Has Microsoft pulled July 2018 Security Rollup for Win7 (X86)?

On 11th July (using non-auto Windows Update) I downloaded and installed "2018-07 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 for x86-based Systems (KB4338818)" amongst others. All seemed fine.

Yesterday I had occasion to restore (a system image) to just before the update.

Now, when Windows Update runs it does not offer me this update. It still offers me (as it did originally) a 2018-07 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for .NET, Malicious Software removal tool plus a Defender Update (as well as .NET 4.7.2. which I'm not interested in).

But it does offer me "2018-06 Preview of Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 for x86-based Systems (KB4284842)"

So have Microsoft pulled KB4338818 (at least for Win7x86)? I can't see any specific evidence of them having done so.

However I do note what MS state at https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...date-kb4338818 under Known Issues. Is that the explanation (for it, seemingly, being pulled)?

Thanks for the reply Snick. I get what you are saying, but still makes me wonder if they've pulled it from being available thru Windows Update, but still left it available for download.

I'm tempted to download the .msu and try running it standalone (as I can just restore an image again afterwards it goes belly up). I notice that all the downloads at that catalog have a "pciclearstalecache" .exe as well as the .msu - does that need to be run as well (before / after)?

I was offered both updates you mentioned last week (along with 3 Office Updates) but did not install any. This weekend the first two updates no longer appeared and only the Office ones did, which I installed. The first 2 are still missing but 2 different ones now show, KB2952664 (an old tracking update) and malicious software removal.

I've had this happen before and when it did the missing updates eventually showed up. Don't know if this is the case now or not, but they remain missing on my computer.

According to a poster on the PatchManagement mailing list, Microsoft have pulled this update from Windows Update detection because it caused BSODs on some systems under certain networking conditions. They intend to reissue it "mid-July".

Thanks for all the replies. Just checked again and still no sign of the re-issued KB4338818 being available thru Windows Update. Not critical for me at this time as is only affecting my standby lappie, so will bide my time for now. My main PC (also Win7x86) updated OK in the first place (before KB4338818 pulled and I haven't had cause to do a restore to prior to the updates, so it is working fine (and I have an image after the updates now anyhow).

@Snick: The .exe and the .msu (and only those) are available as separate downloads from the Download dialogue that opens up when one clicks the Download button in catalog link that you included with your first reply. No need to "extract" from anything.


More generally, I find it frustrating / irritating (plus other words / phrases I shall not mention) that MS are so pitifully poor at communicating what they are doing (in this case in respect of pulling / re-issuing updates). And I pity the poor sods that are getting BSODs and haven't a clue what to do.

MS has re-released the update today. Now installed and seemingly working fine.

Thanks to all for your input.

Batch said:

MS has re-released the update today. Now installed and seemingly working fine.

Thanks to all for your input.

I think they may have just pulled it again. I saw it reappear when you did but I did not install it then. It's now gone again, so they could still have an issue . .