Newsletter Archives

• Here come the May updates

  Posted on May 10, 2022 at 12:21 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  First up consumer advice:

  Remember this is the time that your main machine should be in deferral mode. So either defer updates for a later date, choose to be on metered connection, use WUshowhide to choose what updates you want ….but not now… today is wait and see what us testers find out.

  Business patchers:

  • I’m still tracking an issue with Windows Server 2022 and RDgateway brokerage service. I’ll let you know if that’s fixed.  It’s not been fixed. Still occurring.
  • Installation issues – as noted on the BornCity blog should be fixed in the May releases. Note I only saw this in corporate networks so to me it appears to be a build/deployment triggered event.

  Remember — “Windows 10, version 1909, and Windows 10, version 20H2 have reached end of servicing.  As of May 10, 2022, the Home and Pro editions of Windows 10, version 20H2, and all editions of Windows 10, version 1909 have reached end of servicing. The May 2022 security update, released on May 10, is the last update available for these versions. After that date, devices running these editions will no longer receive monthly security and quality updates containing protections from the latest security threats.”

  And now we pop the popcorn and see what today’s releases bring to us:

  from Dustin Childs he says…. “Some really interesting bugs in today’s #Microsoft patch release, incl one under active attack. I’ll have my thoughts out soon. #PatchTuesday“

  Stay tuned, I’ll be adding links and comments here as well.

  Consumer comments:

  • Print spooler bugs being patched again, so I’ll be watching for printing bugs
  • The one bug in active attack is more corporate targeted (LDAP) not consumer.
  • .NET is getting patched (IMHO the whole retirement of the older .net versions is still extremely and frustratingly not clear, while .net updates no longer throw off quite the side effects they did before, the communication regarding the support of older .nets and lack of good informative tools to let you know what you have and what you are vulnerable to is frustrating to me. Look for more articles/guidance on this in the future)
  • Windows 11 is having issues with applications that want .NET 3.5.  Looks like Microsoft is handling this with a “known issue rollback”.  If you have 11 look in the comments link for more reports.

  Business comments:

  • If you still patch on premises Exchange there are updates out this month.
  • The “in the wild” vulnerability where we are patching PetitPotam again (CVE-2022-26925) is triggering some side effects with patches.  You may want to keep an eye out for NPS policies side effects
  Windows Patches/Security May 2022 Black Tuesday, Patch Lady Posts

• May 2022 Office non-Security updates are now available

  Posted on May 3, 2022 at 12:35 CDT by PKCano • Comment in the Forums

  The May 2022 Office non-Security updates have been released Tuesday, May 3, 2022. They are not included in the DEFCON-4 approval for the April 2022 patches. Unless you have a specific need to install them, you should wait until Susan Bradley (Patch Lady) approves them and any problems have been reported.

  Remember, Susan’s patching sequence and recommendations are based on a business environment that has IT support and may have time constraints on the updating process. Consumer patching should be more cautious due to limited technical and mechanical resources. The latter is the reason for the AskWoody DEFCON system.

  Office 2016
  Update for Microsoft Access 2016 (KB5002048)

  There were no non-security listings for Office 2013.
  On April 10, 2018, Office 2013 reached End of Mainstream Support. Extended Support will end for Office 2013 on April 11, 2023.
  Office 2016 also reached  End of Mainstream Support on October 13, 2020. EOS for Office 2016 is October 14, 2025.

  Updates are for the .msi version (perpetual). Office 365 and C2R are not included.

  Security updates for all supported versions of Microsoft Office are released on the second Tuesday of the month (Patch Tuesday).

  Office Patches/Security May 2022 Black Tuesday, May 2022 Office non-security updates, Office 2013, Office 2016