Microsoft Releases KB4507437 and KB4507463 Windows Monthly Rollup Previews

Microsoft has launched the everyday previews of the Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 month-to-month rollups that can go dwell for all customers as a part of the subsequent Patch Tuesday cycle.

The Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 month-to-month rollup preview is KB4507437, whereas the Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 sibling is KB4507463.

These new updates don’t include too many modifications, and the Windows 7 replace, for instance, solely brings up to date time zone data for Brazil.

The same enchancment is a part of the Windows 8.1 month-to-month rollup preview as properly, however this time, the patch additionally fixes a difficulty with the Workflow definition cache and improves the expertise the Window-Eyes display screen reader software.

No new recognized points

There aren’t any new recognized points in these updates, albeit those that haven’t been mounted within the earlier month-to-month rollups are nonetheless there. The most notable is an issue affecting McAfee safety merchandise and inflicting some units to turn into unresponsive after putting in the updates.

“Microsoft and McAfee have identified an issue on devices with McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) Threat Prevention 10.x or McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention (Host IPS) 8.0 or McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) 8.8 installed. It may cause the system to have slow startup or become unresponsive at restart after installing this update,” Microsoft explains.

These previews can be found on Windows Update, the Microsoft Update Catalog, and the Windows Server Update Services. However, in the case of Windows Update, they’re solely provided as non-obligatory and must be manually chosen for set up.

While the month-to-month rollup previews are supposed to assist IT professionals and directors check the updates earlier than the general public launch, shoppers are really useful to attend till Microsoft ships them through Windows Update as an automated patch. This is projected to occur on the August Patch Tuesday.