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Summary
This update makes quality improvements to the servicing stack, which is the component that installs Windows updates. Servicing stack updates (SSU) makes sure that you have a robust and reliable servicing stack so that your devices can receive and install Microsoft updates.
How to get this update
Install this update
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Release Channel |
Available |
Next Step |
|
Windows Update and Microsoft Update |
Yes |
This update is available through Windows Update. It will be downloaded and installed automatically.  |
|
Microsoft Update Catalog |
Yes |
To get the standalone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website. To download updates from the Update Catalog, see Steps to download updates from the Windows Update Catalog. |
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Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) |
Yes |
This update will automatically sync with WSUS if you configure Products and Classifications as follows: Product: Windows Server 2012 R2 Classification: Security Updates For more information, see Configure classifications and products to synchronize. |
PrerequisitesÂ
There are no prerequisites to apply this update.
Restart informationÂ
You don't have to restart your computer after you apply this update.
Removal information
Servicing stack updates (SSUs) make changes to how updates are installed and cannot be uninstalled from the device.
Update replacement informationÂ
This update replaces the previously released update KB5035968.
File Information
The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables.
|
File name |
File version |
Date |
Time |
File size |
|
httpai.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:33 |
57,856 |
|
peerdistai.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:33 |
72,192 |
|
PrintAdvancedInstaller.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:49 |
102,400 |
|
msdtcadvancedinstaller.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:32 |
257,536 |
|
netfxconfig.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
21:06 |
34,816 |
|
ConfigureIEOptionalComponentsAI.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:32 |
84,992 |
|
IEFileInstallAI.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:27 |
68,096 |
|
servicemodelregai.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:32 |
115,200 |
|
SetIEInstalledDateAI.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:33 |
51,712 |
|
ceipfwdai.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:28 |
228,352 |
|
bcdeditai.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:35 |
287,232 |
|
appxreg.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:59 |
14,848 |
|
RegisterIEPKeysAI.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:30 |
19,968 |
|
cmipnpinstall.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
21:04 |
248,832 |
|
appserverai.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
21:02 |
146,432 |
|
RDWebAI.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:46 |
140,800 |
|
tssdisai.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:44 |
156,160 |
|
VmHostAI.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:49 |
123,392 |
|
securebootai.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:34 |
154,112 |
|
winsockai.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:32 |
69,632 |
|
ws2_helper.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:34 |
62,976 |
|
cleanupai.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:33 |
33,792 |
|
wdscore.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:34 |
276,480 |
|
CntrtextInstaller.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:37 |
153,088 |
|
drvstore.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:36 |
744,960 |
|
dpx.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:27 |
345,088 |
|
msdelta.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:34 |
499,712 |
|
mspatcha.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:37 |
46,080 |
|
cmiv2.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
21:06 |
3,300,352 |
|
cmiaisupport.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:30 |
3,154,944 |
|
cmitrust.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:33 |
418,304 |
|
WcmTypes.xsd |
Not versioned |
14-Mar-24 |
18:21 |
1,047 |
|
CbsMsg.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:37 |
42,496 |
|
CbsCore.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:27 |
1,609,728 |
|
TiWorker.exe |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:33 |
193,024 |
|
TiFileFetcher.exe |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:28 |
427,520 |
|
DrUpdate.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:36 |
246,784 |
|
wrpint.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:27 |
66,048 |
|
wcp.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:35 |
2,855,424 |
|
cmiadapter.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:31 |
139,264 |
|
smiengine.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:21 |
922,624 |
|
smipi.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:33 |
65,536 |
|
poqexec.exe |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
21:20 |
146,432 |
|
amd64_installed |
Not versioned |
14-Mar-24 |
18:09 |
9 |
|
bfsvc.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:29 |
84,992 |
|
timezoneai.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:35 |
101,888 |
|
GlobalInstallOrder.xml |
Not versioned |
14-Mar-24 |
18:23 |
1,249,919 |
|
luainstall.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:34 |
53,248 |
|
fveupdateai.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:32 |
61,952 |
|
ExtendedSecurityUpdatesAI.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
21:02 |
216,576 |
|
mofinstall.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:34 |
67,072 |
|
esscli.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:32 |
388,608 |
|
