Patch Tuesday: Here's what's new for Windows 7 and 8.1 this month

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Today is the second Tuesday of May, and that means it's time for this month's Patch Tuesday. Microsoft is rolling out cumulative updates for all supported versions of Windows, and that includes Windows 8.1 and Windows 7. Keep in mind, Windows 7 actually reached end of support earlier this year, so you'll only be getting updates if you're a business user paying for extended security updates.
 
These monthly updates come in two flavors - monthly rollup and a security-only update - and by default, you'll get the monthly rollup automatically.
 
For Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, the monthly rollup update is KB4556846, and you can download it manually here, though you can also get it through Windows Update. It includes the following changes:

• Updates the 2020 start date for daylight saving time (DST) in the Kingdom of Morocco. For more information, see KB4557900.
  
• Addresses an issue that causes offline file syncing to stop responding or fail in mobsyc.exe.
  
• Security updates to Internet Explorer, the Microsoft Scripting Engine, Windows App Platform and Frameworks, Windows Input and Composition, Windows Media, Windows Kernel, Windows Core Networking, Internet Information Services, Windows Network Security and Containers, Windows Active Directory, the Microsoft JET Database Engine, and Windows Storage and Filesystems.
  

The update has no known issues.
 
As for the security-only update, it's labeled as KB4556853 and you can download it manually here. This one won't be sent out through Windows Update, so you'll need to download and install it yourself. As you'd expect, this update focuses exclusively on security fixes and improvements:

• Updates the 2020 start date for daylight saving time (DST) in the Kingdom of Morocco. For more information, see KB4557900.
  
• Security updates to Windows App Platform and Frameworks, Windows Input and Composition, Windows Media, Windows Kernel, Windows Core Networking, Internet Information Services, Windows Network Security and Containers, Windows Active Directory, the Microsoft JET Database Engine, and Windows Storage and Filesystems.
  

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