Windows 10: Slim First Patch Day 2017, Outlook for Creators Update

Users of Windows systems receive the first Windows updates in the new year.


News about the Creators Update


Computers will receive the downloads of the first patch day 2017 by Windows Update. There are only four security bulletins, which fix security gaps in a total of five programs. That would be Windows itself, Edge, Office and Internet Explorer or its integrated Adobe Flash player. For this, Windows Insider with the Windows 10 Build 15002 already get the first version of the Creators Update, which provides some interesting new features.


Microsoft categorizes one of the four security bulletins as critical. This would be the Flash Player integrated in Windows and Internet Explorer, whose current security gap allows the introduction and execution of malicious code. The other updates classify Microsoft as important.


This would be on the one hand the update for Microsoft Office, which also opens the door for malicious code. For this, the user has to open a correspondingly prepared Office file for one of the included programs. Users should be alert when e-mail attachments of suspicious senders end up in the mailbox, or sites offer questionable downloads.


On the other hand, users in Edge can be victims of attacks where attackers can change the rights of standard accounts. For this the user has to call only a prepared website. Finally, there is an update for the Local Security Authority Subsystem service, which prevents attackers from launching a Denial of Service (DoS) attack, which forces the computer to reboot. More information on the first patch day can be found in Microsoft's Technet.


The few updates are quickly installed and a reboot is run without lengthy configuration. Windows Update starts up automatically, if necessary, call it up in the system control or in the PC settings under "Update and Security"


Participants in the Insider program are given a new build for Windows 10. Version 15002 allows Edge to automatically block Flash content. The browser now works more stable and faster. Users of Windows 10 versions excluding the Home version can postpone Windows updates up to 35 days. In addition, there are easy, optical revisions for the menus, folders for start menu tiles and small changes to Cortana. There is no longer a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death). If you think you're safe from crashing, you're wrong. Microsoft just introduces a new color - green. In the future, this will help to sort and solve problems more quickly.


Lesetipp: Windows Update deletes programs - you can do this


Microsoft also announces improvements to privacy settings. The new Privacy Dashboard allows better control over your own data. You can also delete the recorded information there. More information about this is available at the Windows Blog.