February ‘Patch Tuesday’ rolls out with a couple of small fixes

You can improve the security of your system with the latest “Patch Tuesday” updates for Windows 10.

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What you need to know

It’s the second Tuesday of the month, which can only mean one thing, “Patch Tuesday.” That means updates are rolling out for various versions of Windows 10. As is the case with almost all “Patch Tuesday” updates, this update contains no new features. Instead, it focuses mostly on security fixes and improvements.

PCs running Windows 10 versions 1909 and 1903 will receive the following changes, as outlined by theirrelease notes:

Windows 10 version 1809will receive the same security updatesas newer versions of Windows 10:

For Windows 10 versions 1803 and earlier, you’ll receive the same security update:

A couple older versions of Windows, such as version 1703, will receive the following:

Each of these updates is available now via Windows Update for anyone running supported versions of Windows 10. For more, you can check out Microsoft’s full release notes for each version at theWindows 10 support site.

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