July 'Patch Tuesday' updates now available for Windows 10

Microsoft's "Patch Tuesday" updates are beingness pushed out to Windows 10 PCs today. As is normally the example with "Patch Tuesday" updates, at that place are no new features. Instead, in that location are several updates and fixes rolling out. Updates are bachelor for PCs running the Windows ten May 2022 Update and older.

For anyone running the May 2022 Update, yous'll pick up KB4507453. This update bumps the build number up to 18362.239. Here'due south what'southward included:

Addresses an effect that may cause BitLocker to go into recovery mode if BitLocker is being provisioned at the aforementioned time equally updates are existence installed.

Addresses an issue that may cause Mixed Reality users to see a tilted world later on connecting their headsets.

Addresses visual quality issues some users may have seen with Windows Mixed Reality (WMR) headsets and Steam®VR content.

Security updates to Windows Wireless Networking, Microsoft Scripting Engine, Windows Server, Windows Storage and Filesystems, Windows Kernel, Microsoft HoloLens, Internet Explorer, Windows Input and Composition, Windows Virtualization, Windows App Platform and Frameworks, Microsoft Graphics Component, Microsoft Edge, and Windows Cryptography.

For PCs on the Oct 2022 Update, KB4507469 brings a BitLocker fix as well equally some other fixes. It brings the build number to 17763.615. Here'south a expect:

Addresses an issue that may cause the system to become unresponsive when an application uses the CameraCaptureUI API.

Addresses an issue that may cause BitLocker to become into recovery mode if BitLocker is being provisioned at the aforementioned time as updates are being installed.

Security updates to Windows Server, Microsoft Scripting Engine, Microsoft Graphics Component, Internet Explorer, Windows Input and Composition, Windows Virtualization, Windows App Platform and Frameworks, Windows Kernel, Microsoft Edge, Windows Cryptography, and Windows Fundamentals.

The April 2022 Update, meanwhile, will meet KB4507435, pushing the build number to 17134.885. Here's what's included:

Addresses an issue that may crusade BitLocker to go into recovery style if BitLocker is being provisioned at the aforementioned fourth dimension as updates are beingness installed.

Security updates to Windows Wireless Networking, Windows Server, Microsoft Scripting Engine, Windows Storage and Filesystems, Microsoft Graphics Component, Windows Kernel, Net Explorer, Windows Input and Composition, Windows Virtualization, Windows App Platform and Frameworks, Microsoft Border, Windows Cryptography, and Windows Fundamentals.

At that place are similar batches of fixes available for older versions of Windows 10. You can check out all of Microsoft's release notes at the Windows Support site. Otherwise, you tin pick upwardly the latest Patch Tuesday fixes past checking Windows Update now.

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VisionTek viii,000 mAh micro-USB power bank ($13 at Dell)

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Panasonic eneloop AA batteries (From $xiii at Dell)

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Belkin Qi Wireless Charging Pad ($30 at Dell)

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