Windows 10: Wave goodbye to Servicing Stack Update issues

Servicing Stack Updates will soon be a thing of the past, at least for supported versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system. Microsoft announced plans last year to simplify the deployment of servicing stack updates by integrating them into the monthly cumulative updates that it releases for its operating systems.

Previously, Servicing Stack Updates and cumulative updates were offered separately, and that could lead to issues, e.g. that a cumulative update could not be installed because the required Servicing Stack Update was not installed already.

Devices updated via Windows Update were not affected by the issue, a Windows Update delivered both the Servicing Stack Update and the cumulative update automatically. The situation was different for systems on which patches were installed through other means, e.g. by downloading an update to install it manually.



Microsoft released cumulative updates for all supported versions of Windows and other company products this week. Along with the updates came Servicing Stack Updates. What makes these special is that they are the prerequisite for the new unified updating approach.

Basically, what it means is that these Servicing Stack Updates may be the last ones that need to be installed on a device manually, as they are from that release onward included in the cumulative updates.

The support page for the Servicing Stack Update for Windows 10 version 1809 provides the following information (support pages for other versions offer the same information):

Additionally, this update enables a single package design that incorporates the servicing stack update (SSU) into the latest cumulative update (LCU). Combining the SSU and LCU update into a single package provides a more seamless deployment and installation experience.
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The February 2021 Servicing Stack Updates are the prerequisites for the new unified approach.

Microsoft will switch over to the new approach "in the coming months" according to the update posted here.

We are planning to switch over to the new combined package format for these earlier versions in the coming months. In the meantime, please broadly deploy the February 2021 SSU across your organization to take advantage of the upcoming capability.
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Windows administrators who installed updates directly, without using Windows Update to do so, benefit from the change the most as it resolves a long-standing issue.

It needs to be noted that this affects Windows 10 systems only. (via Windows Latest)

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Servicing stack updates are not listed in the Update History.

 

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.

 

Printers and Servicing Stack Update

On WIndows8.1 Notepad would suddenly hang and not list any printers. The next day an update came out called Servicing Stack and miraculously Notepad could now find printers. Today(10/9/19) a single update came out(you guessed it) KB4521864 Servicing Stack
and now Notepad can no longer find printers. What's going on?

Also, I tried to delete/remove KB4521864 Servicing Stack and found I could not do that. It says on the installed updates tab that I am supposed to be able to do that by clicking on the installed update and select uninstall or change but that does nothing.
I guess Windows 8.1 is still in Beta.