Microsoft Patch Tuesday December 2020 New updates available for Windows 10

Posted on the 10th. December 2020 in the file: Windows

Today (08/12/2020) is the second Tuesday of December, which means it’s time for a new series of Patch Tuesday updates that Microsoft regularly releases as part of the monthly security updates for all supported Windows devices. And in December 2020, Microsoft released monthly security updates KB4592438 (OS build 19041.685 and build 19042.685 for the latest versions of Windows 10 20H2 and 2004) and KB4592449 (OS build 18362.1256 and build 18363.1256) and KB4592440 (OS build 17763.1637) for devices running Windows 10 versions 1909 and 1903 or 1809. Again, these are just security patches and updates, no new features.

Tuesday’s updates are cumulative updates that generally contain only small patches and security fixes.

Download Cumulative Windows 10 Update

All these security updates are automatically downloaded and installed on your device with Windows Update. If your device has not yet received any open settings, you should update them and check for updates. Then restart the device to apply the updates.

KB4592438 for Windows 10 2004

The latest version of Windows 10 from Microsoft 20H2 and 2004, receives the cumulative update KB4592438, which contains the versions 19041.685 and 19042.685. According to the company, Windows 10 KB4592438 improves security when using Microsoft Edge Legacy and Microsoft Office products.

  • Corrected a security error by preventing programs running the system from printing on FILE ports.
  • Security updates for Microsoft Edge Legacy, Microsoft Graphics Component, Windows Media, Windows Fundamentals and Windows Virtualization.

Microsoft has confirmed several known issues in this update, including :

  • System and user certificates may be lost if you upgrade your device from Windows 10 version 1809 or later to a newer version of Windows 10.
  • The correct Furigana characters may not be displayed if you are using Microsoft’s Japanese Input Method Editor. Microsoft is working on a solution.

KB4592449 for Windows 10 1909

Devices with Windows 10 version 1909, November 2019 update, get the new cumulative update KB4592449, which is dated 18363.1256 and contains security and unsecurity fixes. Here is the full changelog of the Microsoft blog

Pay attention: Updates for Windows 10 November 2019 and possibly 2019 share a common operating system kernel and an identical set of system files, so KB4592449 also applies to Windows 1909 and 1903 versions.

Windows 10 versions 1909 and 1903 get the same fix as KB4592438 (applies to Windows 10 versions 20H2 and 2004).

Known issues :

System and user certificates may be lost if you upgrade your device from Windows 10 version 1809 or later to a newer version of Windows 10.

KB4592440 for Windows 10 1809

Devices still running Windows 10 version 1809 (update October 2018) have received the new cumulative update KB4592440, which gives the version number Windows 10 build 17763.1637.

Improve security when using Microsoft Edge Legacy and Microsoft Office products.

Provide security updates for Microsoft Edge Legacy, Microsoft Graphics Component, Windows Media, Windows Fundamentals, and Windows Virtualization.

You know what the problems are?

After the installation of KB4592440, devices with some Asian language packages may receive error 00f0982 – PSFX_E_MATCHING_COMPONENT_NOT_FOUND.

KB4592446 for Windows 10 1803

Windows 10 1803 (update April 2018) has also received a new cumulative update KB4592446 which deploys the version number of Windows 10 build 17134.1902.

The Windows 10 Crash Creators v1709 update does not receive security updates anymore. If you are using the Enterprise or Education version, you will receive the update KB4580328, which resolves a large number of issues and increases the version number to 16299.2166.

Even if you are using Windows 10 version 1703 (Update for Creators), you can now download and install KB4580370, which solves several problems and resets the version number to build 15063.2525.

Download Windows 10 Offline update

Windows 10 Building 19042,685

Windows 10 Construction 19041,685

Windows 10 Construction 18363.1256

Windows 10 Construction 18362.1256

If you are having problems installing these updates, see How to troubleshoot Windows 10 Update installation issues.

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Source: Microsoft support

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