mofd.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:32 |
248,320 |
|
repdrvfs.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:32 |
350,720 |
|
fastprox.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:32 |
854,016 |
|
wbemcomn.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:33 |
453,632 |
|
wbemcore.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:31 |
1,148,928 |
|
wmiutils.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:33 |
111,104 |
|
wbemprox.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:33 |
35,840 |
|
wmicmiplugin.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:27 |
508,928 |
|
sppinst.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:27 |
769,024 |
|
cmifw.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:31 |
97,280 |
|
FirewallOfflineAPI.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:36 |
166,912 |
|
NetSetupAI.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:34 |
65,024 |
|
NetSetupApi.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:36 |
184,832 |
|
httpai.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:25 |
55,296 |
|
peerdistai.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:25 |
65,024 |
|
PrintAdvancedInstaller.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:35 |
99,328 |
|
msdtcadvancedinstaller.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:25 |
215,040 |
|
netfxconfig.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:48 |
40,448 |
|
ConfigureIEOptionalComponentsAI.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:25 |
76,800 |
|
IEFileInstallAI.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:22 |
66,560 |
|
servicemodelregai.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:25 |
96,768 |
|
SetIEInstalledDateAI.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:25 |
49,152 |
|
ceipfwdai.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:23 |
197,632 |
|
bcdeditai.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:27 |
271,360 |
|
appxreg.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:43 |
19,968 |
|
RegisterIEPKeysAI.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:24 |
23,040 |
|
cmipnpinstall.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:47 |
195,072 |
|
securebootai.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:26 |
139,776 |
|
winsockai.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:25 |
71,680 |
|
ws2_helper.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:26 |
50,176 |
|
cleanupai.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:25 |
37,376 |
|
wdscore.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:26 |
208,384 |
|
CntrtextInstaller.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:28 |
128,000 |
|
drvstore.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:28 |
610,304 |
|
dpx.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:22 |
265,216 |
|
msdelta.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:26 |
398,336 |
|
mspatcha.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:28 |
36,864 |
|
cmiv2.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:48 |
2,257,408 |
|
cmiaisupport.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:24 |
2,162,688 |
|
cmitrust.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:26 |
286,720 |
|
CbsMsg.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:28 |
41,984 |
|
CbsCore.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:22 |
1,381,376 |
|
TiWorker.exe |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:25 |
190,464 |
|
TiFileFetcher.exe |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:23 |
355,328 |
|
DrUpdate.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:27 |
202,240 |
|
wrpint.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:22 |
56,320 |
|
wcp.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:28 |
2,408,960 |
|
cmiadapter.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:24 |
121,856 |
|
smiengine.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:18 |
750,080 |
|
smipi.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:25 |
59,904 |
|
poqexec.exe |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:58 |
129,536 |
|
x86_installed |
Not versioned |
14-Mar-24 |
18:09 |
9 |
|
bfsvc.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:23 |
81,408 |
|
timezoneai.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:27 |
86,528 |
|
luainstall.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:26 |
43,008 |
|
fveupdateai.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:25 |
57,344 |
|
ExtendedSecurityUpdatesAI.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:46 |
178,688 |
|
mofinstall.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:26 |
64,000 |
|
esscli.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:25 |
293,376 |
|
mofd.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:24 |
204,800 |
|
repdrvfs.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:25 |
277,504 |
|
fastprox.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:25 |
670,208 |
|
wbemcomn.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:25 |
386,048 |
|
wbemcore.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:24 |
925,696 |
|
wmiutils.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:25 |
90,624 |
|
wbemprox.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:25 |
29,696 |
|
wmicmiplugin.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:22 |
392,704 |
|
sppinst.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:22 |
646,656 |
|
cmifw.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:24 |
80,896 |
|
FirewallOfflineAPI.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:27 |
140,800 |
|
NetSetupAI.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:27 |
55,296 |
|
NetSetupApi.dll |
6.3.9600.21914 |
14-Mar-24 |
20:27 |
124,928 |
References
Servicing Stack Updates (SSU): Frequently Asked Questions
ADV990001 | Latest Servicing Stack Updates
Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates
