A new Windows 7 update KB4088878 and KB4088875 are now available for download. The latest monthly roll-up update released with various fixes and improvements. An issue where the LSM.EXE process and applications that call SCardEstablishContext or SCardReleaseContext may experience a handle leak is now fixed. Check out more detail below.
New in Windows 7 update KB4088878
- Provides cumulative Spectre and Meltdown protections for 32-Bit (x86) and 64-Bit (x64) versions of Windows except the KB4078130 update that was offered to disable mitigation against Spectre Variant 2.
- Security updates to the Microsoft Graphics component, Windows Kernel, Windows Shell, Windows MSXML, Windows Installer, and Windows Hyper-V.
New in Windows 7 update KB4088875
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Addresses issue where Internet Explorer is unresponsive in certain scenarios when a Browser Helper Object is installed.
- Updates legacy Document Mode cell visibility in Internet Explorer.
- Addresses issue where Internet Explorer stops working in certain printing scenarios.
- Addresses issue where Internet Explorer stops working when using F12-based developer tools.
- Provides cumulative Spectre and Meltdown protections for 32-Bit (x86) and 64-Bit (x64) versions of Windows except the KB4078130 update that was offered to disable mitigation against Spectre Variant 2.
- Security updates to Internet Explorer, the Microsoft Graphics component, Windows Kernel, Windows Shell, Windows MSXML, Windows Installer, and Windows Hyper-V.