Microsoft releases out-of-band patches to address issues from January’s Patch Tuesday

 Microsoft has issued a series of out-of-band (OOB) patches to correct problems, which included Windows sphere regulator charge circles and Hyperactive-V failure, caused by the January 11 Patch Tuesday updates. The original updates had been pulled latterly in the week after wide issues were reported, and numerous guests who had installed them were forced to roll them back, in the process also removing the security updates included in the accretive update.

Some admins have complained on Reddit that it was unclear whether they must reinstall the bad updates before applying the OOB patches ( short answer no, they do n’t), still Microsoft says in an composition about update types that OOB patches are always accretive, so relieve previous updates, except in the case of down-level platforms like Windows Garçon 2012 R2. For those, Microsoft’s Cliff Fisher explains in a Twitter thread, the system must be else over to date (in this case, with December’s patches) before installing the January OOB patch.

The updates listed below are now available, with all but two created as voluntary updates in Windows Update. KB5010794 for Windows8.1 and Windows Garçon 2012 R2, and KB5010797 for Windows Garçon 2012 are available only through the Microsoft Update Roster.

Check the release notes in each knowledgebase (KB) composition for further information on what the update addresses.

Windows 11, interpretation 21H1 ( original release) KB5010795

Windows Garçon 2022 KB5010796