Microsoft Forced to Issue Emergency Out-of-Band Windows Update

EditorDavid / slashdot - The senior editor at the blog Windows Central decries two serious Windows issues "that were not spotted by Microsoft during testing, and are so severe that the company has now issued an emergency fix to address the problems."Microsoft's first update for W…

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Microsoft has released multiple emergency, out-of-band updates for Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server to fix two issues caused by the January Patch Tuesday updates.

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