IMPORTANT Starting on January 15, 2020, a full-screen notification will appear that describes the risk of continuing to use Windows 7 Service Pack 1 after it reaches end of support on January 14, 2020.The notification will remain on the screen until you interact with it. This notification will only appear on the following editions of Windows 7 Service Pack 1:

REMINDER Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Embedded Standard 7, and Windows Embedded POS Ready 7 have reached the end of mainstream support and are now in extended security update (ESU) support. Windows Thin PC has reached the end of mainstream support; however, ESU support is not available. Starting in July 2020, there will no longer be optional, non-security releases (known as "C ...

There are no new Quality and Reliability Improvements in this update. Additional information about this update. The following articles contain additional information about this update as it relates to individual product versions. 5031228 Description of the Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.6.2, ...

5037040 Description of the Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8 for Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB5037040) Known issues in this update Microsoft is not currently aware of any issues in this update.

5022574 Description of the Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5 for Windows Embedded 8 Standard and Windows Server 2012 (KB5022574) 5022512 Description of the Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, ...

There are no new Quality and Reliability Improvements in this update. Additional information about this update. The following articles contain additional information about this update as it relates to individual product versions. 5038289 Description of the Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.6.2, ...

Summary. Security Improvements CVE-2023-21808 - .NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This security update addresses a vulnerability in the MSDIA SDK where an untrusted pointer dereference can cause memory corruption, leading to a crash or remove code execution.

In Windows 11, high contrast mode is handled through contrast themes. To learn more about contrast themes, see Change color contrast in Windows. Turn contrast themes on or off. Use the Settings app in Windows to turn high contrast mode or contrast themes on or off.

As a reminder to advanced IT administrators, updates to .NET Framework 3.5 for Windows Server 2012 R2 should only be applied on systems where .NET Framework 3.5 is present and enabled. Customers who attempt to pre-install updates to .NET Framework 3.5 to offline images that do not contain the .NET Framework 3.5 product enabled will expose these ...

As a reminder to advanced IT administrators, updates to .NET Framework 3.5 for Windows Server 2012 R2 should only be applied on systems where .NET Framework 3.5 is present and enabled. Customers who attempt to pre-install updates to .NET Framework 3.5 to offline images that do not contain the .NET Framework 3.5 product enabled will expose these ...