Microsoft Releases Updates KB4489878, KB4489881 for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1

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Microsoft Releases Updates KB4489878, KB4489881 for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 

The March 2019 Patch Tuesday cycle also brought new monthly rollups for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, as well as security-only updates for both OS versions.

First and foremost, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 is provided with monthly rollup KB4489878 and security-only update KB4489885.

Microsoft has embraced a different approach this month, and the changelogs of the two updates are different. So while the monthly rollup includes just two lines of changes, like the typical security patches and a reference to a bug fix for Event Viewer, the security-only release points to more goodies.

For example, it resolves an issue with Japanese Era names, while also bringing all of the above.

Both updates come with one known issue, as Microsoft says that Internet Explorer 10 may experience authentication problems after installing the March 2019 patches.Windows 8.1 updatesWhen it comes to Windows 8.1, Microsoft shipped the monthly rollup KB4489881 and the security-only update KB4489883.

Again, there are different changelogs, and while the monthly rollup also fixes a virtual memory leak and the famous error 1309, the security-only patch comes with many more bug fixes. For example, it also corrects the aforementioned Japanese Era bug, but also introduced workarounds for Microsoft Office problems also related to the issue.

The same known issue as before is included here as well, but this time Microsoft says it affects Internet Explorer 11, as it’s the default version in the operating system.

Other than that, it looks like everything should work smoothly, as both the monthly rollups and the security-only updates appear to install correctly on the majority of devices.

This month’s Patch Tuesday also resolved zero-days in Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, so you should install these updates as soon as possible, especially because attacks have already been spotted in the wild.

 

 

 

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