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Microsoft has abruptly issued a just-in-time replace for Home windows 10 customers hit by an ungainly failure that has stopped “important safety updates” putting in on their PCs. There was no warning this emergency replace was coming, and it has been launched the identical day as November’s essential safety vulnerabilities are confirmed.
The out-of-band replace impacts Home windows 10 customers unable to enroll for the extended security updates that Microsoft has made primarily free following Home windows 10’s controversial end-of-life final month. The flaw solely got here to gentle lately.
Microsoft says this “safety replace for units that aren’t enrolled within the Home windows 10 client ESU resolves a problem that was stopping affected prospects from receiving essential security updates.” The replace “is cumulative and contains safety fixes and enhancements from the…