Windows 10: Servicing Stack Update (SSU) Update History

Hey All,

Been reading about SSU updates. Want to do an LCU update (Update to K4550945) but was curious to check which SSU I currently have (Should have KB4552152 first) installed before going ahead with the LCU update. I intend to do the LCU update via Windows Update in Windows 10 and will not be doing this manually.

I have checked my "update history" section and cannot find any SSU entries at all, only cumulative and program specific security updates. From reading about the SSU's I know that they are classified as critical security updates and that they are supposed to automatically download and install via Windows Update. I am convinced that I do have SSU's installed, if not the latest KB4552152, but I seem to be unable to confirm if its installed or not.

Does anyone know how to check which SSU or a history of SSU installation on Windows 10? I noticed that the update history list only displays the categories: "Feature Updates", "Quality Updates", and "Other Updates" however there doesn't seem to be a category for security updates which is where I would expect the SSU's and others to be listed.

Thanks!

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servicing stack updates

Hi Neville,

Servicing stack updates are not listed in the Update History. A workaround is to install the newest cumulative update, which requires your device to have the latest servicing stack update Installed. If it says the update is not applicable provided it is for
your version and architecture, it probably would mean you do not have the latest SSU.

Hope that helps.

 

Current Servicing stack update (SSU) can not be installed

Hi,

The Update History page i.e.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/4467682 says

Microsoft strongly recommends you install the latest servicing stack update (SSU) for your operating system before installing the latest cumulative update (LCU). SSUs improve the reliability of the update process to mitigate potential issues while installing
the LCU. For more information, see Servicing stack updates.

If you are using Windows Update, the latest SSU (KB4465663) will be offered to you automatically. To get the stand-alone package for the latest SSU, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog.

So you need to have just KB4465663. Can you cite the source of your SSU update?

 

November 2019 servicing stack update (SSU) error "You need to provide Administrator permission" [KB4524445]

With regard to the two enumerated errors:

1. The recommendation to install SSU's before any other updates is because the SSU is designed to update
   the updating software itself. However, experience with the July, September & October SSU's suggests that it is usually not detrimental to install an SSU after other regular updates that (it was later realised) are generally
   recommended to have been installed after the SSU.
   
   Do not bother to uninstall any regular updates before installing the SSU:
   if the other, regular updates were already correctly installed, then reinstalling them again after the SSU has been installed should not produce a different effect.
   
   It may be that specific 'regular' updates that actually do
   require the SSU are not released (or not recommended to be installed by the Windows Update client) until a few weeks after the relevant SSU is released (and recommended to be installed), as in the case of
   
   KB4284880 (released 2018-06-12), which
   requiredthe SSU that was released about four weeks prior (KB4132216, released on 2018-05-17).
   
2. Based on experience with the July, September & October SSU's, although installation with the usual Windows Update tool doesn't work the way it's supposed to, installation should still be possible using the
   Microsoft Update Catalog — in which case the user must be careful to manually select the appropriate download for their Windows version.
   

Some additional
documentation on Servicing Stack Updates has recently been published by Microsoft. A couple of interesting remarks are:

• it's unnecessary to go back and install old SSU's that you skipped (just install the newest SSU for your system); and
• after a particular servicing stack update is installed, "it cannot be removed or uninstalled" [although it can be updated by subsequent SSU's, which effectively replaces the entire servicing stack].