This update allows Windows desktop applications that depend on the Windows 10 Universal CRT release to run on earlier Windows operating systems. Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 creates a dependency on the Universal CRT when applications are built by using the Windows 10 Software Development Kit (SDK).

Automatically update Windows 10, Windows 11, and Surface drivers and firmware (Recommended) Manually update Surface drivers and firmware (Advanced) You'll find the links for drivers after choosing your Surface model in the dropdown list in this section.

Learn how to update drivers in Windows using Device Manager to update or reinstall a driver.

This update helps Microsoft improve the experiences when users run stream.sys driver-based applications in Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, such as the performance and the quality improvements.

Symptoms. You install Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) Server on a computer that is running Windows 7 or that is running Windows Server 2008 R2. In this situation, when you perform lots of remote reads on the MSMQ server for some time by using another computer, MSMQ may become unresponsive and stop processing.

Symptoms. Consider the following scenario: You have a computer that is running an x64-based version of Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. You run some x86-based applications or services on the computer. You install updates through Windows update without first stopping the x86-based applications or services.

Download the offline installer from your account portal. To download the offline installer, go to www.office.com. If you're not already signed in with the Microsoft account associated with your copy of Microsoft 365 or Microsoft 365 do that now.

The Analysis ToolPak is a Microsoft Office Excel add-in program that is available when you install Microsoft Office or Excel.

Summary. This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file. To learn more about these vulnerabilities, see Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2017-8676, Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2017-8695, and ...

If the Msxml4.dll file is locked, the file may not be updated when you apply security update MS06-071 for MSXML 4.0, for MSXML 4.0 SP1, and for MSXML 4.0 SP2. To work around this issue, use the following commands to uninstall Msxml4.dll: MsiExec.exe /uninstall {37477865-A3F1-4772-AD43-AAFC6BCFF99F} /passive.