Windows 10: KB3172729 suddenly appeared as necessary to be installed on servers

Hi everyone,we have a number of servers not clients which suddenly want to install KB3172729. This is an update from 2016 so we have no idea why it is suddenly needed now, 6 years later. has there been no other update so far which superseded the KB3172729 ?Does anyone have a clue why it suddenly popped up?Kind regards,Maria

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Suddenly got a recommendation from Windows Update to install KB3172729 (released in 2016!) on Windows 8.1

Suddenly today I got a recommendation from Windows Update to install KB3172729 (released on 2016-08-09, which is more than six years ago!) on Windows 8.1 x64.

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Security Update for Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems (KB3172729)

Download size: 96 KB

You may need to restart your computer for this update to take effect.

Update type: Important

A security issue has been identified in a Microsoft software product that could affect your system. You can help protect your system by installing this update from Microsoft. For a complete listing of the issues that are included in this update, see the associated Microsoft Knowledge Base article. After you install this update, you may have to restart your system.

More information: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3172729

Help and Support: http://support.microsoft.com

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I keep my OS pretty up-to-date: sometimes maybe a few weeks behind, but no more than that.

In the last day or two I (successfully) installed three updates (recently released):

• 2022-09 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems (KB5017367) Installation date: ‎2022-‎09-‎28 15:34 Installation status: Succeeded ... More information: September 13, 2022—KB5017367 (Monthly Rollup)
  

• 2022-09 Servicing Stack Update for Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems (KB5017398) Installation date: ‎2022-‎09-‎29 00:30 Installation status: Succeeded Update type: Important ... More information: https://support.microsoft.com/help/5017398
  

• 2022-09 Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8 for Windows 8.1 for x64 (KB5017531) Installation date: ‎2022-‎09-‎29 00:53 Installation status: Succeeded ... More information: September 13, 2022-Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8 for Windows 8.1, RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB5017531)
  

Immediately after that I got the 'green bar', telling me that my OS was completely up to date. (At most there might have been one optional update available.)

Then a few hours later it was claimed that I suddenly needed a 96-kilobyte update from many years ago.

I had a quick search online. It seems that there are a handful of related reports:

• "this update showed up today on my 8.1 system, out of the blue," (2020-03-19) https://www.eightforums.com/threads/kb3172729-just-offered-to-me.79757/
  
• "1ST1 mentions here that Windows Server 2012 R2 reports a 96kb update KB3172729 from April 8, 2021 as newly available." (2022-09-21) https://borncity.com/win/2022/09/23...et-zum-21-9-2022-als-superseded-zurckgezogen/
  
• "The vulnerability detector has reported old vulnerabilities on fully patched Windows 2012 (R2) servers" (2021-10-13) https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/issues/10493
  

This Microsoft website indicates that KB3172729 has been superseded by KB5012170.

On the cited EightForums thread, a user said that KB3172729 was replaced by "the Jan. 2021 KB4535680 security update" for Win8.1 x64 (which I run) — but not for x32.

Questions:

• Why is this update suddenly being recommended?
  
• Should I install it, or ignore it, or is there something I should check first, in order to decide?
  

Note: I am currently in the middle of a separate query (When to stop running DISM), which I mention just in case it's pertinent.

Thanks in advance for your tips and advice.

—DIV

 

Windows Updated(16299.309).KB4088776 Restart is required to complete.

Hi dalchina. Good news, I followed your suggestion and reinstalled the update and now it appears as "installed correctly" *Biggrin Maybe it was not necessary to run the Windows Update Troubleshooter or maybe if necessary. But using it I do not think it could have worsened something. The installation was very fast, unlike the first time it showed step 1 and step 2 completed.

Thanks for the suggestions and for the time to respond Best regards.


And thanks for the tip of that program, I'll have it on my list.

 

Scanned files appear on server

Hi,

I realize that scanned files do not appear on the client computer instantly even though they appear on the server. I will try to help you with this issue.

Please answer the question to get more clarity on this issue:

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  Is the server PC and this computer on a Domain Network?
  

If the computer is part of a Domain Network, then suggest you to post this question in the TechNet Forum

Technet forums

Thank you.