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Microsoft's done away with "individual updates". The current update for Windows 10 is "October 12, 2021 Update" and aside from a few exceptions such as CPU microcode updates, it bundles every previous update.



Which certainly is easier to coordinate as a company. Part of the reason Apple does entire OS patches as that it allows every aspect of the system to have a consistent view of each other part, so API (private or public) are all in sync between all the apps and components. It also means full QA passes are for a consistent set of versions as unexpected bugs can impact far away parts.




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