patch Knowledge Base Article	Operating System	Safe to install?	Issues being tracked	Fixing or Patching
10/9/2018	KB4459924	Security and Quality Rollup updates for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, and 4.7.2 for Windows 8.1, RT 8.1, and Server 2012 R2	Yes	None at this time	Bug fixes
10/9/2018	KB4457009	Preview of Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5 for Windows 8.1, RT 8.1, and Server 2012 R2	Yes	None at this time	Bug fixes
10/9/2018	KB4457008	Preview of Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5.1 for Windows 7 SP1 and Server 2008 R2 SP1	Yes	None at this time	Bug fixes
10/9/2018	KB4457019	Preview of Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 4.5.2 for Windows 7 SP1, Server 2008 R2 SP1, and Server 2008 SP2	Yes	None at this time	Bug fixes
10/9/2018	KB4459923	Security and Quality Rollup updates for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, and 4.7.2 for Windows Server 2012	Yes	None at this time	Bug fixes
10/9/2018	KB4457006	Description of Preview of Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5 for Windows Server 2012	Yes	None at this time	Bug fixes
10/9/2018	KB4457018	Preview of Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 4.5.2 for Windows Server 2012	Yes	None at this time	Bug fixes
10/9/2018	KB4457014	Preview of Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, and 4.7.2 for Windows Server 2012	Yes	None at this time	Bug fixes
10/9/2018	KB4459922	Security and Quality Rollup updates for .NET Framework 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, and 4.7.2 for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1	Yes	None at this time	Bug fixes
10/9/2018	KB4457008	Preview of Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5.1 for Windows 7 SP1 and Server 2008 R2 SP1	Yes	None at this time	Bug fixes
10/9/2018	KB4457019	Preview of Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 4.5.2 for Windows 7 SP1, Server 2008 R2 SP1, and Server 2008 SP2	Yes	None at this time	Bug fixes
10/9/2018	KB4457016	Preview of Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, and 4.7.2 for Windows 7 SP1 and Server 2008 R2 SP1 and for .NET Framework 4.6 for Server 2008 SP2	Yes	None at this time	Bug fixes

Optional updates:

Day/Month released	Patch Knowledge Base Article	Office version	Safe to install?	Issues being tracked	Fixing or Patching

Non security updates released for Office as noted by PCKano

Day/Month released	Patch Knowledge Base Article	Office version	Safe to install?	Issues being tracked	Fixing or Patching
10/2/2018	KB4022227	Project 2013	Yes	None	This update makes sure that the Japanese era name in Project 2013 is displayed correctly when a new era begins.
10/2/2018	KB4461446	Skype 2015	Yes	None	Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013) freezes when you receive many emoticons
10/2/2018	KB4018331	Visio 2013	Yes	None	When a Visio file is exported as a PDF file, the text is blurry and not readable in the PDF file.
10/2/2018	KB4461436	Office 2016(*)	Yes	None	When you change the horizontal text of Unicode Ideographic Variation Sequence (IVS) characters to the vertical text in a workbook, Unicode IVS characters are not displayed correctly.
10/2/2018	KB4461442	Office 2016(*)	Yes	None	Assume that you receive an Information Rights Management (IRM) protected email message and it contains an attachment. When you save the attachment to a disk, it can’t be saved.
10/2/2018	KB4011669	Office 2016 (*)	Yes	None	In a Korean Input Method Editors (IME) environment, assume that user A starts an instant messaging (IM) session with user B in Microsoft Skype for Business 2016. After the two users finish the conversation, user A can type some Korean languages by doing a Hangul toggle in the conversation display window to change the original conversation content. To fix this issue, you need to install October 2, 2018, update for Skype for Business 2016 (KB4092445) together with this update.
10/2/2018	KB4092448	Office 2016 Lang Packs(*)	Yes	None	Improves the Irish Gaelic translation for OneNote 2016. Improves the Czech translation for Outlook 2016.
10/2/2018	KB4461443	Project 2016 (*)	Yes	None	This update makes sure that the Japanese era name in Project 2016 is displayed correctly when a new era begins.
10/2/2018	KB4092445	Skype for Business 2016 (*)	Yes	None	Various issues
10/2/2018	KB4032228	Visio 2016 (*)	Yes	None	When you save a Visio file to a network folder that does not have enough space, there’s no warning message shown and the file is not saved.

(*) These updates are for volume license customers, Click to run customers will not see these updates

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