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Microsoft Confirms Update Warning For Windows 10, Windows 8.1 And Windows 7 Users

Posted on August 17, 2019August 18, 2019 By Davey Winder

Ensuring your operating system is up to date is a secure computing no brainer unless you are a Windows user

The latest Patch Tuesday update from Microsoft included several critical security fixes. Unfortunately, as Microsoft has now confirmed, it also borked some things. If you haven’t applied that August 13 update and are running on Windows 10, Windows 8.1 or Windows 7, you may want to read this before you do.

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Analysis Tags:Microsoft, Patching, Update, Windows

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