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The latest version of 4.10 was released on 29 November 2016. It was version 4.10.209.0 for Windows Vista and Windows 7. This update fixes a bug that was introduced earlier in version 4.10.205.0 which removed the "Scan with Microsoft Security Essentials" entry from the right-click context menu on files and folders.
Since support for Windows 2000 ended on July 13, 2010, Microsoft stopped distributing the tool to Windows 2000 users via Windows Update. The last version of the tool that could run on Windows 2000 was 4.20, released on May 14, 2013. Starting with version 5.1, released on June 11, 2013, support for Windows 2000 was dropped altogether.
Microsoft DaRT is based on the Windows Preinstallation Environment. The tool set includes: [8] [9] [10] Registry Editor: Edits Windows Registry; Locksmith: Resets a user account's password; Crash Analyzer: Analyzes crash dumps; File Restore: Restores deleted files; Disk Commander: Repairs volumes, master boot records and partitions
Microsoft Defender Antivirus (formerly Windows Defender) is an antivirus software component of Microsoft Windows.It was first released as a downloadable free anti-spyware program for Windows XP and was shipped with Windows Vista and Windows 7.
The updates show up in Download Center before they are added to WU, and the KB articles are unlocked later. Daily updates consist of malware database refreshes for Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Security Essentials, these updates are not part of the normal Patch Tuesday release cycle.
Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 were retroactively given the ability to access the Windows Update website and download updates designed for those operating systems, starting with the release of Internet Explorer 4. The initial focus of Windows Update was free add-ons and new technologies for Windows.
Windows 10 was made available for download via MSDN and TechNet, as a free upgrade for retail copies of Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 users via the Microsoft Store, and to Windows 7 users via Windows Update.
A hotfix or Quick Fix Engineering update (QFE update) is a single, cumulative package that includes information (often in the form of one or more files) that is used to address a problem in a software product (i.e., a software bug). Typically, hotfixes are made to address a specific customer situation.