Windows 10 August ‘Patch Tuesday’ updates arrive with security fixes galore

Security is the name of the game with the latest batch of cumulative updates.

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What you need to know

Right on time, Microsoft shipped out its latest monthly round of “Patch Tuesday” updates for supported versions ofWindows 10today. These latest updates are available for Windows 10 versions 2004 and older. As usual, the cumulative updates don’t bring any new features, but they instead focus on fixes.

This month, Microsoft has included a lot of security updates related to input devices, various applications, and more. Here’s a rundown of the highlights from the update for Windows 10 version 2004:

For Windows 10 versions 1909 and 1903, you’ll see a similar set of highlights:

Windows 10 versions1809 and olderall include a similar mixture of highlights related to Internet Explorer and Edge Legacy, security for input devices, and more.

For the full list of fixes in each build, you can check out Microsoft’ssupport notesfor each build receiving an update. Otherwise, the cumulative updates for August are available to download now via Windows Update.

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