Windows 8 how to find out what issues window KB updates address

dwinsorr · Jan 31, 2018

I have a large number of updates to install but I don't know what any of them address. I can not find any information anywhere, any help

Mike · Feb 1, 2018

How to find relevant KB (Knowledgebase) information within Windows Update.

Go to Windows Update

Search -> Windows Update:

Look and click on for "View installed updates":

Click on the installed update for additional information from the Microsoft Knowledgebase

The result should open your browser (example):

To access the Microsoft Knowledgebase outside of this, find the KB number for your update and go to:

Microsoft Support

Some early Windows Updates for Windows 10 may not contain detailed KB information. There was criticism about this and it has been corrected, for the most part.

Mike · Feb 1, 2018

How to find relevant KB (Knowledgebase) information within Windows Update.

Go to Windows Update

Search -> Windows Update:

Look and click on for "View installed updates":

Click on the installed update for additional information from the Microsoft Knowledgebase

The result should open your browser (example):

To access the Microsoft Knowledgebase outside of this, find the KB number for your update and go to:

Microsoft Support

Some early Windows Updates for Windows 10 may not contain detailed KB information. There was criticism about this and it has been corrected, for the most part.

dwinsorr · Feb 1, 2018

Mike said:
How to find relevant KB (Knowledgebase) information within Windows Update.

Go to Windows Update

Search -> Windows Update:

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Look and click on for "View installed updates":

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Click on the installed update for additional information from the Microsoft Knowledgebase

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The result should open your browser (example):

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To access the Microsoft Knowledgebase outside of this, find the KB number for your update and go to:

Microsoft Support

Some early Windows Updates for Windows 10 may not contain detailed KB information. There was criticism about this and it has been corrected, for the most part.

Thanks a lot for the information, I didn't find what I was looking for but I modified link given to: Link Removed # of update minus KB. To find out the issues a update addressed I would type in the number of the update and hit enter. I am not very computer literate so I probably am going about this the hard way, I still appreciate your information, without it I would not have what I need. Thanks

Neemobeer · Feb 1, 2018

For grins getting a description of installed updates without a browser (With powershell)

Open a powershell prompt and run the following
$wusession = New-Object -ComObject "Microsoft.Update.Session"
$wusearch = $wusession.CreateUpdateSearcher()
$results = $wusearch.Search("IsInstalled=1")
$results.Updates | Sort-Object LastDeploymentChangeTime -Descending | Format-List Title,Description,LastdeploymentChangeTime

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