Microsoft releases urgent patches for VPN bugs and nasty Windows Server bugs

Microsoft has just released urgent updates to fix issues caused by Windows Update in the January 2022 Patch Tuesday update.

"Today, January 18, 2022, Microsoft is releasing out-of-band (OOB) updates for some versions of Windows," Microsoft said. declare.

"This update fixes issues related to VPN connections, Windows Server Domain Controllers restart errors, Virtual Machines startup failures, and ReFS media file errors."

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All newly released updates can be downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog and some of them can be installed directly via Windows Update as an optional update.

You'll have to check for updates if you want to install emergency patches via Windows Update because optional updates don't usually install automatically.

Here are the updates that can only be downloaded and installed through the Microsoft Update Catalog:

Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2021 R2: KB05010794
Windows Server 2012: KB5010797

Windows versions that can be updated via Windows Update:

Windows 11, version 21H1: KB5010795
Windows Server 2022: KB5010796
Windows 10, version 21H2: KB5010793
Windows 10, version 21H1: KB5010793
Windows 10, version 20H2, Windows Server, version 20H2: KB5010793
Windows 10, version 20H1, Windows Server, version 20H1: KB5010793
Windows 10, version 1909, Windows Server, version 1909: KB5010792
Windows 10, version 1607, Windows Server 2016: KB5010790
Windows 10, version 1507: KB5010789
Windows 7 SP1: KB5010798
Windows Server 2008 SP2: KB5010799

Hopefully these urgent updates don't cause additional errors on your computer.

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Jessica Tanner

Update 18 January 2022

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