Microsoft generally releases the MSRT on a monthly cadence as part of Windows Update or as a standalone tool. (For exceptions, see Skipped releases.)Use this tool to find and remove specific prevalent threats and reverse the changes that they made (see Covered malware families).For comprehensive malware detection and removal, consider using Windows Defender Offline or Microsoft Safety Scanner.

Microsoft has discovered a vulnerability in Office Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro project signing. This vulnerability might enable a malicious user to tamper with a signed VBA project without invalidating its digital signature.

If you are having issues installing or updating Gaming Services on your PC, or if you are noticing that the Xbox app for PC is launching with missing content, you may want to download and run the Gaming Services Repair Tool for PC.

About this update. Subject Interface Packages (SIPs) are required in order to read the digital signatures on specific file types. After you install this update, SIPs enable the WinVerifyTrust function to handle a later version of Windows on the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server.

When you open Game Bar, a variety of Xbox gaming activities are at your fingertips. Select a feature from the Widget Menu and it’ll pop up as a widget. Many of these can be moved, resized, or pinned to your screen. Widget menu (1) – Select the Widget menu icon to open a list of activities to choose from. Mouse click-through (2) – Click ...

Fixes an issue in which recycled files are deleted permanently if you delete files from a DFS link in a network environment on a client computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 after you redirect the Recycle Bin to the DFS link.

Key changes include the following: Windows devices that has Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) based firmware can run with Secure Boot enabled. The Secure Boot Forbidden Signature Database (DBX) prevents UEFI modules from loading. This update adds modules to the DBX. A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in secure boot.

Recover lost files on Windows 10. Windows Apps Insider Preview. If you can’t locate a lost file from your backup, then you can use Windows File Recovery, which is a command line app available from the Microsoft Store.

MS13-089: Vulnerability in Windows Graphics Device Interface could allow remote code execution: November 12, 2013 - Microsoft Support.

A Wmiprvse.exe process crashes in Windows Server 2008 R2 when you use the WMI interface to query the hardware status on a computer that supports the IPMI standard - Microsoft Support.