From the above version list, you can choose your target Windows 10 update version and type the codename in the Search bar at Microsoft Update Catalog (via Edge browser) įor example, type “cumulative 21h1 圆4” in the search bar and click “Download” button next to the latest updated cumulative file
Next, click the “About” menu option at the bottom-left hand of the screen and your currently installed Windows 10 Edition, Version and OS Build will be displayed under “Windows Specifications” like below Manually Download And Install Cumulative Windows 10 UpdatesĪuto updating Windows 10 becomes a nuisance if you are in the middle of working and your computer suddenly restarts with long delays. Version – Codename – OS Build – Release Dateġ809 – Redstone 5 – 17763 November 10, 2020Ģ1H2 – 21H2 – 19044 18 months What is Current Edition, Version and OS Build of Your Windows 10?Ĭlick Start –> Settings and select “System” in the options Many thanks to abbodi86 who made the announcement on AskWoody.Here’s the version history of Microsoft Windows 10 released so far (as of writing)
The new Microsoft Update Catalog plays a key part in Windows 7 and 8.1 patching, starting this month. Net Framework Monthly Rollup, and a security-only update for the Update Catalog. Security patches will be combined each month into a single Security-only Update that can be downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog.Net will be updated separately, with a combined security/nonsecurity. The Security-only patches are available in the Microsoft Update Catalog: In short, those who want to install security patches only, avoiding nonsecurity patches, have to download and install them manually. For example, 64-bit patches are always identified with the text “圆4,” whereas 32-bit patches don’t normally include “x86” or “32” anywhere in the name.Īs I explained in my patchocalypse article last week, the Microsoft Update Catalog plays a pivotal role in how Windows 7 and 8.1 users may want to install patches, starting with the patches this month. To make use of the new Update Catalog, you have to understand Microsoft’s odd naming conventions for patches. It’s a rudimentary system, at best, but in all of my tests it does work. Click on that link and you finally get the update. Click on the Download link next to one of those entries and you see yet another dialog that contains a link to the specific download file, typically an MSU installable Microsoft Update file. It’s a very naïve search as best I can tell, with no filters, no quoted strings, no Boolean operations.įor example, searching for “october 2016 windows 7 security only 圆4” returns six different downloads that match all of the search terms.
The Search function looks at the titles of all of the entries in the Update Catalog and returns database entries that match all of the search terms. The Microsoft Update Catalog is basically a big, flat database containing all of Microsoft’s patches, which we commonly associate with KB numbers (although there are some odd exceptions). The Microsoft Update Product Team Blog, which will likely detail the change, hasn’t had any new entries since June 2014. Presumably, Edge needs to be told that it’s OK to show the page. Using a link without the How the new Update Catalog will ultimately work is all conjecture at this point because Microsoft hasn’t yet made an official announcement. This website runs on older technology and will only work in Internet Explorer You've stumbled upon some vintage web tech Now, if you point any browser to - note the “At this point, using Microsoft Edge to access the same site returns a singularly useless warning: Prior to the weekend, searching and downloading patches from Microsoft’s huge trove involved using Internet Explorer 11 and installing an ancient ActiveX control. A long-promised change to the Microsoft Update Catalog finally makes it available to those who want to use modern browsers - Chrome, Firefox, Opera - to download individual Microsoft patches.