Microsoft has rolled out its January 2025 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 10 that are identified as KB5049981, KB5050008, KB5049993, and KB5050013. Along with this, updates for Windows 11 were also released, labeled KB5050009 and KB5050021, just last week.
In addition to these patches, the tech giant brought Recovery updates for both Windows 10 as well as Windows 11. It addresses the persistent KB5048239 issue with the new update named, KB5050411.
As a tradition, Microsoft has also unveiled new dynamic updates for the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) which is commonly referred to as Safe OS updates. This time, updates are available for all the versions of Windows 11 including 24H2, 23H2, and 22H2.
Interestingly, there were no updates released for Setup binaries, which is generally a part of the package during recovery updates. Regarding the WinRE updates, Microsoft mentioned,
“KB5050119: Safe OS Dynamic Update for Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025: January 14, 2025
Summary: This update enhances the Windows recovery environment in Windows 11, version 24H2, and Windows Server 2025.
KB5050200: Safe OS Dynamic Update for Windows 11, version 22H2 and 23H2: January 14, 2025
Summary: This update improves the Windows recovery environment in Windows 11, version 22H2 and version 23H2.”
These Dynamic Updates are designed to be applied to exciting Windows images before they are deployed. In a blog post on the Tech community about Windows 10 Dynamic Updates, Microsoft explained the various components as well as applications of Dynamic Updates.
These packages consist of fixes for Setup.exe binaries, SafeOS updates for the Windows Recovery Environment, and much more. It is essential to note that these WinRE dynamic updates are not automatically distributed through Windows Update. They can be manually downloaded from the Windows Update Catalog website and the users can access them here, KB5050119, KB5050200.
