Problems with Windows updates have, unfortunately, become very common. With almost every update, both in terms of security and quality, thousands of users experience problems that can cause anything from a minor annoyance when working with the PC to complete crashes that prevent using the system. Microsoft usually detects these problems early, but it takes a long time to fix them, as it is rare to see emergency patches after the deadline. However, these problems are likely to be over very soon thanks to a new system that is already up and running: Known Issue Rollback .
How does Known Issue Rollback work?
Each Windows update is made up of dozens of patches. All of these are applied at the same time when installing the update and are responsible for correcting errors and problems detected in the system to improve its security or its reliability. Until now, if one of these patches caused problems, the only solution was to roll back the full update. However, with KIR, things change.
Thanks to this new system, Microsoft will assign a unique identifier to each of the update patches. In this way, when it is detected that one of the patches causes problems, it will simply be necessary to revert said patch, leaving the rest of the corrections applied to the system.
This process will be automatic, that is, it will be Microsoft itself, when it detects that there are problems with one of the patches, who will send a message to our PC through Windows Update to reverse the update. Thus, after restarting the PC, the patch will be deactivated , making the equipment work again without problems.
Thanks to this technique, it is even possible to deactivate patches before the update reaches all users. In this way, when you download and install the new update from Windows Update , all the fixes will be installed except those that have been disabled.
Known Issue Rollback’s rollback feature has a limited update time – a few months. In this time, Microsoft almost always fixes the possible errors that may appear in our system. And if not, the error is reassigned to work with it again from scratch, being able to revert it again in case something goes wrong.
Availability
This feature has been running on computers since the 2004 version of Windows 10 , although only in the testing phase. Microsoft now wants to take it further and make it available to all users so that, in the event that a patch causes problems (as has happened with the latest quality patches), the cause can be reversed, leaving the rest installed on the system. .
Users who want control over updates cannot do anything with Known Issue Rollback. This function is mandatory for Windows Update , and the only thing we can do if we do not want Microsoft to activate or deactivate the patches of our PC is to deactivate the automatic updates of Windows Update.
Of course, Windows 10 business users will not be affected by this system, since system administrators can continue to have control over patches and control systems through group policies, as always.