January 2022 Patch Tuesday arrives for Windows 11 and 10, security updates abound

Another month, another Patch Tuesday.

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What you need to know

The first real Patch Tuesday of 2022 has arrived, and all ye Windows fans rejoice! For it is time to experience the security-patch-laden snowfall of January. That’s about all the latestWindows 11and 10 updates have in store, beyond a few tiny extra items.

Over on Windows 11’sKB5009566 update bulletin, there are two highlights: Security updates as well as a fix for an issue beleaguering Japanese Input Method Editors. This month’s notes are as follows:

And we can’t forget the 22000.345 servicing stack update.

As for the Windows 10KB5009585 update bulletin, the story is much the same. The only highlight listed pertains to security updates, though there is one other bauble tacked onto the monthly announcement: “This update contains miscellaneous security improvements to internal OS functionality. No additional issues were documented for this release.”

That’s all there is. If you were expecting anything particularly spicy, you can safely recalibrate expectations. Security and servicing stack updates are the name of the game this time around, as well as the vaguely worded “miscellaneous” improvements to Windows 10.

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