Windows 8 how to find out what issues window KB updates address
- Thread starter dwinsorr
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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:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-ph
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.
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:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-ph
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: http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/Enter # 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
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
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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